[1] Granted almost unprecedented access to the Indiana University basketball program, as well as insights into Knight's private life, the book spawned a new genre, as a legion of imitators wrote works covering a single year of a sports franchise.

He had previously covered Bob Knight in his role as the National College Basketball Writer for The Washington Post.

But among the crimes being committed in college athletics today, compared to the cheating and the grade fixing, and things like that.

And he called me after I wrote that piece and thanked me for not just killing him after the chair throw, and invited me to a dinner he always had at the Final Four with his coaches.

[2] As a result of the book, the NCAA passed a rule banning members of the media from being in the locker room of a team before or during a game.

The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and is notable for its prevalent use of profanity, intended to accurately represent Knight's tirades.