The ballots have been counted and it’s time for Inside the Hall’s countdown of the greatest Indiana players of all-time. Today: No. 6: Quinn Buckner.

Years at Indiana: 1972-1976

The numbers: 1,195 points (10.0 average); 542 assists (4.5 average)

Career high: 14 assists (February 18, 1974 vs. Illinois)

Notable achievements: All-American (1975, 1976); First team All-Big Ten (1974, 1975); Indiana team MVP (1975); Indiana Hall of Fame (1986); Big Ten champion (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976); Final Four (1973); National champion (1976)

The case for Buckner: The numbers aren’t gaudy for the floor general of the last undefeated team in college basketball, but there’s no denying his importance to four consecutive Big Ten championship teams. Buckner held the school record for assists until Michael Lewis broke it in 2000. (And if we were factoring in sideburns, Quinn would be higher on this list.)

Quinn Buckner, a member of the 1976 National Championship team and one of the best IU players ever, will join Rick Bozich and Jody Demling at 2:12 EST today on The Front Row Ticket. Those of you in the So. Indiana/Louisville area can listen on 93.9 FM and out of town listeners can stream the show at 939theticket.com.

– Tim Buckley, Bennie Seltzer, Jayd Grossman and Brian Barone addressed the media on Tuesday and The Indiana Daily Student was all over it. Still no word on the third assistant, but perhaps this guy deserves a look?

– Terry Hutchens tackles several topics on his blog, including (but not limited to): Verdell Jones, Maurice Sutton, big men and Rick Greenspan.

– Former Purdue coach and Big Ten Network studio analyst Gene Keady is baffled by what Kelvin Sampson did at IU. Note to Gene: we’re in the same boat as you.

– Rick Bozich of The Louisville Courier-Journal agrees with Bob Knight and writes that the one-and-done rule was one of the worst things to happen in college basketball. In case you missed it, PostmanE had an interesting piece on The Dagger @ Y! a few days ago about O.J. Mayo and the one-and-done rule.

– Ben Homrig of The Indiana Daily Student encourages former IU basketball and football player James Hardy to get it together. Hardy, meanwhile, is calling the recent altercation with his father a mixup and has apologized. Try to stay on the good side of Commissioner Goodell, Mr. Hardy.

– The new Rivals 150 is out for 2009 and Derek Elston is No. 96, Maurice Creek is No. 136 and Bobby Capobianco is No. 138. What should this mean to you? Absolutely nothing.

– Quinn Buckner is ‘living in the now,’ according to The South Bend Tribune. I’m really not sure what that means, but you can read about it here.