Texas Tech University Athletics
Raiders Host Aggies on Saturday Afternoon
February 21, 2003 | Men's Basketball
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Feb. 21, 2003
Lubbock, TX - The Texas Tech Red Raiders host the Texas A&M University Aggies on Saturday afternoon at the United Spirit Arena. The game will be televised on ESPN-Regional with a 12:45 p.m. tip time.
ESPN's Bill Doleman will call the play-by-play action with Doug Gottlieb providing the expert analysis. Jack Dale, in his 50th year of broadcasting, will handle the play-by-play calls on the All Sports Radio Network. Michael Lewis, former Coach Knight player, will provide the game analysis.
The Raiders enter the game with a season record of 14 wins and 8 losses. In conference play, Texas Tech is 4 - 7 with five games remaining on the Big 12 Schedule. The Aggies are 13-9 on the season and hold a 5-6 record in Big 12 play.
Today's contest is the second meeting between the two teams. A&M won the initial match-up 64 - 59 in College Station on February 1. Bernard King led all scorers with 18 points while teammate Antoine Wright dropped in 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Andre Emmett led the Red Raiders with 17 points and Nathan Doudney chipped in 14 points. Kasib Powell hauled down 10 rebounds and dished out 7 assists.
Coach Bob Knight is now the fourth coach to accumulate 800+ wins. Jim Phelan (Mount St. Marys) has 824 wins, the late Adolph Rupp won 876, and Dean Smith (Bob Knight's close friend) leads everyone with a remarkable 879 wins.
Saturday's contest between the Red Raiders and the Aggies will be Coach Knight's 1,108th game as a head coach. Jim Phelan (Mount St. Marys) leads the NCAA D-1 active coaches with 1,348 games. Coach Phelan has recently announced his retirement after 49 seasons.
Coach Bob Knight now has 801 career victories. He also has three former assistants each with 500+ wins in their collegiate coaching careers...Don DeVoe (Navy), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), and Dave Bliss (Baylor).
