Indiana athletic director Fred Glass confirmed today that Bob Knight will not attend a Hall of Fame ceremony honoring the winningest basketball coach in Division I history.

“Coach Knight contacted me directly (Wednesday) to let me know that he would not be attending, primarily because of his concern that the media interest in his attendance would take away from the other people being inducted,” Glass said in a release. "I absolutely respect his feelings on that and very much appreciate his response, which in no way suggested he opposed being inducted.

“Coach Knight expressed his tremendous appreciation for the support his teams were given by the IU student body and fans all over the state of Indiana and the contribution that support made to the success of his teams. Coach Knight also noted that there is no one he appreciates more than his players who he said were the most responsible for the success the program had during his tenure.”

Bob Hammel, a 2008 Hall of Fame inductee, will represent Knight.
The ceremony is Nov. 6 at Assembly Hall.