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Pat Knight Calls Out Texas Tech Seniors

Most coaches talk in general when the subject is poor play. Texas Tech coach Pat Knight took the unusual route Monday of naming names, his seniors in particular. Still fuming from the poor play of forward Mike Singletary and guard Brad Reese -- both seniors -- and the role they played in Saturday's Big 12 opening loss...

Finding Wooden's Heir: Who Is Greatest Living Coach?

More than a man of an era, John Wooden was an era itself. His dominance on the court, temperament in situations that would've made Job himself shatter a clipboard in half and his ability to distill any bit a philosophy in a two-sentence homily, marked him alone as a separate period of college basketball. Building upon...

New FOX Sports Boss Eric Shanks Dreams Big Dreams

Eric Shanks has had barely a week behind the desk as the new president of FOX Sports, but that's apparently long enough for him to develop a wish list. "Wouldn't it be great if there was a time where when you thought of FOX, you thought of every professional final, the Triple Crown (and) the biggest of the big?" Shanks...

Problems Still Plague Cinderella Houston

HOUSTON -- Tom Penders was so impressed with the initial pitch to come to the University of Houston in 2004 that he got up and walked out on then-athletic director Dave Maggard. While Maggard was supposed to sell Penders on the merits of taking the job at a program with a storied history, Maggard instead spent most of...

Texas Tech's Defense Re-Buffs Colorado

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Texas Tech coach Pat Knight couldn't have asked for a better teaching point on the importance of good defense than the Red Raiders received Wednesday. Fresh off a frustrating 101-90 loss to Colorado during Saturday's regular-season finale, the ninth seeded Red Raiders put the clamps down on that same...

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Bob Knight On NCAA One-And-Dones: 'I Think It's A Disgrace'

Just because basketball legend Bob Knight finally said "Kentucky" during the tail end of March Madness, that doesn't mean he won't go out of his way to bash the school, its fans and the NCAA's "one-and-done" rule that has allowed some of the teams stars to jump directly from their freshman seasons directly to the NBA.

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Bob Knight Sleeping On ESPN College GameDay? (VIDEO)

From the players and coaches all the way through the roving media contingent, March Madness can be exhausting for everyone involved.

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05/30/12 SEC spring meetings notebook: Top basketball schedule... Source: The Mississippi Press - Pascagoula MS The SEC men's basketball scheduling format is slightly more settled than football.
05/30/12 Bob Knight speech tickets on sale Source: Batesville Herald Tribune - Batesville IN The Batesville Community Education Foundation will host coach Bob Knight on Father's Day, Sunday, June 17.
05/29/12 USA Today: Calipari uses GPA to take shot at Bob Knight Source: The Mid-Majority Kentucky basketball players do go to class.
05/28/12 Family struggles with ruling on stray bullet Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia The family of Canberra truckie Bob Knight, who was killed by a stray bullet, are "shocked" by the alleged shooter's conviction and say the outcome "could have been better".
05/24/12 - Rochester branch donates $44,000 worth of equipment Source: Shepparton News The Rochester branch of Heart Support Australia donated $44,000 worth of defibrillators and cardio equipment to 17 different organisations in Rochester, Lockington, Elmore and Echuca on Wednesday.

Background on bob knight

Robert Montgomery "Bob" Knight (born October 25, 1940) is a retired American basketball coach. Nicknamed "The General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, second all-time to his former player, Mike Krzyzewski.

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