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 Hoosier reflections on Bobby Knight
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Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Dec 28, 2006
Perhaps tonight, almost certainly in days to come, Knight will become the winningest men’s college basketball coach of all time.
Think about that for a second.
Bob Knight. Most men’s wins. Ever.
Fine, then. That’s simple enough.
He’ll likely do it wearing a black sweater. With an unranked team. Coaching some school in Texas that, more likely than not, would’ve been championship-game fodder for his previous employer, Indiana University, in either the Indiana Classic or Hoosier Classic. You may remember those now-extinct tournaments from Knight’s prime years, where the Hurryin’ Hoosiers would drop 90 or so points on largely irrelevant teams as primers for Big Ten contention and NCAA Tournament respect.
Back when the Hoosiers could, oh, say, beat Kentucky. Or wouldn’t lose to, say, Butler. Or wouldn’t struggle to beat a team like Southern Illinois, then explain away the difficulty as the Salukis being one of the toughest mid-majors in the country.
You remember those days, don’t you? When Indiana was a perennial preseason Top 15 team? When phrases like “on the bubble” or “quality wins” or “RPI and strength of schedule” were idle chatter reserved for the riff-raff of basketball?
Whether you hate Knight or adore him, whether you want Indiana University to be successful or to fail without him, it’s safe to say one thing: Those days, when the Bob Knight-coached Indiana Hoosiers were respected by some and despised by others, are missed.
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:03:00 GMT
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