Yesterday, I was too busy poking fun at grumpy old Bob Knight to notice this, but it's worth another quick look. In the bottom of the AP story about Knight's new youth basketball facility in Texas, and Knight's gratuitous NCAA insults during a press conference announcing that facility, the AP buried this little nugget.

It concerns Knight's much-awaited reaction to Indiana University's invitation to a Nov. 6 Hall of Fame ceremony honoring Knight's years a coach at the school. Will Knight show up? Will peace reign in Bloomington? It's up to Bob, andright now he ... doesn't know:

Knight was fired at Indiana in 2000 after violating a zero-tolerance behavioural policy. He said Tuesday he hadn't decided whether to attend his induction into the university's athletics Hall of Fame on Nov. 6. He hasn't returned to the school since his firing.

This seems bad, unless you know the beyond chilly history between the school and the man. The fact that Knight even acknowledged the invitation, that he not only admitting to knowing about it but that he revealed some measure of his thought process on the matter, and that he didn't just stare at the reporter and say "next question," is a hopeful sign for IU fans. That, of course, is assuming most IU fans even care about Bob Knight's Hall of Fame celebration. There's an argument to be made that they shouldn't. But I won't be making that argument.

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