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Old 02-03-2004, 04:06 AM   #1
Park Bear
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Bob Knight Gets Into Disagreement With Tech Chancellor

Not Again


Feb 3, 4:37 AM (ET) Email this Story

By BETSY BLANEY
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Bob Knight's fiery temper has him in trouble again.

The Texas Tech coach got into a verbal spat with the university chancellor at a grocery store Monday, prompting a review by school officials.

Tech spokeswoman Sally Logue Post said she did not know details of the encounter between Knight and Dr. David Smith. No one was injured, she said.

Smith said the matter was being handled internally.

"Right now, the athletic director and the president's office at the university are looking into the incident," Smith said. "We'll wait to hear more in the next few days about their review."


Asked whether there was any discussion of removing Knight, Smith told The Associated Press: "I can't comment on any of those things right now."

Knight was scheduled to be back on the sidelines Tuesday night when the No. 19 Red Raiders faced Baylor in Lubbock.

The encounter occurred when the men were getting food around lunchtime at Market Street, an upscale grocery store about two miles from the university, said Dan Sanders, chief marketing officer for United Supermarkets, which owns the store.

"Apparently, there was some sort of disagreement," Sanders said. "It took place very quickly."

Gerald Myers, the university's athletic director who was instrumental in bringing Knight to Tech in 2001 after he was fired at Indiana, witnessed the incident, Post said.

Neither Myers nor sports information director Randy Farley returned telephone messages from the AP on Monday night.

While still at Indiana in March 2000, Knight was investigated by the university after former player Neil Reed said the coach choked him at a practice in 1997.

In May 2000, Knight was fined $30,000, suspended for three games and placed under a "zero-tolerance behavior policy.

In early September 2000, Knight was accused of grabbing a student by the arm, cursing and lecturing him about manners after the coach was addressed "Hey, Knight, what's up?"

In September 2000, Knight was fired from Indiana for violating the behavior policy. Indiana's president Myles Brand, now president of the NCAA, fired him for what Brand called a "pattern of unacceptable behavior."

In late December, Knight went into a profanity-filled tirade after an ESPN reporter asked about his relationship with former player Steve Alford, who was also participating in the interview. He later apologized for the incident.

Texas Tech is 4-2 in the Big 12 Conference this season. The Red Raiders had been unbeaten in the league until last week, when they lost to Texas and Oklahoma State.
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