Since relocating back to Bloomington in the twilight of his life, the former Indiana basketball coach has slowly increased his public appearances.
Recent years have brought speaking engagements around the state featuring Knight, former Purdue coach Gene Keady and former Bloomington Herald-Times sports editor Bob Hammel.
They offered a chance to relive the glory days.
But Knight’s presence has also shifted more directly to Indiana.
There was the Indiana baseball game he attended last April, marking Knight’s first public appearance on campus since he was fired in September 2000.
In November, Knight was at The Bluebird, a downtown bar in Bloomington, as part of a live event for the ‘Hoosier Hysterics’ Indiana men’s basketball podcast.