"His persistent and troubling pattern of behavior has led me to only one conclusion," Brand said at the press conference announcing Knight's firing Sept. 10, 2000.

When Bob Knight was fired 25 years ago by IU, thousands of students protested.

A confrontation with IU freshman Kent Harvey outside of Assembly Hall took place two days before Knight's firing.

BLOOMINGTON — As a beautiful, autumn Sunday evening fell on the campus of Indiana University, an evening that should have been a sleepy precursor to Monday morning classes, chaos erupted outside the home of IU president Myles Brand.

Thousands of angry students and protesters stampeded toward the stately residence at the center of campus, chanting, pumping their fists into the air and waving their quickly-crafted posters and signs high

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