A big salute to Bob Knight, who coached the Texas Tech Red Raiders men’s NCAA basketball team to a 71-56 victory over Arkansas this afternoon. This victory brings the General one shy of the all-time Division I win record, currently held by Dean Smith.

I’ve always loved Coach Knight, and am delighted that the best coach ever to step on a basketball court is on the verge of making basketball history.

In his own words, the Coach’s post-game observation:

”Doesn’t mean anything to me,” Knight said. ”It means I’ve coached a long time. You guys think too much about records.”

And to Myles Brand, former president of Indiana University, who fired the Coach and subsequently went on to become President of the NCAA, where he’s bullying schools about “insensitive” logos and mascots:

Pfffffffft!

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