Hoosier Favorite No. 23? Picking Favorite Indiana Basketball Players, One Number At a Time

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Welcome again to our summer time sequence the place Hoosier basketball followers can vote on their favourite Indiana gamers to ever put on every quantity. At present, we resume with all the most effective to put on No. 23.

Hoosier favourite?

Day-after-day we’ll provide you with 4 selections together with a brief participant bio to select your favourite Hoosier who wore a sure quantity.

Listed below are your 4 No. 23 jersey selections in alphabetical order in order that we’re not exhibiting bias. Be sure you take the ballot beneath by way of Twitter.

(Editor’s Notice: We’ll take outcomes for 48 hours on the ballot after which share outcomes on this story the subsequent day, so hold coming again to see the outcomes.)

Trayce Jackson-Davis (2019-current)

For those who’ve been maintaining with our sequence, you may need seen ahead Trayce Jackson-Davis pop up at No. 4. He wore it as a freshman however has held No. 23 for the previous two seasons.

For those who want a refresher on his basketball resume, learn beneath.

Indiana’s present glue man and Greenwood, Ind. native Jackson-Davis began off his profession ranked as a high 10 freshman by CBS Sports activities and was one among solely 4 freshmen on the time to guide his group in scoring, rebounding, free-throw proportion and blocks.

After profitable sophomore and junior seasons, Jackson-Davis solely received higher with age. Throughout his three-year profession at Indiana, he ranks fifth nationally in scoring with 1,588 factors, sixth in subject objectives made (588) and fourth in free throws (412).

The group captain is poised within the media room too, and expects to be an All-American candidate towards this season for Indiana coach Mike Woodson.

Jackson-Davis declared for the NBA draft following final season to assemble info on his standing with professional scouts, however a case of COVID-19 saved him from competing within the 2022 NBA Mix. Quickly thereafter, he determined to return to Bloomington for his senior season. 

Eric Gordon (2007-08)

Guard Eric Gordon from Indianapolis, Ind. holds this system’s single-season freshman scoring report with 669 factors in 32 video games he began. He was additionally the primary freshman to common greater than 20 factors per sport and first Hoosier total since 1996 when Brian Evans averaged 21.2 factors.

Gordon was named a CBSSports.com first group All-American and to no shock first group Freshman All-American. He was additionally named Huge Ten Freshman of the Yr and was a unanimous first group All-Huge Ten choice by media amongst different honors.

The Huge Ten scoring later was later drafted because the seventh total choose by the Los Angeles Clippers in 2008 the place he performed for a couple of seasons. He was traded to the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans the place he stayed for 5 seasons earlier than touchdown in Houston in 2016 the place he presently performs.

Jamal Meeks (1988-92)

Jamal Meeks of Freeport, Sick. scored 445 factors for the Hoosiers taking pictures 47.4 p.c from the sector and 75.4 p.c from the charity stripe. 

Throughout Meeks’ Hoosiers profession, every group made it to the NCAA Event. In 1992 for Meeks’ senior season, Indiana made the Closing 4 taking out No. 1-seed UCLA to get there. Sadly, Duke received the most effective of the Hoosiers 81-78.

Following faculty, Meeks served as an assistant at Bowling Inexperienced underneath Dan Dakich in 1997 earlier than shifting on to Butler as part of Thad Matta’s employees. He then moved out to West Lengthy Seaside, N.J. for seven seasons to serve at Monmouth College aiding with recruiting, scouting and different every day operations for the group.

In April 2022, Meeks joined former Hoosier and present Ball State males’s basketball head coach Michael Lewis as assistant coach with the Cardinals.

Keith Sensible (1986-88)

From Baton Rouge, La., guard Keith Sensible is greatest identified for his sport profitable shot over Syracuse within the 1988 NCAA title sport. Getting into the match, Indiana was a No. 1-seed and performed their first 4 video games near Bloomington with a booming Hoosiers fan base.

The nationwide title was Indiana’s fifth and former head coach Bob Knight’s third with the group.

Sensible was signed by the San Antonio Spurs publish Hoosiers profession. He performed in simply two video games earlier than later taking part in abroad and with numerous non-NBA affiliated groups.

Sensible continued his basketball journey with head teaching in addition to assistant teaching stints with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings within the NBA and the Fort Wayne Fury of the CBA.

He now serves because the assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Honorable mentions:

Remy Abell (2011-13)

Louisville, Ky. native guard Remy Abell performed in 68 video games for the Hoosiers averaging 3.5 factors per sport taking pictures 46 p.c from the sector. He performed about 10 minutes in every matchup, however every minute was worthwhile as he went on to play in two back-to-back Candy 16’s each years as a Hoosier.

Abell transferred to Xavier for his remaining two seasons for the aim of accelerating his taking part in time. 

Jim Wisman (1974-78)

Jim Wisman out of Quincy, Sick. performed 104 video games for the Hoosiers totaling 420 factors and 325 assists. 

The guard was part of the 1976 NCAA Event championship group when Indiana defeated Michigan 86-68 for its third NCAA title and Coach Bob Knight’s first with the Hoosiers.

All-time No. 23’s at Indiana

Listed below are the entire gamers who’ve worn No. 23 at Indiana:

• Trayce Jackson-Davis —(2019-current)
• Damezi Anderson — (2018-20)
• Nate Ritchie — (2014-15)
• Remy Abell — (2011-13)
• Bobby Capobianco — (2009-11)
• Kipp Schutz — (2007-09)
• Eric Gordon — (2007-08)
• Sean Kline — (2002-06)
• Rob Turner — (1997-99)
• Jean Paul — (1994-95 ,1996-97)
• Kevin Lemme — (1995-96)
• Steve Hart — (1993-98)
• Jamal Meeks  — (1988-92)
• Keith Sensible — (1986-88)
• Delray Brooks — (1984-86)
• Chuck Franz — (1979-84)
• Don Cox — (1978-79)
• Jim Wisman — (1974-78)
• Craig Morris — (1972-74)
• Steve Heiniger — (1971-73)
• Larry Gipson — (1968-71)
• Vern Payne — (1965-68)
• Al Harden — (1962-65)
• Jerry Bass — (1959-62)
• Stan Hill — (1957-59)
• Charlie Hodson — (1954-57)
• Jim Phipps — (1953-56)
• Ron Taylor — (1952-53)
• Dick Swan — (1951-52)
• Freeland Armstrong  — (1944-46)
• Don Huckleberry — (1939-40)
• William Menke — (1938-40)

Vote on your favourite No. 23 on Twitter

You can vote on Twitter on your favourite participant with every quantity. This is the hyperlink to right now’s ballot for No. 23. 

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