(a) how does that make them “goony”? (b) I was really referring to the Knight comment. Scott May? Isiah Thomas? Calbert Cheaney? Alan Henderson? Landon Turner?
There were a couple of white big men that played at Indiana; Kent Benson and Kirk Haston come to mind, but neither had a reputation of being “goony.”. Oh, Uwe Blab. Also not a goon.
Knight and Crean both have an overwhelming number of white players compared to most other big time college teams. For the most part, their style of play is slow, a lot of passing and very physical.
Richard Mandeville was a goon, but thankfully he never played much.