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Hall of Famer Bob Knight hospitalized with 'acute illness'

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 4/3/23

College basketball legend Bob Knight was hospitalized over the weekend with an "acute illness," according to multiple reports.

The University of Indiana basketball community is now asking for prayers for the former Hall of Fame coach.

College basketball legend Bob Knight has been hospitalized in Indiana ... and officials at IU are now asking for prayers for their former head coach. https://t.co/ImtfoH4OEQ
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Per WDRB's Rick Bozich, former Hoosiers men's basketball players were sent an email that said Knight has been hospitalized in Bloomington, Indiana since Friday night"

PRAYERS FOR COACH KNIGHT

DEAR MBB ALUMNI:

Please join us in sending prayers to coach Knight and his family. Coach Knight was admitted to the hospital Friday evening and is currently recovering from an acute illness. The family's hope is to have him back home soon.

According to Bozich's report, the 82-year-old moved back to Bloomington "several years ago" and was a "weekly visitor" to Indiana men's basketball practices this season under head coach Mike Woodson (one of his former players).

Knight is fourth all time in wins (902) and picked up three national titles (all with the Hoosiers) during his four-decade coaching career. The three-time AP Coach of the Year "battled health issues" since returning to Bloomington — according to Bozich — but attended a reunion of his former players ahead of Indiana's contest against Purdue in February 2020.

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