COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Knight Wins 600th, Then Goes Hunting

Bob Knight owes his 600th victory to the Indiana reserves and an uncharacteristic barrage of three-pointers.

The fifth-ranked Hoosiers got a season-high 21 points from Damon Bailey and 17 from Greg Graham on Wednesday night to beat No. 8 Iowa, 75-67, at Bloomington, Ind., for Knight’s milestone victory in the Big Ten opener for both schools.

Knight becomes the 15th coach to reach the 600-victory mark and joins North Carolina’s Dean Smith, Texas-El Paso’s Don Haskins, James Madison’s Lefty Driesell and Missouri’s Norm Stewart as the only active coaches who have won 600 games.

Knight, 52, youngest coach to win 600 games, would not talk to reporters because he claimed he had to prepare for a hunting trip today.

“Those of us in the profession almost as long as he has been appreciate the perseverance it takes to get that many ‘W’s’ and still remain relatively sane,” Iowa Coach Tom Davis said of Knight.

Knight, in his 28th season as a head coach, is 600-212, including 498-162 in 22 years at Indiana.

Indiana (12-2, 1-0) was behind by eight points in the first half before Knight brought Bailey and Graham off the bench. The two combined for 28 of the Hoosiers’ next 35 points as Indiana took control.

Bailey sank five three-pointers, Graham had one and Calbert Cheaney and Todd Leary, starters who finished with 14 and 12 points, respectively, added one each as the Hoosiers hit a season-high 10 on 23 long-range shots.

Val Barnes led Iowa (11-1, 0-1) with 18 points, James Winters added 16 and Acie Earl 11.

No. 1 Duke 110, Clemson 67--Bobby Hurley scored 20 points as Duke tied a school record by winning its 23rd consecutive game in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener at Durham, N.C.

Cherokee Parks tied a high for his career with 19 points on eight-for-eight shooting, and Thomas Hill added 14 points, Marty Clark 12 and reserves Antonio Lang and Chris Collins 10 each for the Blue Devils (10-0).

Devin Gray finished with 25 points to lead Clemson (9-1).

No. 4 Kansas 103, Wichita State 54--Rex Walters and Adonis Jordan keyed a first-half surge as the Jayhawks humiliated the Shockers (4-4) at Lawrence, Kan.

Center Eric Pauley led Kansas (10-1) with 20 points. Walters had 16 and Jordan 14.

No. 13 Arkansas 90, Mississippi 78--Scotty Thurman scored 34 points as the Razorbacks (10-1, 1-0) defeated the Rebels (3-5, 0-2) in their Southeastern Conference opener at Fayetteville, Ark.

Minnesota 64, No. 14 Michigan State 57--Jayson Walton scored all 14 of his points in the second half as the Gophers opened Big Ten play by knocking off the Spartans at Minneapolis. It was the fifth consecutive time the Gophers have opened their Big Ten home season by beating a ranked team.

Chad Kolander added 13 points and Randy Carter 12 for Minnesota, which is off to its first 9-1 start since 1989-90.

Shawn Respert scored 18 points for Michigan State (8-2).

Memphis State 84, No. 18 Vanderbilt 78--Anfernee Hardaway had his second consecutive triple-double at Memphis as the Tigers ended the Commodores’ 10-game winning streak.

Hardaway had 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists to lead Memphis State (7-5). Billy Smith added 22 points for Memphis State, and Billy McCaffrey led the Commodores (11-2) with 26 points.

No. 25 Virginia 80, No. 23 Florida State 76--Cory Alexander scored 23 points as the Cavaliers, off to their best start in nine years, defeated the Seminoles (8-5, 0-1) in an ACC game at Charlottesville, Va.

Virginia (8-0, 1-0) has won 13 in a row, third-longest winning streak in the country behind UNLV (29) and Duke.

No. 24 Pittsburgh 85, Miami 78--Jerry McCullough scored 25 points and Eric Mobley had seven consecutive points down the stretch as the Panthers (9-1, 2-1) extended their winning streak to seven games by beating the Hurricanes (3-7, 1-2) in a Big East game at Pittsburgh.

OTHER GAMES

Ron Curry scored 19 points as Marquette defeated Dayton, 82-44, at Milwaukee, handing the Flyers their 10th loss in 11 games. Roney Eford added 16 points and Tony Miller 15 for the Warriors (8-2). Chip Hare scored 14 for the Flyers (1-10), who are off to their worst start since the 1938-39 season. . . . Emmett Hall scored 18 points as South Carolina beat Tennessee, 95-85, in an SEC game at Knoxville, Tenn. It was the first SEC game South Carolina (5-5, 1-0) has won on the road since joining the league last season. Alan Houston had 32 points for Tennessee (6-4, 0-1). . . . Jevon Crudup scored six of his 24 points in the second overtime to lead Missouri to an 82-76 double overtime victory over Southern Illinois at Columbia, Mo. Melvin Booker added 21 points for Missouri (8-2). Ashraf Amaya led Southern Illinois (9-2) with 15 points. . . . Craig Brown hit a three-pointer with 55 seconds remaining as Florida defeated Auburn, 76-73, in the Gators’ SEC opener at Auburn, Ala. Stacey Poole led Florida (7-3) with 16 points, and Wesley Person led Auburn (5-4, 0-2) with 18 points. . . . James Robinson scored a personal-best 35 points, including 19 in the second half, as Alabama defeated Louisiana State, 77-67, in the Tigers’ SEC opener at Tuscaloosa, Ala.