Bob Knight didn't go ballistic. He didn't throw or kick anything. He didn't rant or rave.
He knew it wouldn't have done any good.No. 12 Indiana suffered its worst loss in Knight's 22 years as Hoosiers coach, 106-56 to No. 20 Minnesota in a nationally televised game Sunday.
While showing remarkable restraint, Knight did occasionally wince, slump or put a hand over his eyes.
Indiana hadn't seen anything like it in 89 years, since a 66-12 defeat at Ohio State on March 12, 1905.
"The game was over after about 10 minutes," Knight said. "They did the thinos they are capable of. There are some things that happened early in the game that just eliminated us."
"It isn't how they played today. It's how the team plays from this point on. Anytime you play, you have to learn something . . . I don't know how much of an obstacle we were."
Knight's worst loss before Sunday came in Indiana's 83-52 defeat at Michigan in 1986.
In other games Sunday involving Top 25 teams, No. 2 Duke beat No. 8 Temple 59-47, No. 7 Kentucky routed Georgia 80-59, George Washington stopped No. 11 Massachusetts 77-66, No. 18 Syracuse edged St. John's 82-81 and No. 22 Marquette beat DePaul 70-62.
Indiana trailed 25-19 with 10:07 left in the half before unraveling. Minnesota launched runs of 13-0 and 15-3 en route to scoring 31 of the final 36 points of the period for a 56-24 lead.
"Nobody can predict a game like this," said Minnesota forward Randy Carter, who scored 10 points. "But we got beat by 46 at Bloomington once and and that always stuck in the back of our minds."