It's a historic anniversary for a famous Bob Knight incident, and the Hoosiers are hoping to rekindle that fire against archrival Purdue.

Mike Woodson arrived at Assembly Hall ready to honor his mentor, the late Bob Knight, once more. So the outgoing Indiana coach brought his own red plastic chair, placed it on the floor between the Hoosiers’ metal folding chairs that are still tethered together and used it during the rivalry game against No.

On the 40th anniversary of Bob Knight’s famous chair throw, Mike Woodson used the chair on the Indiana sideline.

Indiana topped its in-state rivals thanks to a 48-point second half and perhaps a little fortune brought by the historic chair.

Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson is nearing the end of his time in Bloomington. Before he leaves town, he’s paying homage to the school’s legendary coach Bob Knight. Woodson sat in the infamous chair Knight once threw during a 1985 game against Purdue.

On the 40-year anniversary of volatile Indiana coach Bob Knight‘s infamous chair toss across the Assembly Hall floor, the once-thought-lost chair is back on the Hoosiers sideline. And just in time for Sunday’s home game against in-state rival and No.

Mike Woodson arrived Sunday at Assembly Hall ready to honor his mentor, the late Bob Knight, on the 40th anniversary of his infamous chair toss.

Mike Woodson had a unique plan in mind when he arrived at Assembly Hall on Sunday. As the Indiana Hoosiers prepared to face No. 13 Purdue Boilermakers, he decided to honor his late mentor, Bob Knight.

The Hoosiers’ head coach claims the chair is the very same one Knight threw across the Assembly Hall floor forty years ago.