Bob Knight and Coach K - 1000 wins?

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<p>Hoops is tipping off for everyone this week. Will Dean Smith’s record fall this season? Hey, this a real “What are the chances”…</p>

<p><a href=“http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9035497[/url]”>http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9035497&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Pat Summitt already topped Smith’s record last season…</p>

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<p>True. In womens hoops it’s most often Vols, UConn and then everyone else…</p>

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<p>Bobby Knight is The Man, insane though he may be. He is a great coach. I was at Indiana his first year there, and have been a fan ever since. I even have a cat named Bobby Knight.</p>

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<p>I never thought very highly of Bobby Knight until I heard him on NPR discussing the dismal graduation rates of big-time college athletes. He had been championing for years a policy that would have gone some distance toward addressing that problem: a program would be granted “x” number of athletic scholarships. Every time one of the recipients graduated, that scholarship would be freed up for future award. Fail to graduate, one less scholarship available. He said he could never sell it to his fellow coaches.</p>

<p>I believe I just read that the NCAA is about to finally adopt some variation on this policy.</p>

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<p>Knight runs-and has always run- a completely clean program. He has incredibly high graduation rates compared to most other programs. The kids who make it through worship him. He truly was losing it at the end of the Indiana years, much to my disappointment. I think he has regrouped nicely at Tech and has already done a lot for the university.</p>

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<p>One tidbit –</p>

<p>UVA and Penn State lead division 1 football publics in graduation rates. JoePa has also regrouped nicely this year…</p>