Hoosier Hoops: Oladipo

Washington, D.C., product keeps family in mind


Victor Oladipo drives to the basket

Victor Oladipo drives to the basket during the 2010–11 season. Photo: Mike Dickbernd, IU Athletics

For Victor Oladipo, family is paramount. Although his parents and sisters are living their lives in his hometown of Washington, D.C., he says they are with him as he goes about his days as a guard on the Hoosier men’s basketball team and a student in the classroom.

“I hear them talking to me every day.” Oladipo says of his mother and sisters, whom he honors with the No. 4 he wears. 

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