3 basketball players leaving IU

After a disappointing season that saw IU finish with a 17-15 record, a first-round exit from the Big Ten Tournament and no postseason tournament berth, at least three players announced their departure Monday.

CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish reported freshman forward Noah Vonleh planned to enter the NBA Draft. The Big Ten’s Freshman of the Year, Vonleh averaged 11.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game and is expected to be a first round pick.

“It’s going to suck leaving college without an NCAA Tournament,” Vonleh told Parrish. “But I have to do what’s best for me.”

Adding to Vonleh’s departure was the announcement that sophomore forwards Austin Etherington and Jeremy Hollowell would transfer from the program. Unconfirmed rumors that walk-on players Jonny Marlin, Joe Fagan and Andrew Calomeris planned to transfer surfaced throughout the day.

Should those rumors prove true, they will become the sixth, seventh and-eighth players to transfer from IU in the last two seasons.

Alden Woods