5 Mar 1999: Coach Bob Knight of the Indiana Hoosiers signals from the side during a Big Ten Conference game against the Illinois Fighting Illini at the United Center in Chigago, Illinois. The Fighting Illini defeated the Hoosiers 82-66. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
On this day 38 years ago, there was a Bloomington chair throw seen around the world. The Indiana Hoosiers hosted their arch rival Purdue that day. IU coach Bob Knight did not like a call made by an official and threw a chair across the court. The official immediately tossed Knight from the game. The school suspended him from the following game. He later apologized for his actions. However, in addition to the three national championships he won while at Indiana, people will always remember the chair toss.
Nevertheless, Knight coached his way to one of the most successful careers in college basketball history. Therefore, despite the famous Bloomington chair throw, we will remember his stellar career during Wiki-Pete-ia today on the Shemon and Sheppard Show on ESPN Southwest Florida.
We play Wiki-Pete-ia every weekday at 4:45ish. Be lucky caller number nine and win prizes as you compete during our daily trivia nonsense. If you are not lucky enough to be caller number nine, then feel free to use the following questions (and answers!) to amaze your friends.
Also, be warned, as an IU alum, Craig may run his mouth about the Hoosiers a little bit on the show. But, as always, thank you for making Shemon and Sheppard on ESPN Southwest Florida part of your day.
1. NAME THE THREE COLLEGES BOB KNIGHT COACHED AT?
A: ARMY, INDIANA, TEXAS TECH
2. COACH KNIGHT'S MIDDLE NAME?
A: MONTGOMERY
3. WHERE'D KNIGHT GO TO COLLEGE WHERE HE WON A NATTY AS A PLAYER?
A: OHIO STATE
4. WHO REPLACED KNIGHT WHEN HE LEFT IU?
A: MIKE DAVIS
5. WHO REPLACED KNIGHT WHEN HE LEFT TEXAS TECH?
A: PAT KNIGHT
6. WHO WAS IU PLAYING WHEN KNIGHT THREW THE CHAIR AT ASSEMBLY HALL?
A: PURDUE
7. NAME THE HOST CITY OF THE 1984 SUMMER OLYMPICS WHEN KNIGHT LED TEAM USA TO A GOLD MEDAL?
A: LOS ANGELES
8. WHAT FAMOUS CELTIC WAS AN OHIO STATE TEAM MATE OF KNIGHT'S?
A: JOHN HAVLICEK
9. NAME THE THREE TEAM'S KNIGHT'S HOOSIERS BEAT TO WIN NATTY'S?
A: MICHIGAN, NC, SYRACUSE
10. NAME THE LAST THREE COACHES TO GO UNDEFEATED AND WIN A COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP?
A: BOB KNIGHT, JOHN WOODEN 4X, FRANK MCGUIRE
