1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Near the end of the game, Indiana coach Bob Knight went to the Kentucky bench where the official was standing to complain about a call.[1] UK's assistant coach Leonard Hamilton, a former FBI agent who was about 6 feet 5 inches, had to be restrained by Hall from hitting Knight."[3] Knight blamed the furor on Hall, noting in his inimitable style, "If it was meant to be malicious, I'd have blasted the fucker into the seats.Following the contentious regular season game, Indiana and Kentucky met in the 1975 NCAA Mideast Regional Final in Dayton, Ohio.However, Indiana had lost star player Scott May to a broken arm in the regular season finale against Purdue.