After three years in Bloomington, forward Troy Williams chose to skip his senior season to go pro. Though he went undrafted, he had several teams interested in bringing him in for summer league play.
A week after impressing at the Las Vegas Summer League while playing for the Phoenix Suns, Williams has agreed to sign with the Memphis Grizzlies, a league source confirmed to VigilantSports.com.…
Another hometown kid came through Bankers Life Fieldhouse for a pre-draft workout. This time, it was Yogi Ferrell, who won two Class 2A State Championships while in high school at Park Tudor. He then went on to play four years at Indiana and is now working to prove himself to NBA executives.
“He shot the hell out of the ball,” one team observer told me …
On this week’s episode of the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast, I’m joined by a familiar name in Central Indiana Sports: Tom Pritchard.
Pritchard played basketball at Indiana University from 2008-12. He was not only part of that special game where IU knocked off No. 1 and previously unbeaten Kentucky at Assembly Hall, but he was also one of the original recruits in 2008 who remained …
The awards, honors, and opportunities continue to come in for Quinn Buckner during this special year.
In July 2015, he traveled to Africa to be on the TV broadcast of the NBA’s first-ever game on the continent. A few months later, in November, he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Coming up in October, he will be the honoree at the …
Troy Williams, who spent the last three years in Bloomington playing for Indiana, will forgo his senior season and remain in the NBA Draft.
Williams will be represented by Stephen Pina of ASM Sports, Pina confirmed to VigilantSports.com Wednesday.
The Oak Hill Academy product averaged 13.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.7 turnovers per game during his junior year in Bloomington. The Hoosiers lost in the …
Troy Williams, who’s played the last three seasons in Bloomington, was one of six draft hopefuls to take part in the Pacers’ first pre-draft workout Tuesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Williams, 21, just completed his junior year at Indiana University and says he has an internship and “a class or two left” to earn his undergraduate degree.
He has not yet decided whether he will …
Victor Oladipo grew up in Maryland — The DMV, he says — and spent just three seasons in Bloomington (2010-13) playing at Indiana University and yet he calls Indiana his second home. Local fans have rooted for him ever since his days at IU.
“Yeah, it’s always fun to come back here, see some familiar faces and see that IU red. It’s always a special …
At the beginning of the season, there were questions. Is he a leader (or can he be a leader?), is he a good teammate, can he help IU compete for a Big Ten title?
All of those questions and more have been answered by Yogi Ferrell, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week. Indiana’s senior point guard, and the choice of many to be …