It was Dakich's sixth start of the year, but Knight assigned him to guard Jordan the afternoon of the game.
Dakich was the academic monitor on the Indiana basketball staff his last seven years and, under his guidance, every four-year player on the program graduated.
He coached one player who signed a professional contract[citation needed], former Indiana Pacers guard Keith McLeod.
[7] Briefly in 2002, Dakich was named head basketball coach at West Virginia University (WVU) to succeed Gale Catlett.
The focus of the investigation, Jonathan Hargett, was banned from WVU athletics for his role in the reported violations.
[9] At the end of the 2008 season he served as the interim head coach at Indiana University, following Kelvin Sampson's resignation due to NCAA recruiting violations.
[10] Under Dakich's guidance, the Hoosiers went 0–2 in postseason play, losing in the first rounds of the Big 10 and NCAA tournaments.
Beginning in November 2010, Dakich joined ESPN as a college basketball color commentator and studio analyst, replacing Steve Lavin.
[16] In October 2019, Dakich was suspended from his show for failing "to adhere to the journalistic principles valued by" Emmis Communications, which owns WFNI.
"[18] According to reporter Ian Kennedy, Dakich criticized Dr. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Dr. Johanna Mellis, co-hosts of The End of Sport podcast, using "sexist and misogynistic" language for their discussion of the ways college athletes are mistreated and exploited.
Dakich reportedly called Kalman-Lamb "a d-bag" and declined "'going at it' in a pool with Dr. Mellis, saying that if he did, because it was a public place, he’d 'have to get divorced'".