It has been 50 years since the last perfect NCAA champion. Indiana will be honored not far from home

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bob Knight’s halftime speech on March 29, 1976, was an instant classic.

Indiana’s players remember walking into the locker room, down 35-29 to a Michigan team they’d already beaten twice in close games earlier that season with starting guard Bobby Wilkerson ruled out because of an injury. That’s when the late Hall of Fame coach arrived and issued the challenge that fueled the comeback and made history.