According to the Student Affairs website, Indiana University has 69 fraternities and sororities, but from 2009-2013, there was a 70th under the roof of Cook Hall.
At least that’s how former Indiana basketball player Derek Elston put it — 15 guys in the “doghouse,” grinding so hard that gamedays felt like off days.
“We always say we had our own fraternity,” Elston said. “Guys are in on the weekend, on off days, preseason stuff, we were there all day long. I’ve never been around a group more willing and wanting to get better.”
Growing up in Tipton, Indiana, Elston wishes he could say playing in Bloomington was fulfilling a dream of his, but he really wanted to follow his dad’s footsteps and play at North Carolina.