If it wasn't for Covid last yr I think Luke Brown had a shot at breaking Damon's scoring record.

Ever heard of Larry Bird? Jesus

@@brokeleast7827 iilarjeff qualified it with "high school hooper". He didn't state overall career.

@@toddrunyon I’m glad you caught that. It’s pretty obvious Larry Bird and Oscar Robertson are the best players to ever come out of Indiana, but in terms of a High School career Damon had the best run. All time Indiana HS scoring record, 1990 State Champ in front of 41 thousand fans, and made it to the State Finals 3 out of his 4 years.

@@vanmoody I believe Luke was also injured for part of his freshman or sophomore year as well, but you’re correct. He averages over 32 points per game for his HS career.

I think what hurt Damon is his best game was down low and he didn’t grow past 6’3”. He was over 6’-0” in 8th grade so his game developed as a close to the basket player. The fact that he was able to transition to guard in college and have a really good career is amazing. At the time we didn’t understand that and he didn’t live up to the hype which was completely unfair.

@@Energyfl00d well said 👍🏿

yeah it was heart breaking when Alan Henderson got injured during the tournament. They were going to win it that year that and the way the officials screwed them against Duke in the previous years final four

@@davidkahil5158 easily could have been a back to back championship team.

Duke would've crushed them in '92....And they wouldn't have went undefeated in '76 without the worst charging call in history against Alabama in the Final Four.

Wtf does Teddy Valentine have to do with anything? He threw him out of a regular season game. How does that translate into a natl title for IU?

@@audspop2 ifa coulda shoulda woulda but they didn’t. Only undefeated college championship team period!

@@audspop2 Quite making excuses. The 76 team lost one game in two years by 2 points. They beat 10 ranked opponents in 76 including 5 ranked opponents in the post season.

@@HamburgerHelperDeath Making excuses about what? The post was about Teddy Valentine keeping them from winning the title in '92, which is obviously ridiculous. If you're referring to the blown charging call against Bama, I'm sorry, but it really did happen, go watch the tape. It's not like I'm just making up conspiracy theories. Your stats about beating teams by x amount of pts mean nothing. You're obviously a Hoosier fan and have blinders on. You went unbeaten as a result of, again, the worst charging call in history. Congrats! But don't act like it didn't happen. Bad calls happen, it's inevitable, but at least have some integrity and admit it.

Excellent summary.

Absolutely. That used to be how it was for the regional and semistate. Since they went to class basketball they only play two games during the Regionals.

@@philipnewton3266 Wow..Thank you..When did Indiana go to class basketball?

@@milart12 I believe it was in 1998.

I met Bob Knight on an airplane after getting out of Basic Training for the Air Force. I only said a few words to him and got an autograph. I told him I hoped IU had a great season. That was the 87 yr. In my mind I'd like to think he talked about me all year long as an influence over the team.

I agree with some of your logic. Yes, he was too hard on players and was overly aggressive at times. But he also instilled a work ethic in his players to succeed. I think Isiah Thomas did ok after leaving IU. I don't believe Bird left because Knight was too hard on him. From everything I have read, Bird left because IU was too big and he was homesick.

@@toddrunyon the Bird thing is correct. He didn't stay long enough for Bob to run him off, thank goodness. Bob would've insisted that he change his style and ruined him, too. IT left after sophomore year and is the exception to the rule. Seriously, look at who are considered goat coaches, then look at how many players they coached were great in pros. Even if I give you Isaiah, that's it. Wooden, Zrzyzewiski, John Thompson, Boeheim, etc...they didn't suck their players souls out them and ruin their professional careers. I was talking to Pat Graham about this. He was one of the best h.s. players in Indiana history. Granted, he wouldn't have been a pro, but he told me when he got to IU, Knight insisted he change the fundamentals of his jump shot. Pat said "Wtf is this guy talking about? All I know how to do is shoot! And he's trying to change it?!" Pretty much sums it up, imo.

Sorry, left out Dean Smith.

Knight's great with Xs & Os and he helped Landon Turner after his accident. That's great. But the negatives far outweigh the positives.

@@toddrunyon Where you from James? I do have a positive Knight story. I was a little kid, maybe 8 or 9 yrs old, and he came to my h.s. to watch a prospect. I was a die-hard Kentucky fan and happened to be wearing a KY shirt. I got up the nerve to go up to him and ask for his autograph. He glared at me, classic angry Knight and asked where I got that shirt. I almost sh** myself. I said my uncle gave it to me and he just laughed and gave me the autograph. It was awesome! I don't hate the man, just think he's way overrated when it comes to the goat discussion.