Calbert Cheaney remembers his last interaction with the legendary IU basketball coach Bob Knight – The Daily Hoosier

As one of the best high school players in the state in the late 80s, Calbert Cheaney just wanted to play the chance of playing for the legend.

“Everyone wanted to play Knight for Coach (Bob) and play for their state when I grew up,” said Cheaney in November 2023 when Knight died. “To have the opportunity to play for the man and to be recruited by him, I think that is incredible. During this time it was about playing for your home state and playing for your home school and having her into a coach of Knight Coach. “

Cheaney got this opportunity as part of the 1989 class, one of Knight’s best recruitment courses.

Very few players, like Cheaney, packed with Knight. Because a little knight was too much to do.

But for Cheaney, dealing with a strong disciplined guide had become a second nature.

“I would always tell people that my mother was probably more disciplinary than him. It made it a little easier, ”said Cheaney.

“I was one of these guys, I was very competitive, but at the same time when he shouted at me or told me something or said something to me, you don’t do so and so, okay, I will show you. I’ll show you. Then, as soon as I showed it, he will go there, put it the same and hold the flap. That is the kind of relationship we had. “

Cheaney taught Knight. The first left -hander who received a scholarship from the legendary trainer showed Cheaney Knight.

The Cheaney Knight partnership has produced the last four and two Big Ten titles. Cheaney remains the leading scorer from Big Ten with 2,613 points and he was a three-time all-American.

Monday evening in the radio show with Knight Cheaney shared his last interaction with his trainer.

What started as an intensive alpha relationship ended with an act of love and admiration.

“A few weeks before he died, I was able to go to his house, I and Pat Knight,” said Cheaney to Legendary Radio Voice Don Fischer, the Cheaney’s games called for Knight.

“We just sat there and hung around with him for about three or four hours. He (Bob Knight) slept all the time and after I got up (to go), he had just woke up. I only gave him a kiss on my forehead and said, “Thank you for everything”, and that was the last time I saw him.

“One of the greatest coaches of all time. Blessed to be able to play for him. “

Cheaney told Fischer that his last impressions at IU are the ties that he created with his teammates.

“I think the best memories of here were my teammates,” said Cheaney. “We had a great group. Chris Reynolds, Pat Graham, Pat Knight, Alan Henderson, Eric Anderson, Jamal Meeks, Lyndon Jones, Brian Evans. We had a really good, really good group of boys who all played hard and we respected. There was no “me” in the team. I was just the guy who put the ball into the basket. “

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