You Tube Gold: The Last Undefeated National Champions

Before anger derailed his brilliant career, Bob Knight was an exceptional coach and recruiter.

In 1974-75, his Indiana team was undefeated and heading towards a national title when an injury to Scott May (Sean’s father) led to IU losing to Kentucky 92-90 in the Mideast Regional Finals.

The next year they won it all and compiled a two-year record of 63-1.

As great as that is, consider this: Larry Bird signed with Indiana and was a freshman in 1974. Imagine what would have happened if he had stayed with the Hoosiers (he left after a few weeks, overwhelmed by the size of the school).

Here’s the championship game from 1975-76. Knight can reasonably be called many negative things but he should also always be called a masterful basketball mind.