NCAA College Basketball Top 25, Bob Knight Refuses Invite Back to IU

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1. Kansas (27) 0-0 770 10
Tournament Results: Def. North Dakota State 84-74 (3/20), Def. Dayton 60-43 (3/22), Lost to Michigan State 67-62 (3/27)
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2. Michigan State (3) 0-0 732 2
Tournament Results: Def. No. 3 Connecticut 82-73 (4/4), Def. Robert Morris 77-62 (3/20), Def. USC 74-69 (3/22), Def. Kansas 67-62 (3/27), Def. Louisville 64-52 (3/29), Lost to North Carolina 89-72 (4/6)
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3. Texas 0-0 676 23
Tournament Results: Def. Minnesota 76-62 (3/19), Lost to No. 5 Duke 74-69 (3/21)
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4. North Carolina (1) 0-0 653 1
Tournament Results: Def. Radford 101-58 (3/19), Def. No. 20 LSU 84-70 (3/21), Def. Gonzaga 98-77 (3/27), Def. Oklahoma 72-60 (3/29), Def. No. 4 Villanova 83-69 (4/4), Def. Michigan State 89-72 (4/6)
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5. Kentucky 0-0 635 NR
Tournament Results: Def. UNLV 70-60 (3/17), Def. Creighton 65-63 (3/23), Lost to Notre Dame 77-67 (3/25)
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6. Villanova 0-0 620 4
Tournament Results: Def. American University 80-67 (3/19), Def. No. 17 UCLA 89-69 (3/21), Def. Duke 77-54 (3/26), Def. Pittsburgh 78-76 (3/28), Lost to No. 1 North Carolina 83-69 (4/4)
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7. Purdue 0-0 586 14
Tournament Results: Def. Northern Iowa 61-56 (3/19), Def. No. 14 Washington 76-74 (3/21), Lost to Connecticut 72-60 (3/26)
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8. Duke 0-0 528 11
Tournament Results: Def. Binghamton 86-62 (3/19), Def. Texas 74-69 (3/21), Lost to Villanova 77-54 (3/26)
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9. West Virginia 0-0 501 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to Dayton 68-60 (3/20)
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10. Butler 0-0 408 25
Tournament Results: Lost to No. 20 LSU 75-71 (3/19)
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11. Tennessee 0-0 406 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to Oklahoma State 77-75 (3/20)
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12. California 0-0 370 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to Maryland 84-71 (3/19)
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13. Washington 0-0 364 16
Tournament Results: Def. Mississippi State 71-58 (3/19), Lost to No. 18 Purdue 76-74 (3/21)
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14. Connecticut 0-0 361 3
Tournament Results: Def. Chattanooga 103-47 (3/19), Def. Texas A&M 92-66 (3/21), Def. Purdue 72-60 (3/26), Def. Missouri 82-75 (3/28), Lost to No. 2 Michigan State 82-73 (4/4)
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15. Michigan 0-0 279 NR
Tournament Results: Def. No. 21 Clemson 62-59 (3/19), Lost to No. 8 Oklahoma 73-63 (3/21)
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16. Oklahoma 0-0 244 7
Tournament Results: Def. Morgan State 82-54 (3/19), Def. Michigan 73-63 (3/21), Def. Syracuse 84-71 (3/27), Lost to North Carolina 72-60 (3/29)
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17. Ohio State 0-0 241 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to Siena 74-72 (3/20)
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18. Minnesota 0-0 151 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to Texas 76-62 (3/19)
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19. Mississippi State 0-0 149 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to No. 14 Washington 71-58 (3/19)
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20. Georgia Tech 0-0 136 NR
Tournament Results: No Games Played
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21. Georgetown 0-0 134 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to Baylor 74-72 (3/18)
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22. Dayton 0-0 130 NR
Tournament Results: Def. West Virginia 68-60 (3/20), Lost to No. 13 Kansas 60-43 (3/22)
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23. Louisville 0-0 123 5
Tournament Results: Def. Morehead State 74-54 (3/20), Def. Siena 79-72 (3/22), Def. Arizona 103-64 (3/27), Lost to Michigan State 64-52 (3/29)
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24. Clemson 0-0 114 NR
Tournament Results: Lost to Michigan 62-59 (3/19)
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25. Syracuse 0-0 111 12
Tournament Results: Def. Stephen F. Austin 59-44 (3/20), Def. No. 19 Arizona State 78-67 (3/22), Lost to Oklahoma 84-71 (3/27)
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Knight: Interest would create distraction
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Former Indiana coach Bob Knight will not attend next week's induction into the athletic department's hall of fame.
Athletic director Fred Glass said Thursday that Knight contacted him directly to decline the invitation. Glass said Knight was concerned that the interest in him would be a distraction from the other six inductees.
All living members of the 2009 Hall of Fame class, except Knight, are expected to attend in person.
Nicknamed "The General," Knight won a school-record 662 games and three national championships at Indiana before being fired by then university president Myles Brand in September 2000.
Knight retired in 2008 with the most wins (902) of any coach in Division I men's basketball.


Knight will not attend IU ceremony
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On Thursday, the former Hoosiers coach notified athletic director Fred Glass that he will not be attending the school's Hall of Fame induction ceremony next week in Bloomington -- the second time in three days that The General has rejected an overture from the school.
On Tuesday, Knight said he would not accept a $75,000 offer to settle a lingering lawsuit because the money came from alumni donors.
The reason for this rejection: Knight doesn't want to detract from the other six honorees.
"I absolutely respect his feelings on that and very much appreciate his response, which in no way suggested he opposed being inducted," Glass said in a statement released by the athletic department.
Glass had written twice to Knight to find out if he would attend.
His exclusion from the school's Hall of Fame had been a contentious subject for years. In nearly three decades at Indiana, Knight won 662 games, three national championships, 11 Big Ten crowns and the hearts of Hoosiers fans.
But in September 2000, Knight's tenure came to a sudden, surprising end.
Four months after then-university President Myles Brand put the fiery coach on a zero-tolerance policy, a freshman student alleged Knight grabbed him by the arm and berated him. Two days after the accusation, Brand fired Knight, a decision that split the school's fan base.
Loyalists contended the punishment was too harsh. Others suggested the program was bigger than one man and promised to continue following the Hoosiers.
Knight eventually wound up at Texas Tech, coaching there from 2001 until his abrupt retirement in February 2008. It was in Lubbock, Texas, that Knight finally broke the Division I men's basketball record for victories (902) -- again setting off the questions about why he was not yet in Indiana's Hall of Fame.
The school will finally rectify that omission next week -- without Knight. All other living inductees are expected to attend the ceremony. Knight will be represented at the ceremony by former Bloomington sports writer Bob Hammel, a 2008 inductee, who will likely reiterate the gratitude Knight had for his fans.
"Coach Knight expressed his tremendous appreciation for the support his teams were given by the IU student body and fans all over the state of Indiana and the contribution that support made to the success of his teams," Glass said. "Coach Knight also noted that there is no one he appreciates more than his players who he said were the most responsible for the success the program had during his tenure."