Category Archives: Victor Oladipo

Catching up with Victor Oladipo — on his injury, takeaway from his rookie season, and his mindset going into Year 2

Victor Oladipo is proudly from the DMV; Maryland, more specifically. But Indiana quickly became a second home for the 22-year-old.

Oladipo’s story has been well-documented, going from the 144th ranked high-school recruit, according to Rivals.com, to three years later being selected second overall in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic.

Oladipo graduated in three years from Indiana University and helped lead the team …

Injury to sideline Oladipo during Magic’s visit to Indy

Indiana grad Victor Oladipo will make the trip to Indianapolis Thursday despite the fact that an injury will keep him out of Friday’s game — the Orlando Magic’s second preseason game.

Victor Oladipo won't be able to play Friday night, but he's looking forward to being in Indiana: "It's my second home."

— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) October 9, 2014

There’s a very good chance that …

ESPN NBA analysts discuss Oladipo, Zeller pre-draft

ESPN held a conference call Wednesday afternoon to discuss the upcoming NBA Draft. Fran Fraschilla and Chad Ford, both well in touch with the process, college coaches and NBA execs making the decisions took questions from members of the media on the call.

Below are their thoughts on IU’s Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller.

FRASCHILLA:  Chad probably talked to the teams about both, so I’ll …

Video: Victor Oladipo says hand gesture means ‘Know Us’

Indiana guard Victor Oladipo is off to a fast start in his sophomore year and he has contributed greatly to the Hoosiers 2-0 start.

In the season-opener against Stony Brook, Oladipo tied a career-high with 16 points and then followed it up with a new career-high of 21 points in a win over Chattanooga.

After throwing down a huge dunk or making an energy play, …

Video: Zeller, Oladipo, Watford, and Hulls talk about the media challenge and upcoming season

Following the IU media challenge, we talked with some of the Hoosiers about their observations from the day, Hoosiers Hysteria next Saturday and the upcoming season.

Watch below to see interviews with Cody Zeller, Victor Oladipo, Christian Watford and Jordan Hulls:

Indiana’s Christian Watford and Victor Oladipo making the most of their summer

There is no offseason in college basketball, or any college sports for that matter. Players must continue to improve their skills and stay in top shape.

Six Indiana Hoosiers, Jordan Hulls, Victor Oladipo, Tom Pritchard, Matt Roth, Will Sheehey, and Christian Watford, compete in the weekly Indy Pro-AM, in addition to their regularly scheduled workouts. Although the games tend to be less organized and more …

High-jumping Oladipo shows off his singing skills at Indiana banquet

We all know freshman guard Victor Oladipo has mad hops, but we didn’t know he could sing. The Indiana basketball player put his skills on display on Monday for the inaugural Spirit of Indiana Showcase at the Indiana University Auditorium. This is yet another new, brilliant idea of Athletic Director Fred Glass. The red carpet is rolled out and athletes dress up in elaborate attire. …