Easily the No. Garrett was a nice complement to a strong but undersized Daryl Thomas in the post. When he was recruited, his class was considered one of the best of all time , but Cheaney … Miller was a 6-foot-8 local product from Bloomington but never played a game for the Hoosiers. Freshman Calbert Cheaney, one of the less-heralded from Bob Knight’s incoming recruiting class, burst on the scene averaging an impressive 17.1 ppg. Cheaney will be joining first-year head coach Nate Bjorkgren as he takes over for Nate McMillan, who was fired after this past season. - Buckner waited till July 31 to sign with Indiana. He wasn’t Calbert Cheaney in high school despite leaving Harrison as the program’s second-leading scorer. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, otherwise known as Woj, was the first to report this. 2015: Thomas Bryant, OG Anunoby, Juwan Morgan. Recruiting talk always dominates July as it traditionally has included the most live evaluation days that college coaches and the hyped club or shoe circuit team events. That paid off when he had a huge role in the run to the Sweet Sixteen in 1994. After missing last season, we knew this was a crucial year. The ongoing pandemic has changed all that but we're going to start your July off with something that should keep many of you on the subject -- A look at the top recruiting classes of all time for the Indiana University men's basketball program. “You gotta get out there and work on your game.” Cheaney, who has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with Atlanta’s G-League affiliate, … Before Henderson went down with an ACL injury in 1993, Indiana was ranked No. The 6-foot-0 guard from Northfield High near Wabash later became an orthopedic surgeon and has long served on the Indiana basketball medical staff. You won't get any arguments from Hoosier fans that the late season ACL injury that Henderson had as a sophomore cost Indiana the 1993 national title. He scored 20 points in his college debut. 1 seed in the West Region, had no answer for him in the Elite Eight matchup with Indiana. I'm sure he learned a few things from COACH . Knight had the nation's top recruiting class in 1989. He was highly thought of in the NBA. Hardy, a slender 6-foot-6 … Class: Lawrence Funderburke (7), Pat Graham (15), Calbert Cheaney (31), Greg Graham (36), Chris Lawson (76) Impact: This class was met with a lot of fanfare, especially with thoughts of pairing Funderburke with Bobby Knight, but the fun didn’t last long. Cheaney has spent the last two years as a G-League assistant with the Atlanta Hawks. Wittman did go on to play nine years in that league and later became a head coach for the Timberwolves, Cavaliers and Wizards. The 6-foot-7 Evans was skinny back in those days but could always shoot the basketball well for a combo forward. White was just 5-foot-8. “There’s no secret formula for getting better except for good old fashioned hard work and work ethic,” Cheaney said. The 6-foot-5 twins were All-Americans after their senior year at Indiana. Alan Henderson was another four year starter in the early 90s and came to Indiana in the same recruiting class of Damon Bailey and Calbert Cheaney. The duo remain close friends to this day. He would later sign with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1983. like Howard built his then I think he will have a shot. And while Indiana appears to have the No. College Basketball Recruiting; ... “All the top players that came through like Calbert Cheaney, Daryl Thomas, Isiah Thomas. Carter was a key member of those teams between the 1976 and 1981 titles. The emergence of Damon Bailey from the class that followed this one took some of the minutes away from Reynolds but he stayed a key member of the teams this group was a part of. Cheaney arrived at IU as perhaps the least heralded of a strong recruiting class that included Indiana Mr. Basketball Pat Graham, Greg Graham and Lawrence Funderburke (who transferred to Ohio State). Class: Lawrence Funderburke (7), Pat Graham (15), Calbert Cheaney (31), Greg Graham (36), Chris Lawson (76) Impact: This class was met with a lot of fanfare, especially with thoughts of pairing Funderburke with Bobby Knight, but the fun didn’t last long. He was a 6-foot-3 guard from Bluffton. Memering was a 6-foot-7 forward from Vincennes. Downing played with McGinnis at Washington High in what has to be best frontcourt in Indiana high school basketball history. Leary was a late addition, a really good shooter who impressed Indiana during Lawrence North's run to the state championship of his senior season there in Indianapolis. Smart was a Louisiana kid playing Kansas. National recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons had all but Leary in his Top 50. Garrett was way out in the San Francisco Bay area of California. Partially because of his broken foot and partially because Evansville sometimes gets lost in the recruiting shuffle, Cheaney was the least heralded player in IU's recruiting class, labeled No. Anunoby was a reserve as a freshman but came on late, emerging as a terrific defender and improving scorer. Ahfleld earned double digit minutes on the 1973-74 team but like Kamstra saw his minutes limited with younger players emerged. After some fielding excellent squads in the early 1990’s led by Calbert Cheaney, Damon Bailey, Alan Henderson and Brian Evans, the relative failures of the teams that followed seemed to suggest that IU basketball was on the decline. So deep was Indiana's 1989 recruiting class -- so vested and accomplished -- that the player who would eventually become its star wasn't always sure he … While the two high schoolers didn't make a real mark, it's just hard to argue leaving off a class that met the team's needs so well, and immediately helped bring IU a national championship. - Buckner and May were two-time All-Americans. That was also a factor in his redshirt season. Overshadowed in his IU days by the twins, McGlocklin burst out of that shadow in the NBA, starting on the 1971 Milwaukee Bucks team that won it all. He prospered when McGinnis left for professional hoop, averaging 17.5 points and 15.1 rebounds as a junior and upped his scoring to 20.1 points as a senior. Three starters on a national title team. UCLA, the No. Bryant has thrived the past two NBA seasons with the Washington Wizards, Anunoby starts for the defending NBA champs in Toronto, and despite not being drafted, Morgan earned a reserve role for the Utah Jazz in his rookie season. A far-ranging conversation with Calbert Cheaney, three-time All-American at Indiana University who swept the National Player of the Year awards. “There’s no secret formula for getting better except for good old fashioned hard work and work ethic,” Cheaney said. Calbert Cheaney, Pat Graham, Greg Graham, Chris Reynolds and Todd Leary are still with the Hoosiers. Cheaney, originally from Evansville, Ind., played four seasons at Indiana University from 1989-93 and scored 2,613 career points. Henderson went on to a long NBA career, earning the league's Most Improved Player award in 1998. It was a perfect match from the start. It's not what was done after Indiana, but mainly what happened in Bloomington and this group helped produce a Big Ten regular season title in 2015-16, plus a berth in the 2016 Sweet Sixteen courtesy of a big win over archrival Kentucky in the round of 32. He is the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer. Bob Knight didn't just tip his toes into the junior college ranks, he went in deep, filling half his class with a pair of talents that clearly didn't fit the usual Hoosier signee of the time. Noort was a 6-foot-8 post player from Illinois. Talk about a recruiting class flipping the script. Chris Lawson lasted only two years, transferring to Vanderbilt. Steve Green, a 6-foot-7 forward from Silver Creek High in Sellersburg was the best of this group, as he actually led Indiana in scoring in that 1974-75 season that saw the Hoosiers go unbeaten until an Elite Eight loss to Kentucky. 1 ranking in more than three decades. If Calbert builds his resume as an NBA asst. His NBA career wasn't a long one but he won an NBA Championship with the Celtics in 1974. Out of Paoli, Indiana, Redenbaugh was a really good 6-foot-2 guard at Indiana, averaging 12.4 points as a senior. At 6-foot-8, 200 pounds, Peyser was the big man out of this group and the only non-Indiana bred of the group, coming out of Chicago Heights in Illinois. Wilkerson was unique with his ability handle the ball at his size and a renowned defender. Downing helped Indiana to its first Final Four in 20 years that season and All-American honors. 1 at the time. 1989: Calbert Cheaney, Lawrence Funderburke, Pat Graham, Greg Graham, Chris Reynolds, Chris Lawson, Todd Leary. But there are questions. Cheaney was a high school stand-out, but a season-ending injury midway through his senior year pushed him off the national radar and left him as a virtual unknown in Indiana University's #1 ranked recruiting class of 1989. After a juco stop in Kentucky, Funderburke returned home to play for Ohio State. His role diminished after when more talented players arrived. … He was out of Covington, Indiana. Many may not remember that ballyhooed Indiana state basketball championship final four in Indianapolis that featured Henderson and future Purdue star Glenn Robinson ---also included Brian Evans and his Terre Haute South program. The 6-foot-10 Indianapolis native was clearly on his way to being one of the first picks of the 1982 NBA draft. He made instant impact by leading the team in scoring with a 17.1 average as a freshman. Top 10 Indiana Basketball Recruiting Classes of All-Time Calbert Cheaney was the surprise plum of the star studded 1989 class (Photo: Indiana … But the forward had knee surgery before he even made his way to Bloomington and was never the same physically. Get your questions ready! Of course the duo helped lead Indiana to the 1987 national title with Smart hitting a thrilling game winning shot. Reish only appeared in 11 games. The Hysterics & "Reasonable Rabby" discuss who will be the next coach of IU Basketball. He is a 2020 graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, and is from Crown Point, Ind. "Laz" would go on to play for the Chicago Bulls after his Indiana days. It was a special one as his 30.0 points per game average may sit atop the IU record books for forever. Freeman only played 16 games as a Hoosier, transferring to UIC in Chicago, where he averaged just under 15 points per game in two seasons. 1986 - Keith Smart, Dean Garrett, Tony Freeman, Dave Minor. ET! Calbert Cheaney, Indiana's all-time leading scorer and the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer, will be inducted to the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November. The five-star Mohammed is the 15th-ranked prospect in the country and fourth-ranked small forward in the Class of 2021 per 247.com rankings. He went on to play 13 NBA seasons, before eventually landing in … His name is Calbert Cheaney, and he's only the school's—and Big Ten's—all-time scoring leader. Kitchel in his first year in Bloomington, Wittman a year later due to an injury. He played three seasons but never averaged more than 2.0 points per game. Cheaney, originally from Evansville, Ind., played four seasons at Indiana University from 1989-93 and scored 2,613 career points. Calbert Cheaney is coming back to Indiana. Over 825 career NBA games, Cheaney averaged 9.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. This talented group couldn't quite get over the hump during the time when only one Big Ten team was able to play in the NCAA tournament. Wittman took home Big Ten Player of the Year in 1983. Cheaney played small forward for the Indiana University Hoosiers for head coach Bob Knight. If recruiting classes were teams, this would be one of the best ever at Indiana. Pemberton was a 6-foot-3 guard from Jac-Cen-Del High in Indiana and played just two seasons. Hunter was a 6-foot-6 forward from Danville but he never saw the court at Indiana. The twins went No. 1 recruiting class in the country. Indiana Basketball Recruiting Forum Indiana Football Recruiting Forum Other Indiana Hoosiers Athletics Forum All Forums Indiana Women's Basketball Forum Guidelines Staff Online Users More . What was also remarkable about this class was Knight didn't have enough time to recruit the most heralded guys from Indiana in this class. Greg Graham had a terrific improvement arc at Indiana, averaging 16.5 points as a senior, and later became the 17th pick in the first round of the 1993 NBA draft. Welcome to SportsNation! A disagreement over his role to the team led to him leaving the program before the first game. He was primed for a big sophomore season before going down with an ACL injury early in Big Ten play. The latter went on to play 11 seasons. In their three IU seasons, Tom finished with scored 1,252 points and 723 rebounds. While the Class of 1989 might have been ranked higher coming into college, this group just did way too many things to be anything but our No. 40 jersey, and nailing a reverse dunk like Cheaney used to do on breakaways. In their 12 seasons in the NBA, Dick had 15,079 points and 3,807 rebounds; Tom had 14,232 and 3,942 boards. Besides Bailey, this group got a huge boost two years later when Alan Henderson filled the missing role of a versatile post scorer and rebounder. 6 overall in the 1993 NBA draft. 1 and the likely favorite to win the national title that March. People keep throwing out names of coaches , … Green averaged 16.7 points his senior season and later played four seasons of professional basketball, including three years with the Indiana Pacers. Buckner also helped the team break its Final Four drought in 1972-73, and along with May, started on the gold medal winning USA Olympic team in 1976. Smart provided much needed athleticism to a veteran team that really needed it. A back injury kept Kitchel from playing in the final games of 1982-83 season and kept him from enjoying what could have been an extended NBA career. © 2005-2021 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Pat Graham (Floyd Central) and Greg Graham (Warren Central) were McDonald's All-Americans and talented big guards. Anunoby and Morgan were a pair of 6-foot-8 rivals in Missouri, facing each other in the regular season and sometimes in the postseason. The first class for Bob Knight, it was one of the last to only get to play three seasons. Cheaney was a high school stand-out, but a season-ending injury midway through his senior year pushed him off the national radar and left him as a virtual unknown in Indiana University's #1 ranked recruiting class of 1989. 1 recruiting class in the country in 1989, here`s a couple of reasons to keep the dynasty talk on hold. While he was lost a bit in the shuffle of talent later, he stayed a part of the main rotation. He finished his career in Bloomington but never averaged more than 2.3 points per game. Memering led Lincoln High to a pair of Semi-States. Funderburke was a top five national get out of Columbus, Ohio, ranked just behind Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Anderson. He got a perfect 10 score from all three judges, including Cheaney. If Calbert builds his resume as an NBA asst. Cheaney broke his foot near the end of his senior year at Harrison and missed postseason. This group would be higher on this list but the health of Grunwald along with the fact that Holcomb, Miday and Cunningham all lasted only one season before departing the program, keeps it out of our top five. The two roommates were both All-Americans, with Kitchel doing it twice in final two years. After Cheaney and company moved on, Henderson became a bigger scorer and a dominant rebounder. Cheaney was a star on Indiana’s last Final Four team (1992), and its last Big Ten champion (1993). Another terrific trio, Indiana was lucky in this case to get each of the three to play four seasons. Partially because of his broken foot and partially because Evansville sometimes gets lost in the recruiting shuffle, Cheaney was the least heralded player in IU's recruiting class, labeled No. A class of three with everyone going on to the NBA? While he had never been a college recruiter, Howard has four sons who he has gone through the process with to varying degrees. Bryant was a starter from the get go and his freshman season field goal rate set a new Indiana single season record. He also provided another scorer, taking pressure away from senior Steve Alford. 27. Often times the backcourt of Reynolds and Greg Graham overwhelmed opposing guards trying to run an offense. 1991: Alan Henderson, Brian Evans, Todd Lindeman. He is the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer. He then played 13 NBA seasons after being taken No. What a group this was. In fact, the incoming freshmen for the 1989-90 season, dubbed the “Magnificent Seven,” were tabbed by some as perhaps the greatest all-time recruiting class in college basketball history — Lawrence Funderburke, Calbert Cheaney, Greg Graham, Pat Graham (no relation to Greg Graham), Chris Reynolds, Chris Lawson, and Todd Leary. Reynolds was always known as a pure point and defensive stopper. That's where you start with this talented group. On March 4,1993, Cheaney broke the Big Ten basketball all-time scoring record, a mark that still stands 25 years later. Cheaney, originally from Evansville, Ind., played four seasons at Indiana University from 1989-93 and scored 2,613 career points. And while Indiana appears to have the No. He was highly thought of in the NBA. Not nearly as touted, Woodson, however, exceeded all expectations, arguably became the most dominant Hoosier scorer ever, at least in modern times. So six top 50 players were signed in November by Bob Knight. The 6-foot-10 Bryant was the only Top 50 ranked prospect among this trio, making what this group has done even more special. Never have the headliners of a class fit a team's needs so well as this class. Morgan was the only one of the group to play four seasons and his improvement was stark. Dylan Wallace is a reporter for Sports Illustrated Indiana. 1976: Mike Woodson, Butch Carter, Glen Grunwald, Derek Holcomb, Mike Miday, Bill Cunningham. The 5-foot-10 Harden played alongside Redenbaugh in the backcourt, and averaged 6.6 points in 1964-65, his most productive season. Wilson had a nice season in 1971-72, averaging 7.3 points per game. But once they hit the court in 1972-73, the impact was immediate as the Hoosiers reached the Final Four that season for the first time in 20 years. Calbert was , and is a class act , plus he played for Coach Knight . 1972: Quinn Buckner, Scott May, Bobby Wilkerson, Tom Abernethy, Jim Crews, Trent Smock, Don Noort, Craig Morris, Mike Miller. With Referal Code: B7GX8WM9 you can also gain 20% EXP BOOST for all your class/job until lvl 25 with a special "head gear piece".Uwaga: Ta funkcja powinna być używana TYLKO do zgłaszania spamu, reklam, oraz problematycznych postów (nękanie, walki i obsceniczność). Just keep in mind this list is this author's opinion only. Cheaney arrived at IU as perhaps the least heralded of a strong recruiting class that included Indiana Mr. Basketball Pat Graham, Greg Graham and Lawrence Funderburke (who transferred to Ohio State). A 6-foot-5 forward out of Goshen, Indiana, Ritter was an excellent player at Indiana, averaging at least 14 points a game his final two seasons. Calbert Cheaney, the all-time leading scorer for Indiana University, is on the board as a potential candidate to replace Archie Miller with the Hoosiers. Cheaney was somewhat of an afterthought as part of a highly touted 1989 recruiting class for IU, but he quickly worked his way into a leading role on the team. Calbert Cheaney, Indiana Pacers (assistant coach): The Big Ten’s all-time leading scorer and one of the most decorated Indiana players of all-time, Cheaney is … The Hysterics clearly state it will be Brad Stevens. His commitment was a surprise one at the time. This group laid the foundation for so much success. Big in size, numbers and talent, this group wasn't quick enough to win to save the Lou Watson/Jerry Oliver regime. He certainly lived up to the latter. Tom Crean, Steve McClain (Anunoby and Morgan) and Chuck Martin (Bryant) deserved kudos for recruiting a class that blew away all expectations. He scored 20 points in his college debut. McGinnis was an absolute man-child, especially at the high school and college level. 1961: Tom Van Arsdale, Dick Van Arsdale, Jon McGlocklin, Steve Redenbaugh, Al Harden, Ron Peyser. We'll start at 9 a.m. Even when Funderburke was at IU, it was quickly apparent that Cheaney was the best of this group. Minor also left after his first year, moving to Xavier, where he didn't make a big splash, but did average 5.3 points a game as a junior. 13 and No. Maps Calbert Cheaney 1971: Steve Green, John Laskowski, Steve Ahlfeld, John Kamstra, John Hunter, Douglas Allen. 1 recruiting class. He is the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer. College career . BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Smart and Garrett also went on to have nice 1987-88 seasons and later made it in the NBA, Smart as a coach, Garrett as a player. The Franklin, Indiana native was also a versatile 6-foot-5 wing and he came into his own after somewhat quiet sophomore season. He made instant impact by leading the team in scoring with a 17.1 average as a freshman. Cheaney did spend a little bit of time in Bloomington after that, working in a director of operations and development role from 2011 to 2013 under Tom Crean. like Howard built his then I think he will have a shot. We wrote recently about that team's devastating overtime loss in 1965 to the Cazzie Russell led Michigan team that was ranked No. Evan as a freshman in 1991-92, Henderson was terrific, becoming an instant starter, averaging just under 12 points and over seven boards per game. It wasn't just those two. More accomplishments from this group obviously would have happened had Turner not tragically become paralyzed from a car accident following his junior season. Now Cheaney will be back in Indiana, working with a first-year coaching staff on a Pacers team that finished 45-28 last season but got swept in the first round of the NBA playoffs. 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