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Odum channels Larry Bird November, 28, 2011 Nov 28 12:40 PM ET
By Jeremy Lundblad
 
Jake Odum channels Larry Bird
Indiana State’s Jake Odum finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in Sunday’s 72-66 win over Fairfield. It’s the first triple-double by an Indiana State player since Larry Bird in February 1979 against Drake. Bird did a bit more scoring in that one, finishing with 33 points. The Missouri Valley Conference had a rather significant triple-double drought of its own. Before Odum, you have to go back to February 1998 when Southern Illinois’ Rashad Tucker posted one against Northern Iowa.

The school's athletic teams are known as the Sycamores. They participate in the Division I Missouri Valley Conference and NCAA FCS Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Athletically, it is best known as the alma mater of basketball legend Larry Bird; World Champion gymnast Kurt Thomas; and Olympic, World and Pan-American Champion free-style wrestler, Bruce Baumgartner. The legendary basketball coach John Wooden coached the Sycamores before accepting the Head Coaching position at UCLA. The Men's Basketball team won the 1950 NAIB National Champions and were National Runner-Up in 1946 and 1948. They were also the NCAA College Division (Div II) National Runner-Up in 1968 and the Division I National Runner-Up in 1979. The 1950 team comprised the core of the 1951 Pan-American Gold Medal Team. In 1971, Coach Grete Treiber led the ISU Women's gymnastics team to a National Runner-up finish at the AIAW National Championships. Kurt Thomas led the Men's Gymnastics Team to the 1977 NCAA National Championship. Indiana State University Chess Captain, Taylor Pinnick, has led the Sycamores to 9