Matthew Glenesk / IndyStar
BLOOMINGTON – Jerome Hunter’s journey from Pickerington to Bloomington includes an important milestone in Dayton.
It’s more figurative than a geography lesson, despite the fact that, yes, you’d have to go through Dayton to drive from Hunter’s suburban Columbus, Ohio, home to IU.
But one of Hunter’s first-ever scholarship offers? It came from Dayton, when Archie Miller was the Flyers’ coach. If you’re wondering how Miller and Indiana were able to so quickly close the gap between themselves and Hunter’s other suitors — perhaps most notably Ohio State and Michigan — and land the top-100 forward Monday, that’s where you should start.