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Indiana Basketball: Top five in-state recruiting misses since 2000

By Alec Lasley

BLOOMINGTON, IN - JANUARY 15: A Indiana Hoosiers cheerleader performs during the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Assembly Hall on January 15, 2017 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, IN - JANUARY 15: A Indiana Hoosiers cheerleader performs during the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Assembly Hall on January 15, 2017 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – APRIL 04: Trey Lyles #41 of the Kentucky Wildcats goes up for a dunk late in the first half against the Wisconsin Badgers during the NCAA Men’s Final Four Semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Steppig – Pool/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – APRIL 04: Trey Lyles #41 of the Kentucky Wildcats goes up for a dunk late in the first half against the Wisconsin Badgers during the NCAA Men’s Final Four Semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Steppig – Pool/Getty Images) /

No. 2: Trey Lyles (2014)

The Indiana star that never was.

Lyles, who had originally committed to the Hoosiers before he had played a single high school game, was an Indiana boy at heart, and that was all he knew.

Spending nearly two years committed to Indiana, making his initial pledge in September of his freshman year and remaining committed until the summer prior to his junior season, once he decommited, it was all but set in stone he would go elsewhere.

He told ESPN when he committed that he had only been considering Kentucky and Louisville since September [of 2013].

Not only did it hurt that he was an original commitment, but the fact that he committed to Kentucky of all schools was a knife in the heart to most Indiana fans.

Playing just one season at Kentucky, Lyles averaged 8.7 points and 5.2 rebounds as part of the platoon system John Calipari implemented that season.

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