The Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represents Texas Tech University in basketball. Texas Tech competes in NCAA Division I and has been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference since its first
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Bob Knight (middle) with Pat Knight (right)
Students and fans rush the court after the unranked Red Raiders upset the #5 Texas Longhorns in 2008.
Texas Tech University head basketball coach Tubby Smith during the 2013–14 season
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Robert Montgomery Knight was an American men's college basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", he won 902 NCAA Division I men's basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and sixth a
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…losing seasons, during which they only won a total of 18 games in Big 12 play. He was fired after his 2000/01 team produced a 9–19 overall record. Bob Knight served as the Texas Tech men's basketball head coach from 2001–2008. Hired in March 2001 to replace James Dickey as head coach, Bob Knight quickly…
Knight watches Texas Tech practice in 2007
Mike Krzyzewski and Knight during his tenure at Army
Knight (left) and the 1976 undefeated national champion Indiana Hoosiers with President Gerald Ford at the White House
Knight with Isiah Thomas in 1981