Calhoun Gets Win Number 800
February 26, 2009 by Kevin Hunter
Filed under Basketball
Jim Calhoun and the soon-to-be number one ranked Huskies beat No. 8 Marquette 93-82 last night.
It’s not like Calhoun wasn’t one of the sport’s elite coaches, but now he joins Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jim Phelan, Mike Krzyzewski and Eddie Sutton as the only other coaches to win 800 games.
I don’t know about you, but I think Calhoun deserves a raise.
Layups are so simple, even a 12-year-old can make them at Texas Tech
January 3, 2009 by Kevin Hunter
Filed under Basketball
This is a cute story from the Associated Press via ESPN.com.
But it makes you wonder if Pat Knight is slowly taking the Bob Knight route to silliness and unusual stunts to motivate his team.
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech Red Raiders coach Pat Knight grew tired of watching his team miss shots that even a child could make. So he found one to illustrate his frustration.
While the Red Raiders (10-4) were busy botching about 15 layups against Stephen F. Austin on Thursday, Knight scoured the stands and invited a youngster to join the team huddle.
Knight asked the boy whether he …read more




