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Bob Barker

  • Class
    1971
  • Induction
    2010
  • Sport(s)
    Basketball
Bob Barker played basketball at Indiana State from 1968 to 1971, averaging 15.4 points per game. He was named to the 1971 All-Midwestern Conference team along with 2008 Hall of Fame inductee George Pillow. Barker’s name still appears in the Sycamore men’s basketball record book as he is 18th in career scoring (1,199 points) and seventh in rebounding average (7.9 rebounds per game).

 

Barker scored a career high 35 points against Butler on Feb. 7, 1970 and led the 1969-1970 team in scoring with 445 points, an average of 17.1 points per game.

 

He had 20 or more rebounds three times during his Sycamore career as he grabbed 22 rebounds against Butler on Jan. 7, 1970 and had 22 against Ball State on Jan. 10, 1970; both marks tying him for third in the ISU single game rebounding performance list. He also had 20 against Western Illinois on Jan. 12, 1970, a total that ranks eighth on the single game rebounding list.

 

 

  • Named All-Midwestern Conference team (1971) 

  • Seventh all-time in rebounding average with 7.9 rebounds per game 

  • 18th all-time in points scored with 1,199 points. 

  • Led 1969-1970 men’s basketball team in scoring with 445 points. 

  • Appears three times in top 10 single game rebounding with 22 against Butler (01/07/70), 22 against Ball State (01/10/70), and 20 against Western Illinois (01/12/70) 

  • Scored a career high 35 points against Butler (02/07/70) 

  • Inducted into Hall of Fame February 13, 2010 

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