The significance of this connection to Indiana's basketball legacy cannot be overstated.
In a state which is world-renowned for its passion for basketball, the relationship between the All Stars and IU represents the confluence of Indiana's storied high school basketball talent and the vaunted college basketball program which also bears the state's name across its chest.
Here's a few tidbits which illustrate how IU and the All Stars have become inexorably intertwined with basketball greatness over the past three quarters of a century:
-Since the All Star team's inception in 1939, 884 high school players have been selected to play for the Indiana All Stars. With this year's class of commits, IU has now amassed 100 Indiana All Stars on its rosters, or 11.31% of all All Stars.
-63 of the 74 All Star rosters (85%) have produced at least one IU player.
-This marks the 63rd season IU's roster will feature at least Indiana Mr. Basketball winner. For more on IU's history with Indiana Mr. Basketball winners, click here.
-2012-13 will be the 66th consecutive season in which at least 1 Indiana All Star is represented on the IU roster.
-This year's class of IU commits is tied for the 4th largest class of All Stars in IU history (3).
-Indiana All Stars will account for 53.85% of IU's scholarship athletes, which also ties it for the 4th most All Star-laden roster in IU history.
-1994 & 1995 are the only consecutive All Star classes which did not send a player to IU.
-Tom Crean ranks 4th all-time in collecting Indiana All Stars by IU coach, with 8 All Stars to his credit. However, he is 2nd in the average number of All Stars/IU roster year, with an average of 3.8 All Stars per year coaching IU (including '12-'13).
Largest All Star Class To Play At IU
1969: (5) McGinnis, Ritter, Memering, Downing, White
1981: (4) Dakich, Flowers, Morgan, Rowray
1989: (4) P. Graham, Cheaney, G. Graham, Leary
1972: (3) Abernathy, Kamstra, Wilkerson
1977: (3) Tolbert, Risley, Baker
1978: (3) Turner, Kitchel, Wittman
1979: (3) Bouchie, Franz, Cameron
2012: (3) Ferrell, Hollowell, Patterson
Most Indiana All Stars On An IU Roster
1981-82: (9) Kitchel, Wittman, Bouchie, Flowers, Dakich, Morgan, Cameron, Franz, Rowray
1979-80: (8) Tolbert, Woodson, Turner, Bouchie, Risley, Kitchel, Wittman, Franz
1980-81: (8) Tolbert, Wittman, Turner, Kitchel, Risley, Bouchie, Franz, LaFave
1982-83: (7) Wittman, Kitchel, Bouchie, Morgan, Robinson, Dakich, Foster
1989-90: (7) Cheaney, G. Graham, P. Graham, Nover, Jones, Leary, Oliphant
1992-93: (7) Cheaney, G. Graham, P. Graham, Nover, Bailey, Evans, Leary
2012-12: (7) Hulls, Elston, Zeller, Etherington, Ferrell, Hollowell, Patterson
1970-71: (6) McGinnis, Downing, Ritter, Ford, White, Memering
1971-72: (6) Downing, Ritter, White, Shepherd, Memering, Ford
1972-73: (6) Downing, Ritter, Green, Kamstra, Abernathy
1974-75: (6) Green, Benson, Wilkerson, Abernathy, Radford, Kamstra
1978-79: (6) Woodson, Tolbert, Wittman, Risley, Turner, Kitchel
1984-85: (6) Alford, Robinson, Brooks, Morgan, Smith
1990-91: (6) Cheaney, Bailey, G. Graham, P. Graham, Nover, Jones
1993-94: (6) Bailey, Evans, P. Graham, Leary, Hart, Wilkerson
Most Indiana All Stars by IU Coach
Coach Seasons All Stars Avg. All Stars/Roster Yr.
Bob Knight 29 42 4.8 All Stars/roster
Branch McCracken 24 29 2.9 All Stars/roster
Lou Watson 6 11 3.5 All Stars/roster
Tom Crean 5 8 3.8 All Stars/roster
Mike Davis 6 6 2.5 All Stars/roster
Harry Good 3 3 .66 All Stars/roster
Kelvin Sampson 2 1 3 All Stars/roster
List of Indiana All Stars to play at IU
| Year | Player | High School |
| 2012 | Yogi Ferrell | Park Tudor |
| 2012 | Jeremy Hollowell | Lawrence Central |
| 2012 | Ron Patterson | Broad Ripple |
| 2011 | Cody Zeller* | Washington |
| 2011 | Austin Etherington | Hamilton Heights |
| 2009 | Jordan Hulls* | Bloomington South |
| 2009 | Derek Elston | Tipton |
| 2008 | Daniel Moore | Carmel |
| 2007 | Eric Gordon* | North Central |
| 2005 | Armon Bassett | Terre Haute South |
| 2004 | AJ Ratliff* | North Central |
| 2004 | James Hardy | Fort Wayne Elmhurst |
| 2003 | Errek Suhr | Bloomington North |
| 2001 | Sean Kline | Huntington North |
| 2000 | Jared Jeffries* | Bloomington North |
| 1998 | Tom Coverdale* | Noblesville |
| 1997 | Luke Recker* | Dekalb |
| 1996 | Michael Lewis | Jasper |
| 1993 | Sherron Wilkerson | Jeffersonville |
| 1992 | Steve Hart | Terre Haute South |
| 1991 | Brian Evans | Terre Haute South |
| 1990 | Damon Bailey* | Bedford North Lawrence |
| 1989 | Pat Graham* | Floyd Central |
| 1989 | Todd Leary | Lawrence North |
| 1989 | Calbert Cheaney | Evansville Harrison |
| 1989 | Greg Graham | Warren Central |
| 1988 | Matt Nover | Chesterton |
| 1987 | Jay Edwards* | Marion |
| 1987 | Lyndon Jones* | Marion |
| 1985 | Jeff Oliphant | Lyons & Marco |
| 1984 | Delray Brooks* | Michigan City Rogers |
| 1984 | Kreigh Smith | Tipton |
| 1983 | Steve Alford* | New Castle |
| 1982 | Stew Robinson | Anderson Madison Heights |
| 1982 | Tracy Foster | Fort Wayne Homestead |
| 1981 | Dan Dakich | Andrean |
| 1981 | Winston Morgan | Anderson Madison Heights |
| 1981 | John Flowers | Fort Wayne South |
| 1981 | Rick Rowray | Muncie Central |
| 1980 | Mike LaFave | Scecina |
| 1979 | Steve Bouchie* | Washington |
| 1979 | Chuck Franz | Clarksville |
| 1979 | Cam Cameron | Terre Haute South |
| 1978 | Landon Turner | Arsenal Tech |
| 1978 | Ted Kitchel | Lewis Cass |
| 1978 | Randy Wittman | Ben Davis |
| 1977 | Ray Tolbert* | Anderson Madison Heights |
| 1977 | Steve Risley | Lawrence Central |
| 1977 | Tommy Baker | Jeffersonville |
| 1976 | Mike Woodson | Broad Ripple |
| 1975 | Rick Valavicus | Hammond |
| 1974 | Wayne Radford | Indianapolis Arlington |
| 1973 | Kent Benson* | New Castle |
| 1972 | Tom Abernathy | South Bend St. Joseph |
| 1972 | Garry Kamstra | Rossville |
| 1972 | Bob Wilkerson | Anderson Madison Heights |
| 1971 | Steve Green | Silver Creek |
| 1970 | Dave Shepard* | Carmel |
| 1969 | George McGinnis* | Indianapolis Washington |
| 1969 | John Ritter | Goshen |
| 1969 | Jerry Memering | Vincennes |
| 1969 | Steve Downing | Indianapolis Washington |
| 1969 | Cornelius White | Hammond Tech |
| 1968 | Rick Ford | Cloverdale |
| 1967 | Ben Niles | Warsaw |
| 1966 | Ken Johnson | Anderson |
| 1966 | Mike Niles | Warsaw |
| 1965 | Earl Schneider | Evansville Rex Mundi |
| 1963 | Bill Russell | Columbus |
| 1962 | Gary Grieger | Evansville Bossee |
| 1961 | Dick VanArsdale* | Manual |
| 1961 | Tom VanArsdale* | Manual |
| 1959 | Jimmy Rayl* | Kokomo |
| 1959 | Ray Pavy | New Castle |
| 1958 | Charlie Hall | Terre Haute Gerstmeyer |
| 1958 | Jerry Bass | Morristown |
| 1957 | Ronnie Horn | Mississinewa |
| 1957 | Leroy Johnson | Mishawaka |
| 1956 | Frank Radovich | Hammond |
| 1956 | Bob Wilkinson | LaPorte |
| 1955 | Gene Flowers | Muncie Central |
| 1954 | Ray Ball | Elkhart |
| 1954 | Pete Obremsky | Jeffersonville |
| 1953 | Hallie Bryant | Crispus Attucks |
| 1953 | Charlie Hodson | Muncie Central |
| 1952 | Jim Barley | Marion |
| 1951 | Don Schlundt | South Bend Washington-Clay |
| 1951 | Paul Poff | New Albany |
| 1950 | Dick Farley | Winslow |
| 1949 | Bobby Dobson | Bloomington |
| 1949 | Jim Schooley | Auburn |
| 1948 | Bob Masters* | Lafayette Jeff |
| 1947 | Bill Garrett* | Shelbyville |
| 1947 | Phill Buck | Rossville |
| 1946 | Jerry Stuteville | Attica |
| 1945 | Tom Schwartz* | Kokomo |
| 1944 | Murray Mendenhall# | Fort Wayne Central |
| 1943 | Bob Mehl# | Arsenal Tech |
| 1941 | Bob Rowland | Martinsville |
* Denotes Indiana Mr. Basketball winner
# All Stars were not selected in '43 & '44 due to WWII; rosters were selected 50 years later
I'd like to see a game between the All Indiana All Stars Short Shorts team vs. the All Indiana All Stars Baggy Shorts team.
ReplyDeleteHarold Curdy of Marion(1965)was an Indiana All-Star who was recruited by Indiana but is not on this list. However I cannot say for sure if he played for IU. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGarry Kamstra from Rossville (1972) played at Cincinnati, not IU.
ReplyDeleteHis brother John played at IU, but was not an Indiana Allstar