After tallying a combined 269 victories over 12 seasons at Bethel and South Bend, Drew took the reins at Valparaiso in 1988, ultimately spending 22 years with the Crusaders. I knew once that season was over and we started working out over the summer, we were going to become a pretty good team. Class: Lawrence Funderburke (7), Pat Graham (15), Calbert Cheaney (31), Greg Graham (36), Chris Lawson (76) Impact: This class was met with a lot of fanfare, especially with thoughts of pairing Funderburke with Bobby Knight, but the fun didn’t last long.

He was the first pick in the 1991 NBA Draft, the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1992 and a two-time NBA All-Star.Todd Lichti was a potent scorer from the moment he stepped foot on the Stanford campus. Our freshman year was very, very subpar…We started out excellent and when we got into Big Ten we were in for a rude awakening. Cheaney remains the Big Ten all-time leading scorer (Photo: Indiana University Archives). "I had to drive by [Indiana's] Assembly Hall to get to his house," Krzyzewski said. He was Coach Knight’s first left-handed player, and was known as a smooth leader all four years at Indiana. Cheaney also swept all National Player of the Year awards in 1993. If the Hoosiers are able to find a way to win, it would be their first win in the Breslin Center since Calbert Cheaney was wearing #40. He scored 20 points in his college debut. IU Basketball News, Hoosiers Recruiting, and PodcastsCalbert Nathaniel Cheaney is a retired American basketball player that is currently the assistant coach for the Erie Bayhawks – an NBA G League affiliate for the Atlanta Hawks. His name is Calbert Cheaney, and he's only the school's—and Big Ten's—all-time scoring leader. The Illini, Damon Bailey was an eighth-grader in 1986, when then-IU coach Bob Knight was moved to hyperbole by watching him play. Lichti scored 2,336 points from 1985-89 – the second-highest total all-time at the school – and averaged at least 17.2 points per game in each of his four seasons. KANSAS CITY, Mo. He would go on to play for the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, and Utah Jazz, before closing his career out with three years with Golden State Warriors, retiring after the 2005-2006 season.Following his retirement as a player, Cheaney spent two seasons on the staff for the Golden State Warriors. I played on the Tournament of America team and the World University team. Jeffries' recruitment was almost as important to Bob Knight as Zeller's was to Tom Crean because the top-10 national recruit suited up for Bloomington North High School, right there in the Hoosiers' backyard.Jeffries didn't have a brother playing at an ACC powerhouse, but he was still seriously considering leaving town for Duke. Bob Knight saw the potential in Calbert and recruited him along with Pat Graham, Greg Graham, Chris Reynolds, Todd Leary, Chris Lawson and Lawrence Funderburke. Join our daily mailing list Please consider supporting The Daily Hoosier by shopping on Amazon via this Easily the No. National recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons had all but Leary in his Top 50. He won his first of three-consecutive NABC Defensive Player of the Year honors and helped take the Blue Devils to the national title game as a sophomore in 1999, and then was an All-ACC First Team and All-America Second Team pick as a junior. He made instant impact by leading the team in scoring with a 17.1 average as a freshman. The 1994-1995 season was his best and he averaged a career-high 16.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. However, with the addition of other talent from players like Alan Henderson, Cheaney “didn’t have to score as much.” Cheaney averaged 17.6 points per game his junior season, and his three-point percentage dropped significantly. He averaged 20.5 points and a program-record 7.7 assists per game over his career, earning All-America accolades in each of his three varsity seasons.

During the last three of his years at Indiana, the team spent all but two of the 53 poll weeks in the top 10, and 38 of them in the top 5. Anunoby and Morgan were not a "good class".