Bobby Knight, Red Raiders could be coming to Beaumont

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Roccaforte working on Beaumont game with Knight, Raiders

Bob West column for Sunday, October 22, 2006

The Port Arthur News

It’s a good bet that nobody outside Texas Tech’s basketball program was happier than Lamar’s Steve Roccaforte over word that Bobby Knight has agreed to a contract extension with the Red Raiders. Roccaforte is close to getting a deal finalized that would bring Tech to the Montagne Center — probably as the centerpiece of the 2008-09 schedule — and was hoping Knight would still be the head coach. The volatile Knight, with 869 wins and three NCAA championships to his credit, needs only 11 more victories to become the all-time winningest coach in Division 1 history. Getting him to Beaumont would be a real coup for Roccaforte . . .

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