Jay Bilas on Bob Knight: 'Bigger than life and so were some of his flaws'

Posted Nov 10, 2023
Jay Bilas, who played basketball under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke and later worked with Bob Knight at ESPN, said the relationship between the two changed in the early 1990s, as Duke won back-to-back titles. Duke defeated Indiana at the 1992 Final Four en route to the title. "There were small perceived sleights that Coach Knight allowed to become big deals." (WRAL Sports Fan)

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