Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)
Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)
Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)
Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)
Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)
Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)
Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)
Written from IU Athletics press launch
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 26, 2024) — Former Indiana heart Kel’el Ware was chosen with the fifteenth choose by the Miami Warmth within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Ware’s choice marks one other milestone for Indiana College’s storied basketball program. The Hoosiers have now had 80 gamers drafted into the NBA, the second-most amongst present Huge Ten Convention colleges, trailing solely UCLA with 125. Michigan ranks third with 76. Of those 80 gamers, 28 have been first-round picks.
This yr’s draft additionally continues a development for Indiana, with first-round picks in consecutive drafts for the primary time since 2013 and 2014. In 2023, Jalen Hood-Schifino was chosen seventeenth general by the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier back-to-back first-rounders embody Victor Oladipo (second general by Orlando) and Cody Zeller (fourth by Charlotte) in 2013, adopted by Noah Vonleh (ninth by Charlotte) in 2014.
Kel’el Ware’s Faculty Efficiency
Ware, an All-Huge Ten Second Group choice, had a formidable season, averaging crew highs in factors (15.9 per recreation), rebounds (9.9), and blocked pictures (1.9). He’s one among solely three Hoosiers within the final 25 seasons to common at the least 15 factors and 9 rebounds in a season, becoming a member of D.J. White and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Ware shot 58.6% from the ground and 42.5% from the 3-point line, and he recorded a team-best 15 double-doubles together with 19 multi-block video games.
Coach Mike Woodson’s Feedback
Indiana Males’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Woodson praised Ware’s readiness for the NBA, stating, “Kel’el is the prototypical huge man in immediately’s NBA. He can block pictures on the rim, maintain up defensively within the pick-and-roll, and is a good lob menace on the opposite finish of the ground. He impressed me along with his potential to catch and shoot the basketball at a excessive degree and that’s what the subsequent degree is in search of. He’s a quiet child that goes about his enterprise in knowledgeable means. He dealt with the adversity thrown his method to begin his school profession and responded in an enormous means for our ball membership this season. We’re actually excited to see the best way his profession performs out in Miami.”
Hoosiers’ First-Spherical Draft Historical past
Indiana’s wealthy historical past within the NBA Draft consists of a number of notable first-round picks. Listed below are some highlights:
- First Total: Walt Bellamy (Chicago, 1961), Kent Benson (Milwaukee, 1977)
- Second Total: Archie Dees (Cincinnati, 1958), Scott Could (Chicago, 1976), Isiah Thomas (Detroit, 1981), Victor Oladipo (Orlando, 2013)
- Fourth Total: Cody Zeller (Charlotte, 2013)
- Sixth Total: Calbert Cheaney (Washington, 1993)
- Seventh Total: Quinn Buckner (Milwaukee, 1976), Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers, 2008)
- Eighth Total: Ward Williams (Fort Wayne, 1948)
- Ninth Total: Noah Vonleh (Charlotte, 2014)
- eleventh Total: Bob Wilkerson (Seattle, 1976), Jared Jeffries (Washington, 2002)
- twelfth Total: Mike Woodson (New York, 1980)
- 14th Total: Romeo Langford (Boston, 2019)
- fifteenth Total: Kel’el Ware (Miami, 2024)
- sixteenth Total: Alan Henderson (Atlanta, 1995), Kirk Haston (Charlotte, 2001)
- seventeenth Total: Steve Downing (Boston, 1973), Uwe Blab (Dallas, 1985), Greg Graham (Charlotte, 1993), Jalen Hood-Schifino (Los Angeles, 2023)
- 18th Total: Ray Tolbert (New Jersey, 1981)
- twenty second Total: Randy Wittman (Washington, 1983)
- twenty third Total: OG Anunoby (Toronto, 2017)
- twenty seventh Total: Brian Evans (Orlando, 1995)
- twenty ninth Total: D.J. White (Detroit, 2008)