IU basketball

The executive editor and senior writer at Sports Illustrated discusses his recent article that looks into the “basketball bromance” between Bob Knight and Dean Smith and the future of great university coaches.

Woodson discusses the grind of recruiting, his civil rights education, and the coach who changed his life.

The Washington Post veteran joins the Monthly Weekly to talk hoops.

Maybe some forgave on Saturday. Nobody forgot.

Freshman phenom or one-and-done?

“Back in the early 1800s, when Indiana’s political map was drawn, that many counties seemed about right.”

“If y’all don’t respect the Indiana Pacers now, I have no respect for you.”

Don’t think of it as cheering for Purdue, but for the American space program. Do you hate the moon?

“Whether you do or do not talk to New Albany coach Jim Shannon, that’s not changing your chances of getting Romeo Langford,” one recruiting analyst says.

“What the hell
 difference does it make?” says Knight. “So I’m 50.”

“When did the sport coat give way to the sweater?” I asked. “Why did Bobby become Bob?” Questions hardly so nervy as to provoke the explosion that followed.

“I do remember that he was swearing after we went off air,” recalls one of Knight’s former ESPN broadcast crew members. “Something or other was always pissing him off.”

“When you have a guy who’s a genius, a lot of people don’t understand him,” says Lawrence Funderburke. “Not to excuse anything he’s done, but he thinks differently and he sees differently.”

Bow down, Hoosier fans. National powerhouse Butler has THE Indiana basketball program.

“I went to Ohio State instead of one of your favorite schools,” Knight told the audience in Grand Rapids, which reacted with a hearty chorus of boos.