Bob Knight says he won't return to Indiana, hopes old guard are 'all dead'
The 1976 Indiana Hoosiers – the last college basketball team to go undefeated en route to a national championship – are the subject of a new Showtime documentary.
Bob Knight coached those Hoosiers, and the vitriol still drips from the Hall of Famer when it comes to the people who ran the university during his tenure. Knight and Indiana had a messy divorce in 2000, and the rift still hasn't been mended.
On Friday, Knight went on "The Dan Patrick Show" and was in vintage form. From that conversation, via the Indianapolis Star:
Patrick asked Knight: Why do we want you to go back to Assembly Hall so bad?
“Well, I think I’ve always really enjoyed the fans, I always will," Knight said. "On my dying day, I will think about how great the fans at Indiana were. And as far as the hierarchy at Indiana University at that time, I have absolutely no respect whatsoever for those people. With that in mind, I have no interest in ever going back to that university.”
Patrick followed up: "Aren’t those people all out of there coach?"
Knight: “I hope they’re all dead."
Patrick: "Some of them are…"
Knight: “Well, I hope the rest of them go.”
