Three hours before tipoff, the line stretched around Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, circling the stadium, wrapping around neighboring Cook Hall and all the way up Fee Lane nearly a quarter-mile away. Students had camped out in the snow the night before to get the best possible seats. They huddled around space heaters, trying to keep their hands and feet from going numb. A group of seven students near the front had arrived at p. Police officers from five different departments — the most ever for a basketball game at Assembly Hall, IUPD cadet Callee Richardson said— gathered in the lobby for a final briefing as they tried to figure out how to deal with the crowds.
On the court, photographers and television stations mapped out where they would be during the halftime festivities. Writers lined the courtside bleachers, jotting down notes and watching warmups as the players slowly trickled out of the locker room.
Despite the nervous energy brewing in the building, the often-loud Assembly Hall crowd was oddly quiet. Broadcaster Dick Vitale emerged from his dressing room, bounding through a swarm of fans asking for photos. If it were possible, Hoosier fans would have fast forwarded to halftime.
While Knight is revered in Indiana and throughout college basketball for his accomplishments on the hardwood, his darker legacy is often forgotten.
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Report Post « » Your Name:. In this quote, Knight seems to be attempting to justify his hard-nosed attitude towards coaching. Moderation wasn't the key for him; it was all or nothing. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Well, I may be overweight. But I'm sure not fat. To this day, they don't want to play tennis with me. The don't want to play me in golf. After watching the outtakes, you'll agree that nobody would want to play golf with Knight in fear that he may throw a club at them.
There's not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We're two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy. It said enough without saying a lot. I remember struggling with the perfect words to write on the card, too.
I wrote something about thanking him for the time, scribbled "Happy Birthday'' and signed my name. And I was off, reporter's notebook and birthday card in hand. I waited about 20 minutes for him to come up to his office — I always prefer to be early. When I got there, I introduced myself, thanked him for his time and wished him happy birthday. He sat down at his desk, and laid the card down unopened. He answered all my basketball questions, with one great answer after another, as I recall. He was always a great interview when he wanted to be.
Right at 15 minutes, he said "One more. I stammered a bit, because I probably had a dozen questions still written down inside my notebook a habit to battle nerves. He stood up, and I stood up as I remember all these years later. I thanked him for the time, and told him how much I appreciated it. I did, always.
As I left his office, the card was still on his desk. When Bob Knight turned 50 years old in , Indianapolis Monthly magazine did a big cover story on him. For Knight, the birthday didn't mean anything to him.
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