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13 - 6:12am

Coach talks about new book, frustrations with Tech and why he likes living in Lubbock

It’s been five years since Bob Knight retired from coaching basketball at Texas Tech. He still calls Lubbock home and is arguably the city’s most famous resident. But he’s no longer connected to the university where he coached for six-plus seasons. It’s not, though, because his son Pat was fired as Tech’s hoops coach two years ago. Knight is unhappy with Tech because he feels former Athletic Director Gerald Myers should have had more support from the university’s leadership toward the end of his career.

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Texas Tech notes: Texas uses heavy rebounding edge to build comeback 03/10/13 - 1:42am

Texas comeback built on the boards

Texas comeback built on the boards Jaye Crockett had a simple explanation for how Texas managed to get back in the game Saturday after Texas Tech had built a 34-17 lead with 5 1/2 minutes left in the first half. “They were getting all kinds of rebounds,” Crockett said. “Sometimes they were getting three shots on one possession. If you have that many shots at this level, you’re going to make one of them. You have to make sure you don’t give the other team too many second-chance points.”

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A few hundred people greet Bob Knight at local book signing 03/10/13 - 1:58am

Hall of Fame coach draws crowd as he signs copies of "The Power of Negative Thinking"

Clayton Billion grew up in Louisville, Ky., the kind of place where the basketball allegiances of the Bluegrass State tug at the heart. But Billion’s hardwood fix came not from watching Louisville or Kentucky. His loyalty belonged to the Hoosiers of Indiana, and that had everything to do with Bob Knight. “We would drive up to Bloomington (Ind.), about three hours north, to watch Bob Knight coach,” said Billion, now a 22-year-old Texas Tech student. “I would have gone to Indiana if he didn’t leave. That’s really the only reason I’m at Tech, because of Bob Knight.”

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Texas Tech suffers heartbreaking OT loss to Texas for second straight year 03/10/13 - 12:41pm

Julien Lewis hit a jumper in the lane with 1.7 seconds left to give the Longhorns a 71-69 victory

It was the kind of script Texas Tech hoped would never be re-written. The kind of deja vu that turns the stomach. Regular-season finale against Texas. Overtime again. The Red Raiders haunted by their darkest demons when they hurt the most. For the second straight season, Tech lost to Texas in overtime inside United Spirit Arena, 71-69, a chance to end a difficult season on a high note wiped away by Julien Lewis’ game-winning jump shot with 1.7 seconds left.

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Knight to sign copies of new book in Lubbock bookstore 03/09/13 - 1:38am

Former Texas Tech basketball coach Bob Knight will conduct a signing of his new book “The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results” from noon to 2 p.m. today inside the Hastings book store at 50th Street and Indiana Avenue. In the book Knight, the second-winningest coach in college basketball history, writes about how what he calls “negative thinking” can translate into success on a basketball court, in business or in other aspects of life.

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As Texas Tech enters final regular-season game, decision on Walker's future yet to be made 03/09/13 - 2:32am

There will be one certainty when Texas Tech hosts Texas at 3 p.m. today in the regular-season finale. Ty Nurse, Tech’s lone senior, will play his last game inside United Spirit Arena. But whether his coach, Chris Walker, will be making his last appearance at the same venue, well, that’s not as clear a proposition.

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Ty Nurse, Texas Tech's lone senior, prepares for final home game 03/08/13 - 2:56am

Ty Nurse’s heart was racing. A roller-coaster of emotions were flowing through his veins. He had played the game of basketball around the globe — with Germany, France and New Zealand among the stops — as a member of the Canadian junior national team, a roster that included current NBA players Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph. Then, following the advice of a close friend, Nurse took the junior-college route and landed at Midland College, which he helped lead to the national championship game as a sophomore.

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Texas Tech no match for motivated Kansas on senior night 03/05/13 - 12:16pm

Jayhawks starters, all five of which likely played last game at Allen Fieldhouse, lead rout of the Red Raiders

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas had already been on the wrong end of one stunning upset this season. The fourth-ranked Jayhawks weren’t about to go down that road again. Texas Tech was little match for a motivated Kansas team that was celebrating its four senior starters, suffering a 79-42 loss at sold-out, decibel-meter-crushing Allen Fieldhouse. "It's probably one of the most difficult situations in college basketball to come play Kansas on senior night," Tech coach Chris Walker said. "It's a very, very tough situation."

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Texas Tech faces monumental challenge against first-place Kansas 03/04/13 - 11:36am

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The proverbial underdog label doesn’t begin to describe the role Texas Tech will assume when it faces No. 6 Kansas in a nationally televised game at 6 p.m. today. The Jayhawks, having rebounded convincingly from a three-game losing streak in early February, are once again sitting on the doorstep of a Big 12 Conference championship. Two more wins would give Kansas at least a share of its ninth straight league title.

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