It’s time for Inside the Hall’s player-by-player breakdown of the 2012-2013 Indiana Hoosiers. Today: Victor Oladipo.Key stats: 10.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 49.8 free throw rate, 15.4 defensive rebounding percentageThe emergence of Victor Oladipo from under-recruited freshman to a junior who looks to have a future playing professionally is a prime example of what happens when you merge a talent who is willing to work with the player development currently taking place in Bloomington.Oladipo’s commitment to the Hoosiers in September of 2009 shortly after a visit went largely unnoticed nationally, but it was arguably one of the most important moments in the first year and a half of the Tom Crean era. It continued IU’s plan of building a pipeline in the D.C./Maryland/Virginia area, which started with Maurice Creek and is still ongoing today with the hiring of Kenny Johnson. It also quickly changed the course of the 2010 recruiting class which at the time was only comprised of David Williams.After ...
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October 09, 2012
