Watch and read what Indiana senior guard Jordan Hulls had to say to the

fans at Assembly Hall following his last home game as a Hoosier.

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Like Coach Crean said, I have a lot of family members, so I've got a

lot of people to thank. I've got quite a few things to say, but first

of all I'd like to thank God, because none of this would have been

possible without him, so thank the big guy upstairs for this amazing

opportunity he's given us seniors given everything we've gone through

and the group of guys you see over here. It's a pretty special

feeling  that we were able to get back to prominence  in the

country with basketball here at Indiana, so it's pretty cool.

Like I've said, there are so many people that have helped me on my

journey, so I'd like to start with my family. I might get a little

emotional, I'm a little girly I guess with that. I'd like to thank my

parents for always being there for me. All the hours spent in the

driveway and in the gym. All the AAU Tournaments that we traveled to,

getting the Xbox in the van, traveling down to Florida, all that cool

stuff. They were always there for me, they always believed in me, when

nobody else really did.

Also, for instilling that hard work ethic in me. I'm not the tallest

guy, I'm not the fastest guy, but I knew I had to work my tail off to

be able to play at a big time university, so I thank them for giving me

the heart. That's really why I'm on the floor.

I'd like to thank my grandparents, Grandpa Pace. Grandma Connie, you

guys have always been there for me, every tournament, every game, you

wouldn't miss it. My Grandma Pace passed away a couple years ago, I

wish she could be here right now. Thanks for all you've done, cooking

meals when I need some food. That's always been nice living locally, I

can just go home and get a home-cooked meal whenever you want, so I

thank you guys for that and always being there for me.

Now onto my siblings. Jay, you always believed in me. Even though

you're seven years older than me, beat me up a little bit when I was

younger, that made me a better person, better player. So I can box out

all the 6-8 guys I have to, when Coach Crean asks me to do that, that's

pretty cool to do that. I'll never forget the time one of your buddies

came over to play some basketball and I was like seven, and he was 13

or 14, and I beat him in one-on-one, and I'll never forget that moment

with you. You never let him live it down, and he never came back. He

never came back to play anymore, so it was alright.

Kaila, my little sister, my best friend. Sorry, I'm stopping like every

five seconds, I can't help it. She's gone through a lot, knee

surgeries, she's just as good of a basketball player that I am. I'm

still taller than you though, so don't forget that. Everybody thinks

that she's taller than me, and she's a better shooter and stuff, but

I'll just say that to make her feel good, but honestly it's not true. I

love you very much, and thanks for always being there for me.

Lastly, Kati. She's at every game, she would never miss a game ever.

And she's been through so much, and although she didn't play any

sports, she knows everything there is to know about basketball. You can

ask her anything, any Twitter, whatever you want to know, our whole

family just goes up to Kati. Kati, what's up? What's going on with

C-Wat, what's he doing tonight? He Tweeted something, he Instagrammed

something, Kati's all over that. I appreciate her for keeping us all

updated and everything she does for us. She's our rock, she keeps us

humble, and I love you.

Lauren, Jay's wife, thank you for supporting all the craziness in the

Hulls family. You came into a pretty crazy family; aunts, uncles,

cousins that are crazy about basketball. Luckily you're a sports fan

yourself, so I won't tell people where you went to college, but we

still love you with all our heart, and we know you're an IU fan down

deep, so thank you for all that you do.

I have a million family members so I can't thank them all individually,

but all my aunts, uncles, cousins,  distant cousins in Florida,

they're always trying to get people to be Indiana Hoosier fans wherever

they are all over the country, and I just really appreciate that. Thank

you for sticking up for us, sticking up for me, and I love you all.

So after my family, there are lots of other people I'd like to thank.

I'm going to start with my AAU coaches, Kenny Blackwell, Coach Prior,

Grant Gibson, without you guys none of this would've happened. You guys

believed in me, you gave me a chance, you took us all over the country

playing in these different tournaments that college basketball coaches

were coming to watch. Although they were a little late on me a little

bit, I had good players on my team so they came to watch them, and thus

they had to watch me and put up with that, but I just really appreciate

all you've done for me and believing that I could play at the next

level.

My high school coaches at Bloomington South; Coach Holmes, Simpson,

Parker, Walls, Howington, there are so many other guys who are involved

in that program, but they gave me a chance when I was coming up as a

little guy. I didn't play varsity right away but worked my way up and

they trusted me, and they saw the hard work ethic that I put into the

game, and just thank you guys for getting me to this point in my life.

Lastly, I'd like to thank the whole IU coaching staff, Coach Crean,

Coach Buck, Coach Jackson, KJ, Coach McClain, and the past coaches like

Coach Seltzer, Coach Wat who's not here anymore, all those guys who

just gave me a chance and I just really appreciate that.

We've been through a lot together over the last four years, and a lot

of hard times, a lot of good times, some of our summer workouts with

Coach Wacko (Jackson) over there were pretty intense with the

teammates, but it made us better and got us to where we are today.

Coach Buck, thanks for coming to Pittsburgh. I think Coach Crean kind

of told you the story a little bit, I appreciate that and for believing

that I could do what I'm doing today.

I'd like to thank Jade, Dr. Rink, the medical staff, and Tim Garl, Dr.

Ahlfeld and Dr. Eddy, you guys do an amazing job with us. Whenever

we're sick, or Hanner's in there doing something crazy in the hot tub,

or that's Derek, he's always underneath in the hot tub, always there to

help us out and I really appreciate all you do for us.

Also I'd like to thank the managers, these guys don't get enough

credit. Whenever I wanted to get shots up, whether it's midnight or 8

in the morning, they're always there to rebound for you and never

complain about it. Thank you guys very much for that, rebounding for me.

Yeah…there's another page. Sorry.

Another person I'd like to thank is Ron Remak and his family over

there. Ron pretty much raised me as in his older son played with my

older brother so that's how our families met. He's been a huge

inspiration for me through high school, through college, through

everything. When my grandma passed away, he was always there. I love

you coach, thanks.

I'd like to thank Pastor Tom Ellsworth at Sherwood Oaks Christian

Church. He's done a lot of good things for me. I've gone to that church

pretty much my whole life, so I've learned a lot from him and I

appreciate all that he does, and everybody he preaches to on the same

page. He's done a lot for me and I appreciate all that he's done.

I'd like to thank all my friends and family. Being from Bloomington, I

have a lot of friends from high school that go to IU. I can't name you

all, but thank you all for the support, for believing in me, it's been

awesome.

I'd especially like to thank Caleb and Rowe, over here. Two of my best

friends, just like the managers, you know, whenever I needed somebody

to come rebound for me in high school; those guys don't really have

many friends I guess, so they came in to rebound for me and just help

me get better, and I got a lot of shots up that way. And Caleb claims

he can beat me in H-O-R-S-E, you know, so sometimes I play left-handed

to make him feel better. But he still doesn't win, so it doesn't

matter. But I thank those guys for being with me through thick and

thin, and they believed in me and helped me accomplish my dreams.

I'd like to thank Marni (Mooney) and Mattie White, the academic

advisors here. They also don't get enough credit. On the outside, I was

able to graduate in three years and I'm working on my Masters now, and

there's no way I could've done that without those two. Marni, my fellow

Panther over there, was always there for me. I try not to bug her too

much, but whenever I needed help, she was there for me, and I can't

thank her enough for all that she's done. Helping me get Academic

All-American was definitely a special accomplishment, but she gets a

lot of that credit.

Lastly, I'd like to thank this team that I'm with right now. In the

past, teams that I've been with, like I've said, the guys that have

been here for four years, we've been through a lot. They're like my

brothers. I love playing with these guys, I've loved playing with past

teams even though we may not have won as much as we wanted to. We stuck

with the program, we stuck with the plan, believed in what Coach Crean

and the staff were instilling in us and saw that we could be something

great.

So with this team, it's pretty special. We've got a lot of things left

to do, left in the season, and like Derek said, we did some work on

this wall over there, we still can do some work on that wall, and we

want to do some work over there on that wall and hang that next banner.

So that's our next goal, and I wouldn't trade any of this for anything

in the world. Even the losing and all that stuff, and it was the

hardest times of my life, but I had my family and my teammates and my

coaches to rely on, so I can't thank them enough.

And you, Hoosier Nation, I appreciate all that you have done being

there for us. It's been an awesome ride. Let's go get Banner Number

Six. Thank you."