Hoosier Hoops: Oladipo
Washington, D.C., product keeps family in mind

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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