Bob Knight to be inducted into Indiana University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.

Also, Glass has enlisted fellow hall of fame committee member Bob Hammel to act as a liaison to Knight.  Hammel, who was for many years the sports editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times, is a long time Knight confidant.  Steve Downing, the former IU basketball player who went with Knight to Texas Tech and remains there, also is in the class of 2009 (along with former soccer coach Jerry Yeagley, track runner Katrin Koch, swimmer Alan Somers , and football players Joe Norman  and  Mike Rabold. 

Will he show up?

It's anyone's guess.  I think it's a very positive sign that Hammel is willing to lead the efforts to get Knight to return.  It seems unlikely that Hammel would involve himself if he thought the move was futile.  And I think Glass is correct that an Indiana athletics hall of fame that doesn't include Bob Knight is cheapened by his exclusion. Still, it's been obvious in recent years that Knight still is quite wounded by his 2000 firing.  He has mentioned IU very sparingly, and he hasn't made any trips to Bloomington for ESPN or called any IU games since joining the network.

Still, it would be a great thing to see Knight inducted into the IU hall of fame and to see him honored at halftime of the football game against Wisconsin (and hopefully at a basketball game later on).  I had an offseason post on this topic here, and discussed the comparison between Knight and his idol, former Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes.  Hayes returned to Ohio State, and hopefully Knight will do the same before it's too late. 

So, any guesses?  Sadly, my guess is that it's more likely than not that Knight will not return in November.  You can put your predictions in the comments.