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Message: [QUOTE="MSGRET, post: 2510721, member: 8506"] Below is the article on the throwing incident, he got his second technical for throwing the chair. The probation was for the total incident, the chair and presser. He was also put on probation a second time near the end of his coaching career at IU for the assault of the player. Nan I'm a die hard Purdue fan, originally born and raised in West Lafayette and Lafayette, IN until I joined the Army. [SIZE=3][B]1985: Knight chair throwing incident[/B][/SIZE] The February 23, 1985 game at Bloomington between Purdue and Indiana would provide a defining moment in the Indiana-Purdue basketball rivalry. Just five minutes into the game, a scramble for a loose ball resulted in a foul call on Indiana's Steve Alford. Knight, irate, insisted the call should have been for a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_ball']jump ball[/URL] and seconds later after the Purdue inbounds, a subsequent foul was called on Daryl Thomas. Knight, ultimately received a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_foul']technical foul[/URL] and then preceded to throw a red plastic chair from Indiana's bench across the floor toward the basket. Knight then received a 2nd technical and was ejected from the game. Knight was ejected, but he received a standing ovation as he left the floor from the home crowd at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_Hall_(Bloomington)']Assembly Hall[/URL], and the crowd quickly became hostile and dangerous. Fans went so far as to throw coins at the Purdue bench after Knight's ejection. Despite the crowd, Purdue went on to defeat Indiana 72–63 on their way to a 20–9 season, while Indiana finished the year 16–13 and missed the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship']NCAA tournament[/URL]. Knight apologized for his actions the next day and was given a one-game suspension and two years probation from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten[/URL]. Since the incident, Knight has occasionally joked about throwing the chair. A common joke told by Knight is that he saw an old lady standing on the opposite sideline and threw her the chair so she could sit down. The picture of Knight throwing the red plastic chair across the floor in front of Reid has since become the symbol of the Indiana-Purdue rivlary. Replays of the toss have been shown during nearly every match-up at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackey_Arena']Mackey Arena[/URL] since 1985.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%E2%80%93Purdue_rivalry#cite_note-15'][15][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%E2%80%93Purdue_rivalry#cite_note-16'][16][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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