Lansing in ESPN piece on finding hidden gems (Jake Odum)

[Jason Svoboda]

And for a relatively new head coach like Greg Lansing of Indiana State, a hidden gem can be a career- and program-changer.

"Two summers ago, Jake Odum was the starting point guard on the Terre Haute Jammers, and he was always in the lower division in their tournaments," Lansing said. "They went 40-5 that summer, and game after game he was controlling the game, killing guys, making outlandish plays -- Scott Skiles-type plays -- and no one was in the gym to watch them. It was a bunch of 6-foot and under Terre Haute kids."

Odum led the upstart Sycamores to a surprising Missouri Valley Conference tournament title in 2011 in Lansing's first year, averaging 4.1 assists a game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=6742819

 

[landrus13]

Nice find Jason!!! Great article on kids that were overlooked by other colleges. It sure feels nice that we have Odum over the likes of PUke and IU.

 

[Callmedoc]

Nice find Jason!!! Great article on kids that were overlooked by other colleges. It sure feels nice that we have Odum over the likes of PUke and IU.

See, you make a nickname for Purdue but no IU Loosier comment.

 

[landrus13]

See, you make a nickname for Purdue but no IU Loosier comment.

What are you getting at?

 

[BlueBleeder]

What are you getting at?

get off the IU bandwagon.....everyone else did...LOL

 

[landrus13]

Okay???? I posted something positive on here with no reference to IU and now I am on their bandwagon. You guys need to get your story straight.

 

[BlueBleeder]

Okay???? I posted something positive on here with no reference to IU and now I am on their bandwagon. You guys need to get your story straight.

Landrus....just poking fun at you for being an IU fan. You need to roll with the punches and learn to throw some back.

Now, back to the story on Jake and Coach Lansing!

 

[Callmedoc]

Landrus....just poking fun at you for being an IU fan. You need to roll with the punches and learn to throw some back.

Now, back to the story on Jake and Coach Lansing!

Landrus, I am making fun of you for being an IU fan, I think it's pretty clear.

 

[landrus13]

LOL. There was only about a little paragraph written about him but at least he got some publicity from ESPN. This is going to be a fun season.:wordyo:

 

[Bob Evans]

Odum is the most entertaining player to watch for ISU in quite a while. There have been good players recently, but he makes some spectacular plays - ones that will make a people feel like they got their money's worth. The stuff he did late in the season last year was phenomenal.

 

[TreeTop]

Odum is the most entertaining player to watch for ISU in quite a while.

I agree with this big time.

Not since Menser and Bird before him have we had a single player evoke so much excitement play after play. Literally, every possession, I want to watch Odum and see what he does with and without the ball.

 

[sycamorebacker]

The players I've enjoyed watching the most are Bird, Williams and Newsome. 13 could be up there with them.

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Have I mentioned that I am a fan of 13? Well let me make it clear once and for all that I am a huge fan of the kid. He is probably (after what he did last year) my favorite Sycamore of all time. As a freshman you are supposed to hit a wall at some point and he never did, as a freshman your not supposed to go into St. Louis and lead your team to the title game and he did that, as a freshman your not supposed to play Syracuse (lose by 20) and totally steal the show.

Jake Odum is a diaper dandy!

 

[ISUCC]

that one pass he had in the Syracuse game was worth watching the entire game, they kept replaying it. I can't remember if it was a behind the back pass or what, but it was a spectacular pass.