Red Raiders suffer most lopsided loss in school history

Attendance: 16,300
The record for the most lopsided loss in Texas Tech history stood for less than a week. Maybe Bob Knight knew when to leave.


Russell Robinson scored 15 points and Kansas (No. 6 ESPN/USA Today, No. 5 AP) played everybody wearing a uniform in a 109-51 thrashing of the Red Raiders on Monday night. The 58-point margin topped the 44-point pounding at Texas A&M last Wednesday that had gone into the record book as Tech's worst loss ever.

And what did the Red Raiders do in between historic setbacks? They beat then-No. 5 Texas 83-80, halting the Longhorns' eight-game winning streak.

"I feel like someone put a meat necklace around my neck and threw me into a lion's den," said rookie coach Pat Knight, who succeeded his father, Bob, as head coach nine games ago.

"They killed us," Pat Knight said. "The thing that upsets me again, just like the A&M game, is that we didn't compete. I had guys that I honestly thought looked scared when they got out there on the court. Not one guy showed up tonight."

As a dejected Knight sat on the Texas Tech bench in the final 10 minutes, his Kansas counterpart seemed almost as glum. Bill Self kept hustling reserves onto the court on an emotional Senior Night before a packed crowd in Allen Fieldhouse. But he couldn't stop the Jayhawks from shooting almost 60 percent while Texas Tech (16-12, 7-8) shot a miserable 29 percent in the biggest rout in Big 12 history.

"I didn't like that. I have a lot of respect, and I really like Pat," Self said. "Nobody likes to be on that end. I apologized to Pat after the game. He's great. He said, 'It's not your fault.'"

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[jgable1311]

good one... nice bowl win by the way

[chaisgriffith]

Hah John Anderson sounds like a little bitch

[megasonify]

gsus the fuhkeen red raiders took a beatn; patty knight of course blames on his players at half time; fuhk him he prolly was busy texting and didn't coach em up in prep. fuhkeen loser knight. go try to get a job on ur own...da da da da loser

[MastaThug212]

tech is trash at basketball. Duke owns the NCAA

[asian4life30000]

yea hbut which one was worser dumbass

[asian4life30000]

ummmm thsi is basketballl.... get it right

[Aggie9921]

hey don't be calling me a dumbass because you got your ass whupped

[YellowBare88]

we beat you too dumb ass

[Aggie9921]

too bad a&m only beat tech that year 98-54

[jgable1311]

fuck whoever ave this comment thumbs down.

most likely it was those buttfucking hillbillies from columbia

[emi1534]

u gotta love how he said a whole,whole,whole,whole lot bigger. the way he said it cracked me up. rock chalk champions!

[fridgeraider]

Well, we didn't beat you at your house by 58 points in football, but we came damn close.

[stutwostep]

Lol, John Anderson. Missouri in general is for assholes. Fuck them.

[14691]

I agree, he's such a piece of Missouri shit. What a joke.

[Traditionrichjayhawk]

That game had to be one of the wildest games I've ever seen. I've never seen the Jayhawks click that well before. Even Micheal Wilbon said we looked great that night.

[largec]

man texas tech got creamed!!!!

[mvpjvb03]

Mariooooo CHalmers!