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Top 40 Indiana basketball players of all-time: #40 – #30

By Connor O’Keefe

Nov 12, 2021; Bloomington, IN, USA; Indiana Hoosiers forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23) during player introductions prior to the game against the Northern Illinois Huskies at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Mandatory Credit: Xavier Daniels/Indiana Athletics-USA TODAY NETWORK
Nov 12, 2021; Bloomington, IN, USA; Indiana Hoosiers forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23) during player introductions prior to the game against the Northern Illinois Huskies at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Mandatory Credit: Xavier Daniels/Indiana Athletics-USA TODAY NETWORK /
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Apr 1, 2002; Atlanta, GA, USA; FILE PHOTO; Maryland Terrapins center Tahj Holden (45) and Drew Nicholas (12) defend Indiana Hoosiers center Jeff Newton (50) in the Championship game of the 2002 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Georgia Dome. Maryland defeated Indiana 64-52. Mandatory Credit: USA TODAY Sports /

Indiana basketball career stats: 9.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.5 BLK, 46.6 FG%

Jeff Newton came in as a freshman from Atlanta, Georgia, having been recruited by Bob Knight. But with the head coaching change from Knight to Mike Davis, Newton decided to stick through it and ended up being a huge part of the Hoosiers squad that lost in the 2002 National Championship game to #1 Maryland.

In the 2002 Final Four game against 2-seeded Oklahoma, Newton came off the bench strong with 19 points, six rebounds, and four blocks, and was the leading scorer for the Hoosiers.

With four seasons under his belt in Bloomington, Jeff Newton ranks in the top 10 in the following statistical categories in IU history, despite starting 25+ games in a single season just once:

Games – 133 (tied for 3rd)
Offensive rebounds – 197 (7th)
Defensive rebounds – 429 (6th)
Blocks – 227 (1st)
Blocks per game – 1.7 (6th)
Defensive win shares – 9.1 (2nd)
Total win shares – 12.7 (9th)

Adding onto that already impressive stat sheet above, Newton also has tied for the third most defensive rebounds in a single season (206 in 2002-03) and the seventh most blocks (70 in 2002-03) in a single season in Indiana basketball history. Though he went undrafted and didn’t pan into much of anything after college, Newton is one of the more under-appreciated Hoosier all-time greats.

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