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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2378811, member: 780"] I'm not sure some of our posters realize what a force in college basketball Knight was. [B]Bobby Knight won 902 D-1[/B] men's college basketball games, the most all-time at the time of his retirement and currently second all-time, behind his former player and assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski. Knight is best known as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers (1971-2000) and at Army (1965-1971) and Texas Tech (2001-2008) While at Indiana, Knight led his teams to three NCAA Championships and One NIT Championship. His 1975-76 team went the entire season and 1976 NCAA Tournament without a single loss and remains the only team to accomplish such a feat since. Knight received National Coach of the Year honors four times and Big Ten Coach of the Year honors eight times. In 1984, he coached the USA men’s basketball Olympic Team to USA to a gold medal (Pre-Dream Team era), becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title, NIT title, and an Olympic gold medal. Knight was one of college basketball's most successful and innovative coaches, having perfected and popularized the motion offense. He has also been praised for running clean programs (none of his teams was ever sanctioned by the NCAA for recruiting violations) and graduating most of his players. However, Knight has also attracted controversy; he famously threw a chair across the court during a game, was once arrested for assault and regularly displayed a combative nature during encounters with members of the press. Knight remains "the object of near fanatical devotion" from many of his former players and Indiana fans. By the way, nobody was hurt in the chair-throwing incident (which was completely over-played by the sports media). You can watch it on YouTube. [/QUOTE]

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