45 Facts About Robbie Hummel

Robert John Hummel was born on March 8,1989 and is an American former professional basketball player and current TV commentator.

Robbie Hummel played college basketball for Purdue University and for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA.

In 2019, Robbie Hummel was named USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year.

Robbie Hummel is a regular contributor for Westwood One Sports and SiriusXM.

Robbie Hummel averaged 15.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game as a Viking during his senior season.

Robbie Hummel attended Purdue University to play under head coach Matt Painter.

Robbie Hummel averaged 11.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists a game in his freshman year.

Robbie Hummel led the "Baby Boilers", along with Chris Kramer, JaJuan Johnson, Keaton Grant, and E'Twaun Moore, to a second-place finish in conference play and on to a second-round NCAA tournament appearance, where they lost to a senior-led Xavier team.

Robbie Hummel broke the school freshman record with a 44.7 three-point field goal percentage, while leading the Big Ten Conference.

Robbie Hummel recorded the highest free throw percentage for a freshman in school history with 86.5 accuracy, which led the team, and broke Kyle Macy's 33-year-old.

Robbie Hummel was named First Team All-Big Ten, becoming the first true Boilermaker freshman to earn the honor.

Robbie Hummel finished his freshman season as one of 24 John R Wooden Award finalists and of 10 finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy.

Robbie Hummel completed his sophomore season averaging close to 13 points and 7 rebounds a game.

Robbie Hummel opened the season with ten straight double figure scoring performances, totaling 19 on the season, which included four 20+ point performances.

Robbie Hummel recorded two preseason double-doubles, with one coming against Stephen Curry's Davidson team.

Robbie Hummel began battling with back spasms and a broken vertebra, which forced him to sit out 5 games and kept him from practice involvement.

Robbie Hummel led the Boilers to their first Big Ten tournament championship in school history and was named the most outstanding player of the tournament, following with a third straight NCAA tournament appearance and the program's first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 9 years.

Robbie Hummel was a Preseason First Team All-Big Ten pick by both CBS Sports and Big Ten Network and a Preseason 2nd Team All-American pick by ESPN analysts, Doug Gottlieb and Jay Williams.

Robbie Hummel tied his former assistant coach, Cuonzo Martin's single game school record of 8 three point-field goals made in a losing effort against an Evan Turner-led Ohio State team on January 12,2010, in which he scored a career high 35 points and received a dislocated pinky finger.

Robbie Hummel scored 11 points, making 3 of 4 three-pointers, in his prior twelve minutes of the game.

Purdue officials reported the following day that Robbie Hummel tore his anterior cruciate ligament and would miss the rest of the season.

Robbie Hummel finished the last five games as a junior perfect from the free throw line, making all 21 of his attempts.

Robbie Hummel scored at least 11 points in all but three games on the season, including ten straight, while recording eight double-doubles and being named a First Team All-Big Ten selection for the second time in his career at Purdue, while being named a Fox Sports Third-Team All-American, a State Farm and NABC Second Team All-American, and an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American.

Robbie Hummel received knee surgery and had to wait 4 to 6 months for the healing process.

Robbie Hummel returned to the team as a fifth year redshirted senior.

On October 19,2011, Robbie Hummel showed no effects from his injury during 3-on-3 fast break drills in practice.

Robbie Hummel led the Boilers with 16.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per contest, while averaging 2 assists and.

Robbie Hummel scored in double figures in all but three games this season, which included nine 20+ point games, while recording six double-doubles.

Robbie Hummel led the Boilers to a sixth straight NCAA Tournament, losing in his final game to Final Four-bound Kansas in the third round by 3 points.

Robbie Hummel was named an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and won the Lowe's Senior Class Award and the Thomas A Brady Comeback Award.

On December 23,2011 at Iowa, Robbie Hummel became the tenth player in school history to tally 700 rebounds.

On March 4,2012 with a 16-point performance in a loss at Indiana, Robbie Hummel scored his 1,720th career point, placing him ninth in career points at Purdue.

Robbie Hummel finished his career with 1,772 points, 862 rebounds, 268 assists, 132 steals, 112 blocks, becoming the only Boiler to reach such numbers in each category.

On June 28,2012, Robbie Hummel was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 58th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.

In July 2013, Robbie Hummel re-joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2013 NBA Summer League.

On June 28,2015, the Timberwolves tendered a qualifying offer to make Robbie Hummel a restricted free agent.

On July 31,2015, Robbie Hummel signed a one-year deal with Italian team EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.

Robbie Hummel appeared in 11 games and had four starts in the Italian League, averaging 9.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 22.4 minutes per game.

Robbie Hummel played in nine games while having one start in Euroleague play, averaging 7.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.

On September 15,2016, Robbie Hummel signed with the Denver Nuggets, but was waived on October 22 after appearing in seven preseason games.

On October 4,2017, Robbie Hummel announced he was retiring from professional basketball in order to become a studio analyst and color commentator for ESPN and Big Ten Network.

In 2017, Robbie Hummel signed a 3 year broadcasting contract with multiple networks followed by a 2 year deal with the same.

Robbie Hummel is a regular contributor on Westwood One Sports as well as Sirius XM.

Post retirement, Robbie Hummel joined Team Princeton 3X3 on the FIBA 3x3 World Tour.

On June 23,2019, Robbie Hummel won a gold medal at the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Amsterdam.