Bobby Knight will be inducted into Indiana's Hall of Fame on November 6.

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 planned for November 6. Knight has yet to confirm if he will attend the ceremony. (I don’t know about you, but I personally cannot wait to hear the induction speech!)

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Bobby Knight To Be Reunited With Indiana

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, but remember, this is the same Bruce Pearl who all but accepted the Indiana University job in April. He even called it his “Dream Job,” and now he accepts an extension to stay at Tennessee?

According to reports, “should Pearl, 48, leave Tennessee in the next year, his buyout would cost $2.5 million – a figure that will decrease incrementally over the next four years to $1 million.”

I just don’t get Athletic Directors and university presidents who lock coaches into long term contracts when the lure of better jobs and the NBA is as strong as it is to the players they coach.

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Now It’s Bruce Pearl’s Turn

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 the rules – he was even on the NCAA rules and infractions committee for a time, so he helped to write the rules.

IU knew they were taking a chance on Sampson, and he betrayed them.

If Sampson is lucky, maybe one day he’ll get to coach a high school JV team. But his days of college coaching should be done. Why anybody in their right mind would give him another chance is beyond me. He clearly has no regard for the rules and is only concerned with winning.

Good bye coach Sampson, and good riddance.

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IU head coach Sampson is gone