Editing Bob Knight (section)

==== 1990–2000 ====
From [[1990–91 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|1990–91]] through [[1992–93 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|1992–93]], the Hoosiers posted 87 victories, the most by any Big Ten team in a three-year span, breaking the mark of 86 set by Knight's Indiana teams of 1974–76.<ref name="IndianaHQ" /> They captured two Big Ten crowns in 1990–91 and 1992–93, and during the [[1991–92 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|1991–92]] season reached the [[1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|Final Four]].<ref name="Bailey-2017">{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Teddy |date=December 4, 2017 |title=IU's 1992 Final Four team had incredible depth |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2017/12/04/ius-1992-final-four-team-had-incredible-depth/921910001/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629234420/https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2017/12/04/ius-1992-final-four-team-had-incredible-depth/921910001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 1992–93 season, the 31–4 Hoosiers finished the season at the top of the [[AP Poll]], but were defeated by [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] in the [[1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|Elite Eight]].<ref name="Glenesk-2023" /> Players from the team in this era included [[Greg Graham]], [[Pat Knight]], All-Americans [[Damon Bailey]] and [[Alan Henderson]], Brian Evans, and National Player of the Year [[Calbert Cheaney]].<ref name="Bailey-2017" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brew |first=Tom |date=March 27, 2020 |title=ON THIS DAY, In 1993, A Wounded Knee, and One Last Missed Opportunity For Great Group |url=https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/on-this-day-indiana-falls-kansas-1993 |access-date=November 2, 2023 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328195531/https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/on-this-day-indiana-falls-kansas-1993 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Throughout the mid and late 1990s Knight continued to experience success with continual NCAA tournament appearances and a minimum of 19 wins each season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Knight Coaching Record |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/bob-knight-1.html |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=[[Sports-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> However, 1993 would be Knight's last conference championship and 1994 would be his last trip to the Sweet Sixteen.<ref name="IndianaHQ">{{Cite web |title=Bob Knight – Indiana University IU Hoosiers Basketball History |url=https://indianahq.com/bob-knight/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=IndianaHQ |language=en-US |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102022111/https://indianahq.com/bob-knight/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Bob Knight's coaching tree spread far and wide |url=https://apnews.com/article/bob-knight-coaching-tree-ae4459e7a98899d2d8560cf06ed71b26 |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102021903/https://apnews.com/article/bob-knight-coaching-tree-ae4459e7a98899d2d8560cf06ed71b26 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Throughout the 1990s Knight was yet again involved in several controversies:
* At a practice leading up to an Indiana–Purdue game in West Lafayette in 1991, Knight yelled expletives and threats that were designed to motivate his Indiana team. In one portion he exclaimed he was "fucking tired of losing to Purdue." The speech was secretly taped and has since gone viral, receiving over 1.84 million views on YouTube alone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Knight – angry motivational speech |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7KijRfU-c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724041318/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7KijRfU-c |archive-date=July 24, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2016 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Although it is still not known who taped the speech, many former players suspect it was team manager [[Lawrence Frank]]. Players who were present were unable to remember the specific speech because such expletive-filled outbursts by Knight were so frequent.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Tom |date=February 18, 2008 |title=Did Lawrence Frank Tape Classic Knight Tirade? |newspaper=Indy Cornrows |url=http://www.indycornrows.com/2008/2/18/14524/2873 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413105413/https://www.indycornrows.com/2008/2/18/14524/2873 |archive-date=April 13, 2019}}</ref>
* In March 1992 prior to the NCAA regional finals, controversy erupted after Knight playfully mock whipped Indiana players [[Calbert Cheaney]] and Pat Graham during practice. The bullwhip had been given to Knight as a gift from his team. Several black leaders complained at the racial connotations of the act, given that Cheaney was a black student.<ref>(''Knight: My Story'', pg. 297.)</ref>
* In January 1993, Knight mentioned the recruiting of Ivan Renko, a fictitious [[Yugoslavs|Yugoslavian]] player he had created. Knight created Renko in an attempt to expose disreputable basketball [[Recruiting (college athletics)|recruiting]] experts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Jeff |title=Ivan Renko was a big time Indiana hoops recruit for Bobby Knight and he taught us a lot about the information era of sports journalism |url=https://giveemhellbrigham.com/ivan-renko-was-a-big-time-indiana-hoops-recruit-for-bobby-knight-and-he-taught-us-a-lot-about-the-information-era-of-sports-journalism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325130849/https://giveemhellbrigham.com/ivan-renko-was-a-big-time-indiana-hoops-recruit-for-bobby-knight-and-he-taught-us-a-lot-about-the-information-era-of-sports-journalism/ |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |access-date=October 10, 2023 |website=giveemhellbrigham.com|date=February 23, 2023 }}</ref> Even though Renko was completely fictitious, several recruiting services started listing him as a prospect with in-depth descriptions of his potential and game style. Some of the more reputable recruiting gurus claimed to have never heard of Renko, whereas some other "experts" even claimed to possess or to see film of him actually playing basketball.<ref name="mystoryivanrenko">{{cite book |author1=Bob Knight |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvuEfNiw0yYC&q=ivan+renko&pg=PA335 |title=Knight: My Story |author2=Bob Hammel |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |year=2002 |isbn=978-0312282578 |location=New York |pages=334–335 |access-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102224426/https://books.google.com/books?id=IvuEfNiw0yYC&q=ivan+renko&pg=PA335#v=snippet&q=ivan%20renko&f=false |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Knight was recorded berating an NCAA volunteer at a March 1995 post-game press conference following a 65–60 loss to Missouri in the first round of the NCAA tournament held in Boise, Idaho. The volunteer informed the press that Knight would not be attending the press conference, when Knight was actually running a few minutes late and had planned on attending per NCAA rules.<ref>{{cite web |title=ESPN.com – Page2 – Outside the Lines – Bob Knight: The Final Crisis? |url=https://www.espn.com/page2/tvlistings/show3transcript.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603094409/http://sports.espn.go.com/page2/tvlistings/show3transcript.html |archive-date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2010 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1995 – Bobby Knight Rants on NCAA Official | date=June 26, 2012 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7rv9JUSkh6c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131032722/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7rv9JUSkh6c |archive-date=January 31, 2015 |access-date=September 9, 2017 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
* [[Neil Reed]] and former Indiana player Richard Mandeville alleged in a CNN interview that Knight once showed players his own feces. According to Mandeville, Knight said, "This is how you guys are playing."<ref>{{cite web |date=March 15, 2000 |title=Former Players Break Silence About Bobby Knight; Indianians Rally Around Coach (rush transcript) |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0003/15/nsst.00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815000238/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0003/15/nsst.00.html |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>
* On February 19, 2000, Clarence Doninger, Knight's boss, alleged that he had been physically threatened by Knight during a confrontation after a game.<ref name="www2.indystar.com" /> 
* An Indiana investigation inquired about an allegation in which Knight berated and physically intimidated a university secretary, once throwing a potted plant in anger, showering her with glass and debris. The university later asked Knight to issue an apology to the secretary.<ref name="www2.indystar.com" />
* It was alleged that Knight attacked assistant coach Ron Felling, throwing him out of a chair after overhearing him criticizing the basketball program in a phone conversation.<ref name="www2.indystar.com" />