Big Ten Network announces programming schedule honoring late Indiana coach Bob Knight

Through Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, Big Ten Network will honor late Indiana coach Bob Knight. The Hall of Fame coach passed away Wednesday at age 83.

At 11 p.m. ET, following the conclusion of women’s volleyball coverage, BTN will start its tribute to Knight with Remembering Bob Knight. From there, various other programs will air, including a special on the 1985 Indiana team that took a trip around the world and the 1987 Hoosiers team that won the national championship.

In addition, two classic games — the 1976 national championship against Michigan and the 2000 game against Michigan State before Knight’s firing — will also be shown through the overnight hours and into the morning.

Here’s the full programming schedule from Big Ten Network:

11 p.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight
Midnight ET – The B1G Trip: 1985 Indiana Basketball
1 a.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight
2 a.m. ET – Big Ten Icons: Bobby Knight
2:30 a.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight
3:30 a.m. ET – 1976 NCAA National Championship: Indiana vs. Michigan – 3/29/76
4:30 a.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight
5:30 a.m. ET – Big Ten Icons: Bobby Knight
6 a.m. ET – Big Ten Elite: 1987 Indiana Basketball
7 a.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight
8 a.m. ET – Indiana at Purdue – 1/9/89
9 a.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight
10 a.m. ET – Michigan State at Indiana – 2/26/00
11 a.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight
1 p.m. ET – 1976 NCAA National Championship: Indiana vs. Michigan – 3/29/76
2 p.m. ET – Remembering Bob Knight

Knight won three national championships in Bloomington as a coach while adding another one as a player at Ohio State in 1960. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

In his 29 years at Indiana, Knight totaled a 662-239 record — including a 353-151 mark in conference play — as he became the program’s all-time winningest coach. The Hoosiers made it to the NCAA Tournament in all but four of his years as head coach and he led the program to an undefeated season in 1975-76.

Amid his success on the court, Knight was also known for his share of controversies throughout his career. One of the most famous is when he threw a chair onto the court against Purdue, and he allegedly grabbed a student by the arm in 2000. That led to his eventual firing from Indiana, and he finished out his coaching career at Texas Tech before retiring in 2008. He didn’t return to Assembly Hall until 2020, when he was honored by the program.