Bobby Knight, the hot-tempered, red-sweater wearing, foul-mouthed, former Indiana basketball coach is going to be reunited with his old team. Of course, not on the basketball court. This reunion will take place in the Indiana University Hall of Fame.
According to ESPN.com, Indiana made the announcement on Saturday.
“I am honored to have been a part of selecting this outstanding class of tremendous coaches and student-athletes,” new athletic director Fred Glass said in a statement. “For my first Hall of Fame class to include heroes from my childhood as well as my student days is a dream come true.”
The induction ceremony is …read more

Tennessee Coach Bruce Pearl has accepted an extension that is supposed to keep him with the Volunteers until 2014.
Pearl is another very good if not great coach who got the raise and promotion he deserves. He led his team to the number one ranking last season (although it lasted as long as it did to write this post). Tennessee won the South Eastern Conference and reached the regional semifinals. The Tennessee men’s program still has a long way to go, but it is starting to come out of the shadows of its better-known women’s program.
I hate beating a dead horse, …read more

ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that Indiana University and embattled head coach Kelvin Sampson have reached a buyout agreement of $750,000. Under the terms of the agreement, Sampson will not sue IU for wrongful termination. Apparently, IU learned a valuable lesson that happened a couple of years ago when former Ohio State coach Jim O’Brien won a lawsuit against OSU after they fired him.
I am extremely glad that IU didn’t let Sampson off the hook. This is the second time he has been busted for the same telephone violations, and he should not receive any leniency from IU. Sampson knows …read more