It became the defining moment in the storied career of the always combustible Knight, who died Wednesday at age 83.
FILE - This Feb. 23, 1985, file photo shows Indiana coach Bob Knight winding up and pitching a chair across the floor during Indiana's 72-63 loss to Purdue, in Bloomington, Ind. Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball has died. He was 83. Knight's family made the announcement on social media Wednesday evening, Nov. 1, 2023.
But on that winter night in 1985 even Knight’s mother, Hazel, sensed something was different as she watched the scene. “There are times I walk into a meeting or a friend calls to say, ‘I saw you on TV last night,’” Reid told The Associated Press as the 20th anniversary of the game approached. “I know what they’re talking about.”
School officials issued an oddly worded apology from Knight, but they didn’t punish the coach. A year later, they used cables to lock in place the chairs and courtside trash cans. The benches weren’t unlocked until they started using interlocking metal folding chairs decades later.
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