Same Knight, Different Channel: Basketball Legend Bob Knight at West Point and Today

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Isenhour, an award-winning television journalist, was a seldom-used guard on Bob Knight's first Army basketball (1965-66). His premise is that the Knight we know today--controversial, temperamental, successful--was forged by his tenure at West Point when he became the Cadets' head coach at the ridiculously young age of 25. The raw material was there: a fierce competitor in high school and college, Knight was the kid skidding around the court diving after loose balls. When Army coach Tates Locke resigned to take another position, he recommended that his young assistant succeed him. Knight's inherent competitiveness flourished at West Point during the Vietnam era. He developed a style--stifling defense, patient offense--that maximized the skills of players who were not big and not heavily recruited. Filled with great anecdotes from former players and Isenhour's self-deprecating replays of his time--yesterday and today--with Knight, this is a compelling look at the early career of a man who will soon become the winningest college coach in history. Wes Lukowsky
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Bob Knight often remarks he never got over West Point. It's where the legend cut his teeth and formulated his coaching style. It's where he learned he had "to win -- gotta win." Jack Isenhour, a reserve on the Army squad that was Knight's first team as head coach, examines that formative rookie year of the surefire Hall-of-Famer and gives first-hand descriptions of Knight's departure from Indiana and rebirth at Texas Tech.


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