Iup basketball

[Cobra Hawks]

Not too bad considering Dillard and Clarke not playing

[IUPalum]

The IUP offense is inept but we kind of knew that was going to happen. Lambert must play more bc he creates. Ethan had to work harder to score and it’ll be like this the rest of the year.

[IUPalum]

Brooks hands are terrible!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Sorry about Dillard. I hate to see any team lose a player to injury, and it certainly has to be hard on the kid.

Yes. It really is a terrible break for him. He's a really good young man. Hopefully he can get a medical redshirt but he may be just beyond the cutoff.

Clarke, my opinion, was quickly becoming the best PG in the league.

There's unfortunately no recovering from that type of two-man loss - certainly not for this roster.


These ACL losses have unfortunately become a bad tradition here the past 6 years -- Tommy Demo, Shawndale, Dillard.

[Ship69]

This team wasn't that good with Dillard and Clarke.

Without them, well, isn't going to be pretty.

They are going to take some serious beatings.

Sorry about Dillard. I hate to see any team lose a player to injury, and it certainly has to be hard on the kid.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Dillard been seen hobbling around and doubts over another starter as well. Not looking good for to tonight

This team wasn't that good with Dillard and Clarke.

Without them, well, isn't going to be pretty.

They are going to take some serious beatings.

[Cobra Hawks]

Dillard been seen hobbling around and doubts over another starter as well. Not looking good for to tonight

[EyeoftheHawk]

It's amazing to think Edwards won a Regional with (6) guys and a couple non-playing walk-ons until you think of who those (6) guys were. That was just an incredible story.

Imagine Mims playing against this current team? He'd go for 35 and 18 rebounds every time.

Ethan is a great player but Mims would have ate him for lunch and dinner.

Ethan is a symphony and Mims was a bad boy rock concert. Both can be good music but completely different styles.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Dennis Mims would’ve been my first choice but he was mentioned already.

Aaron Faulkner and Eric Castorino were a couple of the best guards to ever play at IUP! Castorino’s hustle was the best I’ve ever seen and Faulkner’s smoothness and sniper 3 ball were absolutely awesome!

It's amazing to think Edwards won a Regional with (6) guys and a couple non-playing walk-ons until you think of who those (6) guys were. That was just an incredible story.

Imagine Mims playing against this current team? He'd go for 35 and 18 rebounds every time.

Ethan is a great player but Mims would have ate him for lunch and dinner.

[IUPalum]

Dennis Mims would’ve been my first choice but he was mentioned already.

Aaron Faulkner and Eric Castorino were a couple of the best guards to ever play at IUP! Castorino’s hustle was the best I’ve ever seen and Faulkner’s smoothness and sniper 3 ball were absolutely awesome!

[Chuck Norris]

I’m going to have more than one but I’ll start with Derrick Freeman from the mid 90’s. That was about the time IUP was becoming a national contender and there were some incredible games in the Field House, especially against Cal. What I remember most about him was his thunderous dunks. They always seemed to be at the right time and often changing the momentum of the game. He was a bad dude under the rim. He was just inducted into the IUP Sports Hall of Fame this year.

My list would include several guys from those teams, but Freeman definitely led the way. He was a man among boys…literally. I don’t remember the specifics of his story, but he was already in his mid 20s when he got here.

Going even a little more old school, shortly before all those guys showed up, IUP’s best player was a guy named Paul Newman. He’s the reason why my mind doesn’t go straight to the legendary actor any time i hear that name lol.

For more recent players, I’d go with Marcel. We forget, but for much of his career he was a bit of a whipping boy on this board, but his progression from occasional contributor to role player to all conference star was one of my favorites among all IUP players I’ve watched. It was capped by his remarkable performance in the 3OT loss to West Liberty.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I propose a new game during this mini break in action. Name an IUP hooper who brings you joy anytime you think of them.

I'll go first.

Devon Cottrell. Legend has it he's still roaming around the back hallways of the KCAC blocking shots in his 12th year of eligibility. Driz. He was our Udonis Haslem...our minister of Crimson Hawk Culture.

Dennis Mims

There was no badder man at IUP than Mims.

How he got here isn't important. Gary Edwards got him. He was only here for one year, but he was as dominant a 'big' as IUP has ever had. He went (legit) 6'9" and a ripped 240 lbs.


A few years before Mims arrived, Rodney Horton was about the most dynamic, flamboyant scorer maybe to ever play here. Horton was a 6'5" guard who literally played all five positions at times and was clearly a far-superior talent for D2. Perhaps some baggage lead him to Edwards. Lol. Lips are sealed.

Horton ripped Cal for 40+ one Saturday night in a sold out Memorial Field House (in the heat of the rivalry).


As for the modern era: Brandon Spain and Chucky.

Spain should have been a star here. His timing was bad. I'll leave it at that. Chucky could have been a star at most places but played his role here perfectly.

[EyeoftheHawk]

I propose a new game during this mini break in action. Name an IUP hooper who brings you joy anytime you think of them.

I'll go first.

Devon Cottrell. Legend has it he's still roaming around the back hallways of the KCAC blocking shots in his 12th year of eligibility. Driz. He was our Udonis Haslem...our minister of Crimson Hawk Culture.

I’m going to have more than one but I’ll start with Derrick Freeman from the mid 90’s. That was about the time IUP was becoming a national contender and there were some incredible games in the Field House, especially against Cal. What I remember most about him was his thunderous dunks. They always seemed to be at the right time and often changing the momentum of the game. He was a bad dude under the rim. He was just inducted into the IUP Sports Hall of Fame this year.

[EyeoftheHawk]

No one was there will ever forget it. It got very uncomfortable as a fan. I remember someone around where I was sitting whispering to the person next to them something like, “ok enough, we need to start cheering.” It had to be awful for the players as the minutes went by.

But yes, it was an interesting, outside of the box idea and it brought in a huge crowd. It will always be part of IUP basketball lore.

I was living out of state when this went down but I’ve heard so much about it that I’d say it has to go down as one of the most memorable games in IUP hoops history. For that reason alone it was a great promotion regardless of the outcome. In some ways losing the game made it more memorable. If IUP would have come out and blew Gannon out of the building there wouldn’t be nearly as much talk about it and there probably would have been a Silent Night game every year.

[hawks16]

I propose a new game during this mini break in action. Name an IUP hooper who brings you joy anytime you think of them.

I'll go first.

Devon Cottrell. Legend has it he's still roaming around the back hallways of the KCAC blocking shots in his 12th year of eligibility. Driz. He was our Udonis Haslem...our minister of Crimson Hawk Culture.