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It amazes me that Indiana University, under Bob Knight, was so underrepresented in the NBA. It's all anyone in Indiana could talk about in the 80's and 90's, but they only ever produced one guy (that I know of) who made it to the NBA (Steve Alford), and his career was... short-lived. To me, it just goes to show how selective it really is, and how good the star pros actually are.

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Isiah Thomas

Calbert Cheaney

Alan Henderson

Randy Wittman

Glen Grunwald

Just to a name a few.

Larry Bird was at Indiana for like a semester or something before leaving and attending a local college in French Lick so I'm not sure he really counts.

LOL, I don't think the ISU alums would like you to call their university "a local college in French Lick." Bird was from French Lick[1] though, so maybe that's where you got your wire's crossed?

[1] The Hick from French Lick

I guess I wrong, it wasn't even a semester, it was a month. He transferred TO ISU after attending his local college.

From Wikipedia:

Growing up in French Lick, Indiana, he was a local basketball star. Highly recruited, he initially signed to play college basketball for coach Bob Knight of the Indiana Hoosiers, but Bird dropped out after one month and returned to French Lick and attended a local college. The next year he attended Indiana State University, ultimately playing three years for the Sycamores.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Bird

I stand corrected.

Isiah Thomas was a big deal. Led the Hoosiers to an NCAA championship before his stellar NBA career (2X NBA champion).

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