We ve told the kids we recruited we think this will be the greatest atmosphere anywhere in the country for college basketball. I would imagine that we ll go places this year where we draw far and away the best crowd in those arenas. At our place I think it will be the best crowd every time we play at home, and that s what we have worked at selling kids. It s a great university and I enjoy it from that standpoint. Everywhere I ve gone, people will say, Let me know if I can help.
People basically can t help athletics at their favorite school in any way other than financially.
They can t help recruit. They can t play. They can t do most anything, but they can help financially and that s what this is all about. Knight said he really hadn t seen enough of the Big 12 or its arenas to make much of a comparison between the league and the Big 10. The only current Big 12 team he d coached against was Missouri, and the Hoosiers beat the Tigers in Columbia in Knight s final season at the school.