IU basketball legend Isiah Thomas will be the guest picker Saturday when ESPN’s College GameDay airs live from Bloomington.
As is the tradition on the program, Thomas will pick the winners of Saturday’s top college football games along with the regular show hosts.
The former star point guard for the Hoosiers won both an NCAA championship and two NBA titles.
Thomas averaged 15.4 points and 5.7 assists per game over two seasons at Indiana. After winning an NCAA title as a sophomore in 1981, Thomas turned pro. The Pistons made him the second pick of the draft, and he led Detroit to consecutive championships in 1989 and 1990.
Thomas retired in 1994 with averages of 19.2 points and 9.3 assists. In 13 years with Detroit, he became the franchise’s all-time leader in points, assists, steals and games played. He made the All-Star Team in all but his final year and was named NBA Finals MVP in 1990. Thomas became the fourth player in NBA history to amass more than 9,000 assists. His 13.9 assists per game in 1984-85 set an NBA record for the highest single-season average ever. Thomas is in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Baseball great Kyle Schwarber was the guest picker when GameDay was at IU two years ago.
GameDay airs live on ESPN from 9 a.m. to Noon ET on Saturday at Showalter Fountain in the heart of the IU campus.
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