#IUBB Walk On Tryouts Recap

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

"Welcome to the 2014-2015 Indiana University walk on tryouts! This will be a grueling 4 day event with 10 rounds of cuts. We hope you all play your hardest and wish you all the best of luck!"

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"We will now be splitting you into two random groups. Group A: The 6'8" kid, You, The 6'7 1/8th" kid, The 6'6" kid on his tippy toes and The tallest guy over there, please go to the athletic offices. The rest of you are Group B so stay here and we'll start with some Around the World competition"

Group A: "welcome to Coach Crean's office, you have officially made it to the Final round of try outs. Please see coach for your first test."

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Coach Crean: "what's your favorite flavor of gum?"

6'10" Kid- "juicy Fruit..."

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Coach Crean hands him a nice piece of Juicy fruit. "Chew this. Now walk to the door, touch the corner, turn around and walk back to me."

6'10" Kid - "....okay coach??"

6'10" kid completes the task without problem. The rest of the kids try with all but one succeeding.

"Next step guys" says Crean. "What number do you want to wear? Welcome to the Indiana Hoosiers!!!"

Now back to Group B...

After a couple rounds of Around the World, the shorter, less tall kids, less vertically gifted, lower center of gravity kids are moving on to a game of Knockout.

As the game continues Coach Crean enters the gym. "Welcome to tryouts gentlemen, this is an incredible opportunity for you STUDENT athletes. We take great pride in our STUDENT athletes and make sure we always put the STUDENT before the athlete. Therefore, did you all bring your transcripts like I requested?"

"Ya coach we got 'em" Player A says

Crean- "Sorry son, I'm afraid you have been cut, we need proper English out of our walk ons. Thanks for coming out."

Player A- "....but ... But the Doctor says my younger brother is going to be 7'5"..."

Coach Crean - "....and by cut I meant you've been cut from the rest of the tryouts, welcome to the team!"

Crean-" Actually, to speed this process up, why don't you guys align yourself from the baseline in order of GPA, highest to lowest."

The players align themselves in order in anticipation for what comes next.

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"Great, we'll take the 3 kids on the right with 4.0 GPAs. Any of you happen to be from Indiana?"

All three players nod yes.

"PERFECT! Welcome aboard kids!"


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If you have any friends that are over 6'6" and can hold a basketball, you may want to see if they want to transfer to IU and walk on... I'm dead serious lol.

(This was just a fun post for a Monday Morning... Relax and have some fun with it Hoosiers!)




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[Stuhoo 79,587]

This should be pinned.

 

An instant classic.

[mamasa 15,135]

Walking into my insurance office anticipating a long day of claims (big storms last night) and then reading this- puts me in a great mood for the rest of the day!  Brilliant!!

[CampHoosier 3,697]

Well, this isn't too far off. We don't have enough guys for a 5 on 5 scrimmage

[JuwantGrimeShakes? 533]

Juicy Fruit is not a delicious flavor of gum.

[CampHoosier 3,697]

Juicy Fruit is not a delicious flavor of gum.

 

TAKE IT BACK

[ou812dude 3,326]

Juicy Fruit is not a delicious flavor of gum.

of course it is...

for like 8 nanoseconds

[realbig304 106]

So...they don't want another 5'10" PG? Thought I had a real good shot at making the team this year.

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

[quote name="realbig304" post="59688" timestamp="1397499621"]So...they don't want another 5'10" PG? Thought I had a real good shot at making the team this year.[/quote]

If you are really smart you may have a shot!



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[djsalway 4,161]

I've got a pretty solid GPA. I should head on over to Cook Hall now...

[djsalway 4,161]

Not even joking right now, but... I had an assistant professor for kinesiology last semester and he played three years at Hampton, with one year of eligibility remaining. He is absolutely ripped and I'd say he's probably 6'6 or 6'7, but he looks much bigger. If we can't land three recruits to fill the scholarships this year, I say let's sign him up for his last year of eligibility.

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

[quote name="djsalway" post="59707" timestamp="1397501067"]Not even joking right now, but... I had an assistant professor for kinesiology last semester and he played three years at Hampton, with one year of eligibility remaining. He is absolutely ripped and I'd say he's probably 6'6 or 6'7, but he looks much bigger. If we can't land three recruits to fill the scholarships this year, I say let's sign him up for his last year of eligibility.[/quote]

Lol. You get 5 to play 4. So why not?


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[djsalway 4,161]

Oh, he's also a graduate student. It isn't like he's old. So he's in really good shape.

[Happydaze 232]

It would be cool if Darius Latham would walk on from the football team.

[JSHoosier 19,813]

It would be cool if Darius Latham would walk on from the football team.

Latham needs to focus on football.