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College basketball legend Bobby Knight is receiving treatment for an acute illness, the Indiana University announced.

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College basketball Hall of Famer and coaching legend Bobby Knight has been admitted to a hospital, and Indiana University is now asking for prayers for their stricken coach, according to reports.

An email went out from the school to their basketball alums over the weekend announcing that Knight had been admitted to a Bloomfield hospital on Friday with an "acute illness."

The email also asked former players to send up prayers for their former coach.

"Please join us in sending prayers to coach Knight and his family," the email read. "The family’s hope is to have him back home soon."

Knight, who turned 82 last October, has battled health issues since his return to Bloomington but did appear at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for a reunion of his former players when the Hoosiers played Purdue on Feb. 8, 2020.

The legendary former Indiana University coach and 1984 United States selector led the Hoosiers from 1971-through-2000, winning national titles in 1976, 1981 and 1987. He was the Division I men's basketball all-time wins leader at the time of his retirement and led the US team to gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, beating Spain in the final.

Knight was the head coach of the only undefeated team in college basketball history in 1975.

He has resided in Bloomington for the past few years. In 2020, he broke a longstanding promise not to return to the program he was fired from in 2000 when he attended an Indiana-Purdue game. He was fired by IU in September 2000 and later served as the head coach at Texas Tech as well as a basketball analyst for ESPN.

Knight won 902 games in his career, which started at West Point. He went 662-239 at IU, also taking the Hoosiers to the Final Four in 1973 and 1992 while earning induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.

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