Former IU player thread

[RaceToTheTop]

C.J. Gunn (DePaul):  DNP in DePaul's opening 80-78 win over Southern Indiana due to an undisclosed injury.  Also sat out their last exhibition game due to injury.

Kaleb Banks (Tulane):  Played 27 minutes in Tulane's opening 76-42 win against D2 Louisiana College.  Score 14 points on 4-8 shooting (including 4-6 from three) and had 13 rebounds.

Payton Sparks (Ball State):  Poor start for Sparks in his return to Ball State.  1 point and 7 rebounds in 20 minutes in Ball State's 71-66 loss to Georgia State.

Khristian Lander (Western Kentucky):  Played 24 minutes in WKU's opening 91-84 loss to Wichita State.  Had 7 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists.  4-11 from the field including 0-4 from three.

Jordan Geronimo (Maryland):  Payed 12 minutes in Maryland's opening 79-49 win over Manhattan.  Scored 2 points and had 3 rebounds.

[BtownStrength]

4 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

C.J. Gunn (DePaul):  DNP in DePaul's opening 80-78 win over Southern Indiana due to an undisclosed injury.  Also sat out their last exhibition game due to injury.

Kaleb Banks (Tulane):  Played 27 minutes in Tulane's opening 76-42 win against D2 Louisiana College.  Score 14 points on 4-8 shooting (including 4-6 from three) and had 13 rebounds.

Payton Sparks (Ball State):  Poor start for Sparks in his return to Ball State.  1 point and 7 rebounds in 20 minutes in Ball State's 71-66 loss to Georgia State.

Khristian Lander (Western Kentucky):  Played 24 minutes in WKU's opening 91-84 loss to Wichita State.  Had 7 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists.  4-11 from the field including 0-4 from three.

Jordan Geronimo (Maryland):  Payed 12 minutes in Maryland's opening 79-49 win over Manhattan.  Scored 2 points and had 3 rebounds.

Not sure if Banks would have been successful here, but he was the only one listed who i didn't want to see go. Had all the tools but didn't put them together yet. I hope he finds success at Tulane. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Logan Duncomb left IU after the 22-23 season and transferred to Xavier.  In October of 2023 he stated he was stepping away from basketball to focus on his physical and mental health.

He appears on Winthrop's roster now but did not play in their opener.

[RaceToTheTop]

5 minutes ago, BtownStrength said:

Not sure if Banks would have been successful here, but he was the only one listed who i didn't want to see go. Had all the tools but didn't put them together yet. I hope he finds success at Tulane. 

He played with too wide of a base --- dribbled way away from his body and stance was way too wide to move successfully.  It's something that Troy Williams did as a freshman, but Williams was more talented and stance got better as he got older.

[LamarCheeks]

Tamar Bates (Mizzou): Started and played 31 minutes in a season-opening 83-75 loss at Memphis. Had 13 points on 5-for-10 shooting (3-7 on 3s). Added 3 assists and 3 rebounds. (I had the Tigers in that one!)

Didn't realize Lander was still playing. Must be using his COVID year. 

 

[LamarCheeks]

Saw that Logan Duncomb is on Winthrop's roster, but did not play in an opening 60-point victory over Piedmont. 

Since everybody plays -- sometimes even the managers (LOL) -- in a win that big, I wonder if he's still having heath issues. 

[LamarCheeks]

Also ... 

Jerome Hunter (Xavier): Played 20 minutes, had 2 points and two rebounds in an opening 78-69 win over Texas Southern. 

Hope he's finally healthy now. 

[OliviaPope40]

19 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Saw that Logan Duncomb is on Winthrop's roster, but did not play in an opening 60-point victory over Piedmont. 

Since everybody plays -- sometimes even the managers (LOL) -- in a win that big, I wonder if he's still having heath issues. 

I was a manager and I wanted to play in games just for the heck of it.

[IUCrazy2]

19 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Also ... 

Jerome Hunter (Xavier): Played 20 minutes, had 2 points and two rebounds in an opening 78-69 win over Texas Southern. 

Hope he's finally healthy now. 

Didn't he come in with Langford?  Langford has already played himself into the NBA and then out to the G League and Hunter still out there playing college ball.....

[go iu bb]

2 hours ago, IUCrazy2 said:

Didn't he come in with Langford?  Langford has already played himself into the NBA and then out to the G League and Hunter still out there playing college ball.....

Yes, Miller's 2nd season at IU was his (redshirt) freshman year.

[RaceToTheTop]

On 11/7/2024 at 5:16 PM, LamarCheeks said:

Also ... 

Jerome Hunter (Xavier): Played 20 minutes, had 2 points and two rebounds in an opening 78-69 win over Texas Southern. 

Hope he's finally healthy now. 

NCAA must have given him a second redshirt year on top of the 2021-22 free Covid year.

2018-19:  redshirt

2019-2O IU

2020-21 IU

2021-22 Xavier

2022-23 Xavier

2023-24 missed the full year (believe the same health concerns he had as a freshman)…NCAA must have given him a second redshirt

2024-25  Xavier

He turns 25 in December.

 

 

[FortWayneHoosier]

I love this thread! Fantastic idea!!!

[DChoosier]

Jeronimo was scoreless tonight in a game Maryland blew out the opposition 84-43.

In three games JG has played 14 minutes a game but has only scored a total of 4 points (2-5 from the field). 

[Demo]

 

Hell of a start for Kaleb. Happy for him as well as Ron Hunter. Interesting to see how this plays all the way out. Watched several of his HS games and thought he had a chance to be really good and then obviously it didn’t happen at all. Ya said when he got the job here that you had to recruit a certain kind of kid because this environment isn’t for everyone. Judging by how uncomfortable Banks always looked, maybe it was as simple as that.

[HinnyHoosier]

12 hours ago, DChoosier said:

Jeronimo was scoreless tonight in a game Maryland blew out the opposition 84-43.

In three games JG has played 14 minutes a game but has only scored a total of 4 points (2-5 from the field). 

Year 5 for JG but it feels much longer than that.

[RaceToTheTop]

Logan Duncomb (Winthrop) played for the first time in two years.  Barely played, but in two games and 16 total minutes has scored 6 points and 4 rebounds.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

38 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Logan Duncomb (Winthrop) played for the first time in two years.  Barely played, but in two games and 16 total minutes has scored 6 points and 4 rebounds.

Turns out when Logan schooled Caleb Furst in AAU, both were overrated…

[Dave from Dayton]

Trayce Jackson-Davis and Zach Edey face off for the first time as professionals on Friday night at 10 ET.  The Golden State Warriors vs the Memphis Grizzlies on ESPN.  

As far as faces go...Edey does not win that kind of contest between those two.

Can TJD and the Warriors pull Edey away from the basket?  "Jenkins stressed that Edey is “definitely not a finished product.” Yet, the Grizzlies (7-5) enter Friday’s game against the Golden State Warriors (9-2) with tangible results that validate their clairvoyance about Edey’s trajectory. Edey has thrived as a traditional center while ranking third in his rookie class in scoring (11.3 points per game), first in rebounds (6.8) and fifth in blocks (0.9). Edey also has grown as a so-called stretch five while ranking third in his rookie class in 3-point shooting (57.1%), defending smaller guards and running in transition."  Per https://athlonsports.com/nba/memphis-grizzlies/zach-edey-rookie-potential   It is a good article on Edey, if we even care.  

[pappy1865]

I've not kept up on the nba outside of catching a few Pacers games. How is TJD looking? Thought I read a few weeks back he was starting for a few games?

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[BtownStrength]

59 minutes ago, pappy1865 said:

I've not kept up on the nba outside of catching a few Pacers games. How is TJD looking? Thought I read a few weeks back he was starting for a few games?

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Started every game i believe but minutes aren't super high. He is a great fit for the Warriors but when they put Draymond at the 5 he doesn't have as big of a role. He is 9th in mpg for them.