The Hoosiers’ head coach claims the chair is the very same one Knight threw across the Assembly Hall floor forty years ago.
Forty years and one day ago, Indiana head coach Bob Knight was less than thrilled with a call that went against the Hoosiers in Assembly Hall.
It was a matchup with rival Purdue, already reason enough to be heated. In the process of making his case to an official, Knight was assessed a technical foul after heading back to his seat on the bench.
Knight rose once more, glanced out at the court, and turned the grab the chair behind him as Purdue got set for free throws. Seconds later the chair was flying across the free throw lane and Knight was ejected, an iconic moment in college hoops history.
Then, on Sunday, Mike Woodson took a seat in a red chair he claims is the very same once Knight tossed all those years ago.
Woodson, of course, is a former player under Knight and was coaching in his final game of the annual rivalry series against Purdue.
“I wasn’t going to throw it, but I did want to sit in it.”
Mike Woodson talks about how he came into the possession of the actual Bob Knight chair and why he chose to use it on the bench today on the 40th anniversary of the infamous throw.@WISHNews8 pic.twitter.com/OdlFHluB5O
— Angela Moryan (@AngelaMoryanTV) February 23, 2025
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