AP Bob Knight shows his guns before speaking with the audience at Texas Tech.

State's elite juniors say Knight club not for all (3/28/01)
For Bob Knight, becoming Texas Tech's men's basketball coach may have been the easy part. Getting top-notch recruits to follow him to Lubbock, it seems, will be a daunting task for Knight. The fiery coach likely will have no chance of reeling in most of the top Texas high school recruits in next year's coveted class.

Previous coverage
Knight holds court with teachings (3/26/01)
PERSPECTIVE: Bob Knight is more than images of chair throwing and player confrontation. He is a father. He is a son. He is a husband. He is a Hall of Fame coach. He is arrogant, and he is passionate. He was my teacher.

Coach, players ready for change (3/25/01)
LUBBOCK – Bob Knight met his players at a 7 a.m. meeting Saturday. "We introduced ourselves, and he made it real precise," said Tech point guard Jamal Brown of Skyline. "To play for him, a lot of things are going to change. And we need change."

Knight era begins
LUBBOCK – The General is back in command. "I can't tell you how pleased I am to be your basketball coach," Knight said.
• Knight's contract

Richardson: Knight has peers' respect
Many coaches swear by Bob Knight, including some you would never imagine had an association with him.

Sherrington: Knight gets royal welcome
LUBBOCK - As news conferences go, this was not the usual fare Friday. They are usually dry affairs with little humor, lots of questions, some good, some bad, and almost no standing ovations. Then again, this wasn't really a news conference.

Colleagues express support
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo believes Bob Knight will be successful at Texas Tech because of his skill as a coach and his ability to motivate players.
• What they're saying: Coaches on Knight's hire

Lubbock split over big-name import
One city council member said he believes Knight's squeaky-clean reputation for running a good basketball program outweighs his reputation for losing his temper. But others aren't so sure.

Knight's career
• Slideshow | Timeline | By the numbers | Career record
• Milestone victories

WFAA video
• Knight introduced in Lubbock
• The media | The choking incident
• His reception in Lubbock | Women's athletics
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TXCN video
• DMN reporter Chip Brown on asking Knight questions
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What others are saying
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
Knight is the new head basketball coach at Texas Tech, where he will once again stand squarely at the crossroads of our profound societal confusion about what we want from sport.

Bob Kravitz, Indianapolis Star
This was the Good Bob -- shoot, he was Barney doing the Texas Tech "guns up'' -- the Good Bob who is engaging, articulate and funny.

Jay Mariotti, Chicago Sun-Times
Like brainwashed cultists following a new leader, the people leaped out of their seats in United Spirit Arena and roared.

Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times
Texas Tech accepts Knight's flaws as necessary to the equation that brought him to Lubbock, a dreary whistle-stop best known as the birthplace of Buddy Holly.

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Previous Morning News features
The Knight-Myers Connection (3/13/01)
The friendship between Bob Knight and Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers emerged as the catalyst for discussions that eventually brought Knight to Lubbock.

The General's Soldiers (9/15/00)
Although controversy followed Bob Knight out the door in Bloomington, students at Indiana University remained loyal.

Different as Knight and Day (2/1/98)
Pat Knight, who will work for his father as an assistant coach at Texas Tech, has his dad's desire, but not his approach.

Knight's Hoops Hysteria (3/15/87)
Night after night in Indiana, Bob Knight raised basketball fever to epidemic proportions.

'The Best Damn Team' (3/30/86)
Bob Knight coached the last NCAA men's team to go undefeated - the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers.

Knight related links
• Official Texas Tech basketball site
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's Tech sports site
• Indianapolis Star's Hoosiers site
• Knight's March Madness site
• Knight's Basketball Hall of Fame page
• Knight's official site

Knight-Tech chronology
• March 23: Tech clears way to announce Knight
• March 22: Source: Knight will get Tech job
• March 20: Knight hiring may come Friday
• March 19: Knight leaves Lubbock; negotiations continue
• March 18: Knight finishes visit in Lubbock
• March 17: Knight, Tech get down to business
• March 16: Tech job 'appealing' to Knight
• March 15: Some Tech faculty sign anti-Knight petition
• March 12: Knight to visit Tech on Thursday
• March 11: Knight agrees to visit Tech
• March 10: Texas Tech fires Dickey
• March 9: Tech, Knight close in
• March 8: Tech has talked to Knight

Previous commentary
• Cowlishaw: Chill out on Knight (3/22)
• Sherrington: 'Tex' Knight should help state's image (3/21)
• Blackistone: Sports in Texas will be a scream (3/14)
• Blackistone: Tech leaves Dickey to await fate (3/9)

Other coverage
• Tech women's coach endorses Knight (3/19)
• Knight meets with Tech students (3/18)
• Tech AD assesses top recruit (3/20)
• TXCN video: Knight speaks in Lubbock (3/16)
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