REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL BASKETBALLBASKETBALL STAFFSTAFF TEXASTEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 47 REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL RED RAIDER HEAD COACH BOB KNIGHT Head Coach In college basketball, the name Bob Knight 2002, for the first of two exhibition games, and tive seasons. Knight’s Red Raiders totaled 68- is synonymous with greatness and winning. Just by the time they walked off the court in Madison wins which eclipsed the former mark of 67-wins take a glance at the Bob Knight file. The numbers Square Garden on April 3, 2003, they were one from the 1994-1997 seasons. and achievements that illustrate what he has done of only three of the 327 Division I teams in the Andre Emmett became the leading scorer for the game of basketball are there for all to see. nation to have completed post-season play on in the Big 12, Texas Tech’s all-time leading Everyone knew Bob Knight would get the a winning note. Texas Tech’s 71-61 win over scorer with 2,256 points, and the thirteenth Bob Red Raider program back to its winning ways. the University of Minnesota in the consolation Knight player to earn All-America honors. Many didn’t think it could be done so suc- game of the National Invitational Tournament Their eighth seed in the 2004 NCAA cessfully or so quickly. In his initial season, brought closure to the season and another 20- Tournament marked the first time Tech teams Texas Tech went from 11th in the Big 12 win mark for the Raiders under Coach Bob had earned invitations to post-season play in Conference to a tie for third and posted a +14 Knight. The 2002-2003 season marked his three successive seasons in school history. The victory margin (9-19 in 2000-2001 to 23-9 in eighth NIT appearance and the 34th time in his Raiders defeated Charlotte 76-73 in Buffalo, 2001-2002). Texas Tech’s 23 wins in that initial 37 years of coaching that his teams had played New York, to become the first team to win an season represented Coach Knight’s 25th season in post-season tournaments. According to Jeff NCAA Tournament game since the 1976 team of winning 20 or more games and were Tech’s Sagarin’s NCAA national rankings, Texas Tech’s defeated Syracuse 69-56 in Denton, Texas. most single-season victories since the 1995- final ranking of 28 made the Raiders the highest After an 8-3 non-conference record to open 1996 season. The Red Raiders also earned an ranked team not to gain a spot in the 65-team the 2004-2005 season, the Red Raiders were NCAA Tournament berth for the 11th time in field of the NCAA Tournament. 10-6 in conference play. Perhaps the most excit- the school’s 77 years of fielding basketball teams Texas Tech’s third season with Bob Knight ing game for Raider fans was the 80-79 double and marked the 25th time Coach Knight had at the helm was another unqualified success. overtime win against Kansas at the United taken his teams to the NCAA Tournament. Overall, the squad won 23 games marking the Spirit Arena on Valentine’s Day. Darryl Dora In Coach Knight’s second season, his Red first time in the school’s history that the Red put Tech on top to stay with less than four Raiders stepped onto the court on November 7, Raiders won at least 20 games in three consecu- seconds remaining in the second overtime with his three-pointer from the top of the key. The game became an “Instant Classic” on ESPN a few days later. The Raiders earned a bye in the Big 12 Championship as a result of their fourth place finish in conference play and then went on to defeat Iowa State (64-56) and Oklahoma (69-63) before falling to OSU in the champion- ship by four points, 68-72. Texas Tech’s sixth seed in the 2005 Albuquerque regional matched the Red Raiders’ highest seeding, their fourth postseason trip, and their third NCAA appearance in four seasons under Coach Bob Knight. Their post- TEXASTEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 49 Official caterer of Texas Tech Men’s Basketball for all pre-game meals and other special meals throughout the season. REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL season entry also noted Bob Knight’s of 1984, came at age 44; the 500th win, 27th NCAA Tournament appearance, Coach Bob Knight’s Career Record 92-76 over Northwestern in January which is the top mark among all at Army 1989, came at age 48; the 600th win, Overall Conference Post coaches established by Dean Smith Year W L Pct. W L Pct. Season 75-67 over Iowa on January 6, 1993, from 1967-1997. 1965-66 18 8 .692 NIT–4th came at the age of 52. He is the young- The Red Raiders shot a season-high 1966-67 13 8 .619 est coach to win 600 games, just a few 1967-68 20 5 .800 NIT 62-percent in their 78-66 first-round 1968-69 18 10 .643 NIT–4th months ahead of his good friend, the victory over 11th-seeded UCLA in 1969-70 22 6 .786 NIT–3rd late Henry Iba. Victory number 700 Tucson. The Red Raiders then faced 1970-71 11 13 .458 arrived March 5, 1997, in a 70-66 vic- Totals 102 50 .671 third-seeded Gonzaga. Ronald Ross - a tory over Wisconsin. At 62 years of age, walk-on four years ago who became at Indiana Coach Knight became the youngest of team captain as a senior and one of the Overall Conference Big Post the four coaches to ever reach the mile- Year W L Pct. W L Pct. Ten Season Big 12’s best guards under Knight’s stone of 800 victories. 1971-72 17 8 .630 9 5 .643 3rd NIT guidance - sank the go-ahead 3-pointer 1972-73 22 6 .786 11 3 .786 1st NCAA–3rd Coach Knight achieved his 800th with 1:06 to play, then added two 1973-74 23 5 .822 12 2 .857 1st CCA–1st career victory with a 75-49 home court 1974-75 31 1 .969 18 0 1.00 1st NCAA clinching free throws with 7.5 seconds 1975-76 32 0 1.00 18 0 1.00 1st NCAA–1st win over Nebraska on February 5, left to lead the Raiders to a 71-69 1976-77 16 11 .593 11 7* .611 4th 2003. His current record, as measured second-round victory over Gonzaga, 1977-78 21 8 .724 12 6 .722 2nd NCAA by the NCAA, stands at 869-350. He 1978-79 22 12 .647 10 8 .556 5th NIT–1st sending the Red Raiders to the “Sweet 1979-80 21 8 .724 13 5 .722 1st NCAA stands at the pinnacle of the NCAA’s Sixteen” against West Virginia. The 1980-81 26 9 .743 14 4 .788 1st NCAA–1st “Winningest Active Division 1 Men’s Red Raiders lost to the Mountaineers 1981-82 19 10 .655 12 6 .677 2nd NCAA Basketball Coaches By Victories” and is 1982-83 24 6 .800 13 5 .722 1st NCAA 65-60 to conclude the season with 22 1983-84 22 9 .710 13 5 .722 3rd NCAA third among the “Winningest Division wins and 11 losses...the fourth con- 1984-85 19 14 .576 7 11 .389 7th NIT–2nd 1 Men’s Basketball Coaches of All- secutive twenty-win season for Texas 1985-86 21 8 .724 13 5 .722 2nd NCAA Time.” His friend, Dean Smith, leads 1986-87 30 4 .882 15 3 .833 1st NCAA–1st Tech. Coach Knight has now taken 1987-88 19 10 .655 11 7 .611 5th NCAA all coaches with an 879 career win his teams into postseason play a total 1988-89 27 8 .771 15 3 .833 1st NCAA mark. Adolph Rupp follows Smith 1989-90 18 11 .621 8 10 .444 7th NCAA of 36 times. with 876 wins. Tech’s 79-69 win over 1990-91 29 5 .853 15 3 .833 1st NCAA The 2005-2006 Red Raiders were 1991-92 27 7 .794 14 4 .778 2nd NCAA–3rd Colorado in the 2004 Phillips 66 Big 15-17, only the second time in forty 1992-93 31 4 .886 17 1 .944 1st NCAA 12 Tournament moved him ahead of 1993-94 21 9 .700 12 6 .667 3rd NCAA years a Bob Knight team has been Jim Phelan’s 830-career mark. 1994-95 19 12 .613 11 7 .611 3rd NCAA under .500 for a season. Over the 1995-96 20 11 .645 12 6* .667 2nd NCAA Knight owns a remarkable 71-34 last five Red Raider seasons, Bob 1996-97 22 11 .667 9 9 .500 5th NCAA record (.676) in post-season tourna- 1997-98 20 12 .625 9 7 .563 5th NCAA Knight’s teams have won 105 games 1998-99 23 11 .676 9 7 .563 3rd NCAA ment play. Texas Tech’s two wins in – the best five-year span in Texas 1999-00 20 9 .689 10 6 .625 5th NCAA the 2001-2002 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tech basketball history. It was also the Totals 662 239 .735 353 151 .700 Tournament were its first victories since fifth time a Coach Knight player was at Texas Tech the 1997 event.