LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech coach Pat Knight is keeping his expectations for the team to himself -- though he knows the Red Raiders can't fall much farther.
Tech finished 11th in the Big 12 (14-19) last year, the school's worst season since 2000. That was the year before his dad, Bob Knight, took over the program and led the Red Raiders to four consecutive seasons of at least 20 wins.
Pat Knight's team won just three Big 12 games last season — one was against No. 9 Kansas — and he openly criticized officiating twice in a three-week span. The Big 12 slapped him with a public reprimand and a one-game suspension.
The younger Knight blamed himself for last year's abysmal record, saying he focused on the wrong aspect -- letting defense slip.
The Red Raiders will rely on man-to-man defense — the mainstay of Bob Knight's teams.
