Mike Woodson arrived Sunday at Assembly Hall ready to honor his mentor, the late Bob Knight, once more. So the outgoing Indiana coach brought his own red plastic chair, placed it on the floor between the Hoosiers’ metal folding chairs that are still tethered together and used it during the rivalry game against No. 13 Purdue.
The Hoosiers used their eighth different starting lineup, sending Oumar Ballo and Mackenzie Mgbako to the bench. It paid off with an upset of Purdue.
Michigan State's Tre Holloman, right, moves the ball as Indiana's Myles Rice defends during the first half on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. / Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Indiana stopped Tom Izzo from breaking legendary Indiana head coach Bob Knight's Big Ten win record.
After the school announced that Mike Woodson would not be returning as ... game was the fact that Tom Izzo had a shot at breaking Bob Knight's Big Ten wins record. Woodson has not been shy about ...
Tom Izzo is one win away from passing Bob Knight for the most Big Ten wins of all-time, but he missed his chance to do so Tuesday against Knight’s former team.