Kirk Herbstreit shares incredible story about last time he saw Bob Knight

The college basketball world lost a true legend of the game Wednesday.

Bob Knight passed away at age 83 due to declining health after a lifetime of influencing the game. The former Indiana, Army and Texas Tech head coach went 902-371 across his 42-year career. He was named to the Naismith basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.

Following his passing, many around the sports world took to social media to offer their thoughts and stories about Coach Knight.

Kirk Herbstreit shared a story about the last time he saw Knight when he was able to sit and talk with him for a few hours.

Check it out below:

Last time I saw Bobby Knight he was in Nashville calling a @VandyMBB game and he wanted to meet for lunch. So @ReceDavis (doing play by play that night) and my good friend and producer Bill Bonnell and Coach Knight met me at Tazikis in Green Hills. After an hour or so Bill and…

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) November 2, 2023

Knight had a hand in a lot of what makes college basketball, college basketball. The hoops world mourns his loss today.

Ethan Stone

Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.