Knight's pending lawsuit shelved until season's end

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech men's basketball coach Bob Knight will wait until after the basketball season on a lawsuit against Indiana University over his firing in September 2000, Knight's attorney Russell Yates says.\nKnight and Yates threatened the lawsuit in March, claiming wrongful termination. Knight was fired from Indiana for violating a zero-tolerance behavior policy after 29 years as coach of the Hoosiers. The statute of limitations would require him to file suit no later than Sept. 10, 2002, two years after his departure from IU.\n"I'll worry about the lawsuits in March, or maybe April, depending on how far we go in the NCAA (Tournament)," Yates said in a story in Thursday's Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.\nYates has said he hoped to reach a settlement instead of suing Indiana for wrongful termination.\nKnight's termination is the basis of another lawsuit filed by a group of Hoosier basketball fans who sued in April. The group of 46 fans claim that Indiana President Myles Brand broke the state's Open Door Law by holding two secret meetings with trustees the day before Knight's termination.\nThe Indiana Court of Appeals has decided not to rule directly on whether IU improperly fired Knight, paving the way for a possible trial.