Author’s Note

Acknowledgments

Introduction
 

I. The Bob Knight Record
     “Basketball is my business.”


II. Preseason NIT
“How much better mentally are we going to be?”

Murray State
Tulane
At Florida State
At Seton Hall
Talk Show - November 30


III. The December Schedule
     “…not a particularly good non-conference season.”

Kansas
Talk Show - December 7
At Notre Dame
Austin Peay
Western Michigan
Talk Show - December 14
Cincinnati
Talk Show - December 21
St. John’s
Butler
At Colorado
At Kentucky
Talk Show - January 4


IV. Big Ten - First Encounters
       “We’ve got to win this game defensively.”

Iowa
Penn State
Talk Show - January 11
At Michigan
At Illinois
Talk Show - January 18
At Purdue
Ohio State
Talk Show - January 25
Minnesota
At Northwestern


V. Ivan Renko
     “…a real counter to the idea of 13 scholarships.”

Talk Show - February 1


VI. Big Ten - Rematch Games
     “Exercise patience.”

At Iowa
Talk Show - February 8
At Penn State
Michigan
Talk Show - February 15
Illinois
Purdue
Talk Show - February 22
At Ohio State
At Minnesota
Talk Show - March 1
Northwestern
Talk Show - March 8
 

VII. A Big Ten Championship for Senior Night
     “Our first objective will always be to win the Big Ten.”

Michigan State
At Wisconsin
Talk Show - March 15


VIII. NCAA Tournament
     “Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.”

Wright State 1st Round
Xavier 2nd Round
Louisville Midwest Regional
Kansas Regional Championship


IX. Season Recap


X. After Indiana Basketball
      "The most important thing….”

 

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