BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Welcome back to our summer series where Hoosier basketball fans can vote for their favorite Indiana players to wear any number. Today, we continue with the best to wear number 1. 3.
Hoosier favors?
Each day, we’ll give you four options, along with a short player bio, to choose your favorite Hoosier who wears a certain number.
Here is your number four. 3 jersey options in alphabetical order to avoid bias. Don’t forget to participate in the survey below on Twitter.
(Editor’s Note: We’ll have the results on the poll for 48 hours and post the results in this post the next day, so keep coming back to see the results.)
OG Anunoby (2015-17)
City of Jefferson, Mo. native OG Anunoby has been a fan favorite since high school, when he won an award with this title at an event. That hype soon turned creamy and crimson when the striker played in 34 games in his prime and had shot 80 percent or better off the field many times.
In the Sweet 16 game against North Carolina at the end of that season, Anunoby had two points, three rebounds and one assist. This would be the last NCAA Tournament game for former head coach Tom Crean in Indiana, where the Tar Heels advanced after defeating Indiana 101-86.
Anunoby’s second season started off hot as he was named a Pre-Season All-American. He made 10 starts in 16 games until he suffered a knee injury at the end of the season.
After recovery, Anunoby was selected 23rd overall in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors, where he played for five seasons.
Tom Coverdale (1999-03)
Tom Coverdale of Noblesville, Ind. Indiana was elected Mr. He played basketball in 1998 and was part of coach Bob Knight’s final season in 1999-2000. With Knight’s team, Coverdale and the other Hoosiers made it to the NCAA First Round.
Upon the hiring of new head coach Mike Davis, the Hoosiers were forced to take their place under an unfamiliar leadership, but still found themselves making the tournament.
Coverdale and company figured out the formula, and the next season, he was the NCAA’s runner-up for Maryland.
Coverdale started with a career hit of 41.5 percent from the field in 98 of 115 games for the Hoosiers. He was known to share sugar and have 500 career assists.
Tom Coverdale
America Today
Maurice Creek (2009-13)
Maurice Creek, a guard from Oxon Hill, Md. He started his first 12 games of the season as a freshman and suffered a season-ending broken knee injury. Before the tragedy, he was the country’s top goal scorer in the first nine games of the season, averaging 17.3 points.
Next season will be a similar story. Creek, who played in 18 games, injured his knee again, this time with a stress fracture.
The following season, he sat down with a torn Achilles heel before finally making a comeback in his junior season in the red shirt. Although he didn’t start, he played in 24 games on the bench and saw his first NCAA Tournament action against James Madison in the First Round.
Maurice Creek
sports illustrated
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Jay Edwards (1987-89)
Despite only playing a few seasons for the Hoosiers, Edwards counted them. He finished his freshman season as the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and took himself to the next level the following year by scoring an average of 20 points per game and being named All-American after leading the Hoosiers to the 1989 Big Ten championship.
Marion, Ind. The native was selected 33rd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the runoff in 1989, but only played four games in the NBA.
Jay Edwards
IU Athletics
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No. The 3 jerseys also have other outstanding features. Here’s a shorter introduction to some additional Hoosiers to sport all three of them.
Anthony Leal (2020-current)
Hometown player guard Anthony Leal is finding his way with the Hoosiers and even made two starts last season. Although it hasn’t started yet, as you can see from the photo below, it provides a tremendous boost to its cream and crimson and wastes valuable playtime.
Anthony Leal
America Today
Charlie Miller (1994-98)
Miami, Florida. Domestic forward Charlie Miller had 810 points and 422 rebounds for the Hoosiers. Miller made the NCAA Tournament during his four seasons with the Hoosiers.
Now Miller is the founder and owner of ATTACK Basketball Academy, which helps youth thrive in basketball and life. He is also the chief clinician of groundbreaking basketball.
Charlie Miller
Daily Hoosier
Daniel Moore (2008-12)
Daniel Moore, a quarterback from Carmel, played in 31 games in his freshman year and started 10 times. In his second season, he had the team’s highest free throw percentage with 82.4 percent.
Moore had 56 steals, 148 points and 119 assists in 107 games.
Daniel Moore
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Justin Smith (2017-20)
Buffalo Grove, Sick. Striker Justin Smith quickly emerged as a freshman who played in all 31 games for the Hoosiers and started nine times.
Fast forward to his junior season, where he started all 32 games and led the team in minutes playing 971.
At the end of the season, Smith transferred to Arkansas, where he found success as he was rated by ESPN as the 22nd best graduate transfer in the country.
Justin Smith
America Today
All-time No. 3s in Indiana
Here are all the players wearing the number 1. 3 in Indiana:
- Anthony Leal – (2020-current)
- Justin Smith – (2017-20)
- AND Anunoby – (2015-17)
- Max Hoetzel – (2015)
- Jonny Marlin – (2011-13)
- Maurice Creek – (2009-13)
- Daniel Moore – (2008-12)
- DJ White – (2004-08)
- Patrick Ewing Jr. – (2003-05)
- Tom Coverdale – (1999-03)
- Charlie Miller – (1994-98)
- Jay Edwards – (1987-89)
- Jerry Stuteville – (1947-50)
- Ralph Dorsey – (1938)
- Ken Gunning – (1935-37)
- Jay Campbell – (1932)
- Paul Jasper – (1929-31)
- Art Beckner – (1926-28)
- Paul Parker — (1924-25)
Vote for your favorite No. 3 on Twitter
With each trick you will be able to vote for your favorite player on Twitter. Here is the link to today’s survey for No. 3.
Stories about Indiana Basketball:
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