A chip off the ol' block

As a spectator, it gets tiring to watching NCAA and NBA basketball players not being able to execute the fundamentals of the game (i.e. free throws and layups, among others). Pat Knight, Bobby's son and heir to the Knight coaching legacy, felt similarly when his Texas Tech players were struggling with making layups.

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 could make layups. The boy said he could. "I was just tired of having 18- or 21-year-olds miss layups that a 12-year-old could hit, so I brought a 12-year-old in to let them know that he could hit layups," Knight said. "He's 12 and he can hit layups, so why can't you when you're 18 to 21?" The psychological maneuver evidentally worked. A layup by Mike Singletary with 8:44 remaining in the game put Texas Tech up 52-36, and Stephen F. Austin (7-4) couldn't cobble together a comeback. The Red Raiders beat the Lumberjacks, 69-55.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

It's a good thing we (as spectators) get to see Bob's unconventional, effective (however not-so-violent) coaching methods live on through Pat.