Bilas MCs Knight Roast

[BD80]

Jay gets a pretty sweet gig MC-ing Coach Knights return to Indiana. Shows how close he and Bobby are.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebask...Indiana-091810

Anyon know why our Coach K didn't attend?

[4decadedukie]

Anyone know why our Coach K didn't attend?

Just guessing: Chicago, Turkey, family, supporting Duke football, Midnight Madness in 25 days . . .

[sagegrouse]

Just guessing: Chicago, Turkey, family, supporting Duke football, Midnight Madness in 25 days . . .

OTOH after Bilas's roast of K in Durham a few years ago, I don't know if coach Mike wanted to be in the same town with during another roast.

sagegrouse

[BD80]

Some highlights of th evening:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...n=ncaab-270943

1. Former Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote on Knight (Part I): "Bob is a self-made man. This relieves God of a tremendous responsibility. With his intelligence and charisma, he could have been anyone he wanted to be. Why he chose himself, that's a great mystery."

2. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas on hosting the roast: "Coach Knight has requested that none of the roasters bring up his past behavioral issues or his considerable use of profanity ... so thank you everybody for coming and good night."

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9. Bilas on a recent golf outing with former Indiana player Ted Kitchel: "I asked him, 'Have you ever seen Bob Knight smile?' He said, 'Well I've only known him for 30 years.'"

10. Heathcote on Knight (Part III): "We used to go have a beer after Big Ten meetings. After a while, the bartender would ask Bob to leave so they could start happy hour."