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Your friday Bob Knight moment …

This from a speech Bob gave in Nashville, Indiana (about 10-15 minutes outside of Bloomington) in April. He got a call in the middle, and in perfect form, answered it. Enjoy.

Rounding up the Sampson stories

Let’s start with the big rumor: According to The Big Lead, Sampson’s gone by Friday. One can only hope, but I have my doubts.
For what it’s worth, Cobra Brigade seems to be hearing the same thing. The guys over there really deserve a lot of props for being WAY ahead of this story, going all [...]

SAMPSON WATCH: No press conference today for IU?

Okay, there’s no *OFFICIAL* confirmation yet on this, but multiple sources are saying that Indiana University will NOT be having a press conference prior to tonight’s game versus Wisconsin.
How can this be possible? Is the IU administration being run by third graders? How could you possibly drop a 15-page PDF detailing major allegations of cheating [...]

IU, A.J. Ratliff part company

I just wanted to note that the Bloomington Herald-Times is reporting that senior guard and Indianapolis native A.J. Ratliff, who missed the first half of the season due to academics issues, is no longer on the Indiana basketball team.
The Herald Times blog noted the following:
The source said it was a mutual decision between Ratliff and [...]

Illinois Has No Class

“Indiana pulls off tough win against Ill-annoy”

If you are an Illini fan, you may not want to read this post.  LWN watched the second half of last night’s game and he has plenty of venom and bile to spit towards Champaign.  Debate all you want about seedy recruiting practices, Eric Gordon is still in Bloomington (until the basketball [...]

Sampson in trouble again?

We’ve been following this Sampson/NCAA issue on and off since October, but our friends over at Cobra Brigade had some interesting things to say about a new rumor that’s making the rounds in Hoosier-land. I’d recap it here, but I want you to go over and read what they have to say yourself.
We’re working on [...]

Give ‘em hell Jimmy! Timeout for everyone!

When you send your kids to timeout for bad behavior, be gentle: Mr. Myles Brand may have to do the same to Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson.
At least in ESPN’s Jimmy Dykes’ world.
While calling IU’s win tuesday night over Georgia Tech, Dykes and Brad Nessler discussed the possible penalty on Kelvin Sampson upcoming from the [...]

The Sampson/IU story roundup

Some reactions from press members across the fruited plain regarding the Kelvin Sampson/Indiana University story. We’ll update this list as time goes on, so keep it in your bookmarks. Story links (and bonus pull-quotes!) after the jump.

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