Double T Nation: Texas Tech Isn’t A Bob Knight Team Anymore, And That’s A Good Thing

SBN’s Texas Tech blog notes the transformation of the Red Raiders from when Bob Knight led them to who they are now:

That was not your typical Bob Knight team. It took a season for Pat Knight to transform his team from a typical Bob Knight team (2008) to a team with much better athletes. I loved how the Texas Tech perimeter defense was basically able to switch with just about every Washington player, and that seemingly made it incredibly difficult for UW to get into much of rhythm outside as the Huskies were only 4-15 from the 3-point line. Perhaps the most impressive part was seeing the very long and athletic SF Brad Reese play the point on defense. That’s a tough thing for a small point guard to have to around a long 6’6” player and that’s not something that could have been done last year. I’d also add that Pat Knight had, for very long stretches of the game, no true post player (i.e. Darko Cohadarevic and Robert Lewandowski), instead opting for a combination of guards and smallish forwards that played really well. This smallish lineup still out-rebounded Washington 42 to 37, something that you just don’t see from a typical Texas Tech team.

Follow the link for much more analysis of Tech’s OT upset of No. 12 Washington.