IUPUI Basketball Having Open Tryouts

UKWildcats1987

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I remember we played IUPUI in 2003.

Yeah, Tubby put a beatdown on them in Nashvegas. We thought we were goin to win it all...then Bogans got hurt and Wade/Novak/Williams and Marquette happened in the Elite 8.

That was also the last year before seeding the 1 seeds as UK and Arizona were on the same side of the bracket and were thought to be the best two teams. Ironically both failed to make the Final Four and we got Kansas vs. Marquette instead.
 

Ugoff

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U6 fans right now....

 

Runnin'Ramel

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Hard fall off a cliff since Ron Hunter took that team to the NCAA Tournament. Nobody in Indianapolis even knows they have a basketball program now. They shouldn't even be D1 at this point.
 

bthaunert

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Hard fall off a cliff since Ron Hunter took that team to the NCAA Tournament. Nobody in Indianapolis even knows they have a basketball program now. They shouldn't even be D1 at this point.
I remember that Jason Gardner took over the program for a few years too...name from the past at Arizone.
 
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CatEye2010

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Interesting that USI in Evansville (Univ. of Southern Indiana) just voted yesterday to go to D1. They're actually not a bad program.
 

David Rice

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Yeah, Tubby put a beatdown on them in Nashvegas. We thought we were goin to win it all...then Bogans got hurt and Wade/Novak/Williams and Marquette happened in the Elite 8.

That was also the last year before seeding the 1 seeds as UK and Arizona were on the same side of the bracket and were thought to be the best two teams. Ironically both failed to make the Final Four and we got Kansas vs. Marquette instead.
I remember during the game, they switched it to ESPN because of the Iraq war coverage.
 

Bowfreak.

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Interesting that USI in Evansville (Univ. of Southern Indiana) just voted yesterday to go to D1. They're actually not a bad program.
They have some nice facilities. I walked into their gym earlier in the year while I was there watching a soccer game. My niece plays there.
 

TheDude73

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Jan 7, 2006
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I'm shocked that the hundreds of basketball professionals here on Rafters aren't running off, enrolling and trying out. They know so much about how the game is supposed to be played - hall of fame coach be damned! Now's their chance to simply walk on and show the world their awesomeness!
 

BradleyCrawford08_rivals

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I'm shocked that the hundreds of basketball professionals here on Rafters aren't running off, enrolling and trying out. They know so much about how the game is supposed to be played - hall of fame coach be damned! Now's their chance to simply walk on and show the world their awesomeness!
I believe most of the tryouts would go like this….

 
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P. Fanning

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A few seasons back, Knott Central of the 14th Region had two of their graduates play for IUPUI, Camron Justice and Evan Hall. Hall signed with them out of high school, while Justice of course transferred there after starting out at Vanderbilt.
 

saxonburgcat

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Didn't Eddie Sutton once have to go find some students to join the bball team in order to have enough practice players? I remember some discussion about open tryouts but that was shot down, as I recall.
 

HenryMuto

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Their only win is against a non Div 1 team named Spalding.

I sure hope on Feb 12th Cleveland State does not lose to them!
 

Anon1658882690

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My cousin,, Evan Hall graduated last year from eeewipuuui.. And Cam Justice played there as well with his ol high school teammate,, Evan..
 

Yardeth

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Somebody contact the dragon, I think he still has eligibility left.
 

UK90

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The new transfer portal rules will lead to us seeing a lot more teams in IUPUI’s desperate plight.

No good players will wanna stay at those urban commuter type schools that have no real fan base once they realize they’re good enough to play somewhere else …and now can do so instantly.

We’re gonna see a lot more of the “poor getting even poorer” at the bottom end of the D1 spectrum in the coming years.
 
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