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[RollTide72]

Congrats on the TT win Agent. Was thinking of you last night as the clock was ticking down.

I was on SI.com today and read Luke Winn's blog about Coach Knight's 900th win. He's not a fan so here's my response:

Come on now Luke. I guess you are one of those young kids that you referred to in your blog. I don't believe you are old enough to appreciate someone like Coach Knight. Bob Knight is far from perfect, but he is who he is and does not put on some dog and pony show for the media and the public. What you see is what you get blemishes and all. He speaks his mind, right or wrong, and there is something to be said for that. He sees that his players go to class and graduate. His charity to those in need (that we very rarely hear about) goes mostly unnoticed. No man is perfect and there have been several times that I questioned a comment or action of Coach Knight. But when the chips are down I for one choose to embrace Coach Knight for who he is and what he stands for flaws and all. It will be a very sad day when he decides to retire.

 

[Freddog5]

Well done Agent.
I don't like money so I was on the other side:mj07:
great call!

 

[escarzamd]

Coach Knight's reaction was, it was not as much gratifying as it was damn lucky on their part or else.....it was classic Knight.....awesome!

:142smilie

That was a a great post-game interview. Holly Rowe also asked him what else made it (900)special.....good question....and Coach commented on the 10-2 run TT fought off early in 2h to open it up and put it away instaed of some "milestone" soliloquiy are some other such b.s. Coach would just as soon wipe his ass with as talk about. Damn few dudes like him left.

Nice call! Thanks!

 

[Agent 0659]

Congrats on the TT win Agent. Was thinking of you last night as the clock was ticking down.

I was on SI.com today and read Luke Winn's blog about Coach Knight's 900th win. He's not a fan so here's my response:

Come on now Luke. I guess you are one of those young kids that you referred to in your blog. I don't believe you are old enough to appreciate someone like Coach Knight. Bob Knight is far from perfect, but he is who he is and does not put on some dog and pony show for the media and the public. What you see is what you get blemishes and all. He speaks his mind, right or wrong, and there is something to be said for that. He sees that his players go to class and graduate. His charity to those in need (that we very rarely hear about) goes mostly unnoticed. No man is perfect and there have been several times that I questioned a comment or action of Coach Knight. But when the chips are down I for one choose to embrace Coach Knight for who he is and what he stands for flaws and all. It will be a very sad day when he decides to retire.

We should have been there!!!

 

[hawkeye]

Gret Call

 

[Agent 0659]

Texas Tech 68, (10) Texas A&M 53


After getting Bob Knight his 900th victory, Texas Tech can get on with just winning.

Knight became the first men's Division I coach to reach the milestone Wednesday night with the Red Raiders' 68-53 win over No. 10 Texas A&M.

"I'm ... glad it's over," Knight said when asked to succinctly sum up his feelings.

Charlie Burgess, who scored eight points for Texas Tech (10-6, 1-1 Big 12), said the win was about desire.

"We just wanted it more than them," he said. "And basically we tried not to let that 900 thing get in the way but we really needed that tonight just to get it out of the way."

Knight, in his seventh season at Tech, has never opened Big 12 play with consecutive losses. The win kept that record in tact.

Knight went on to wax nostalgic just as he did when he surpassed former North Carolina coach Dean Smith for first place on the men's Division I career list last season with win No. 880. Like that milestone, Knight got his 900th victory on his second try.

"I'm happy that I've been able to coach this long cause I've basically enjoyed coaching probably 70-30, anyhow," he said. "That's a mark of longevity as much as anything so I'm just glad I've lived this long."

Before he left the floor Knight addressed the more than 11,000 fans who watched the win over the Aggies and they chanted his name as he walked off the court to a thunderous ovation.

"You folks being here, seats being full for a change, really made a difference tonight," Knight told the crowd.

The win was Tech's third straight over an Aggies team ranked in the top 10. Last season the Red Raiders beat A&M twice by a combined four points. The Aggies were ranked No. 6 going into each game and were on nine- and five-game winning streaks, respectively.

"Can't explain it," said Joseph Jones, who played in all three of the losses to Tech. "They got our number, like you said. They've got us the last two years."

The Aggies (15-2, 1-1 Big 12) looked frazzled and out of sync most of the game. A&M went 18-for-53 from the field in its worst shooting performance (34 percent) of the season and they turned the ball over a season-high 20 times.

"We were really bad," A&M Coach Mark Turgeon said. "That's the only way I can put it. I think Tech was really good and we were bad."

Knight lauded his team.

"That was about as good, in that context, as I think I've ever had a team play," he said. "It was obviously a really good win but there isn't any such thing as a bad win, I guess.

"I hope it's an indication to our players how they can play."

Martin Zeno scored 19 points and Trevor Cook added a career-high 14 for Texas Tech.

The 67-year-old Knight has been a head coach for 42 years at three Division I schools. He got his 100th victory at Army, then moved to Indiana, where his Hoosiers went 662-239 and won three national championships from 1971-00.

His first NCAA title came in 1976 when Indiana went undefeated, a feat no team has done since. In 1984, he coached the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in Los Angeles.

Two women's coaches have reached 900 wins: Tennessee's Pat Summitt has 961 and former Texas coach Jody Conradt retired after last season with 900.

The career victory leader in men's coaching is Harry Statham of McKendree University, an NAIA school. The 70-year-old coach has won 949 games in 42 seasons.

The Aggies used a 14-4 run to whittle the Red Raiders' lead to 39-31 with about 16 minutes remaining.

But Tech stiffened and went on a 20-4 run to go up by 56-35 with 7:45 remaining. The run included two 3-pointers by Cook and one by Alan Voskuil.

A&M never threatened after that.

Josh Carter and Joseph Jones scored 11 points each to lead the Aggies.

Asked if he could fathom 900 wins, Turgeon offered that his bosses might call it quits on him at 200 wins.

"It's amazing," he said. "He does what he does and he does it well. I hope I'm playing golf when I'm his age, enjoying it, but we'll see."

 

[IX_Bender]

RIDE OR DIE HOE$$$$$$$

 

[The Sponge]

I Almost bet this game thinking the line looked somewhat suspicious and i would have if i only came over to the college threads last night and read the post. I needed a little push.

I did lose the Boulder high game tho. i got it at 3.5:SIB