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Ghosts of Knight's past haunt Davis
Bob Knight has yet to coach his first game at Texas Tech, but that hasn't stopped him from trying to settle old scores at Indiana. Knight has not spoken to IU coach Mike Davis since Davis was named interm coach last fall. The bad blood really hurt Davis during his recruitment of star forward Sean May, a Bloomington native whose father Scott played for Knight at IU. Knight and his son, Pat, an assistant at Texas Tech, made no secret of their hopes that Scott May would send his son somewhere other than Indiana. Two weeks ago, Scott and Sean May flew on a plane supplied by an IU trustee to meet with Knight in Lubbock, even though Sean was not considering going to Texas Tech. Sure enough, Sean May committed to North Carolina a few days later. Davis firmly believes that Knight will continue to do everything he can to make life tough for Davis and for Indiana.
Tar Heels sign country's top point guardNorth Carolina will also receive a signed letter-of-intent this week from the nation's best point guard prospect, Raymond Felton, but only after withstanding an 11th-hour push by South Carolina coach Dave Odom to get Felton to back out of his verbal commitment to the Tar Heels. Felton is from Latta, South Carolina, and spends a lot of time on the USC campus. Felton's best friend is one of Odom's recruits for next season. Odom was hoping to meet last weekend with Felton and his parents to deliver one last sales pitch. Felton, however, called it off, saying he intended to sign with Matt Doherty's program. Odom never really believed Felton would change his mind, but he wanted the people in his state to know that he tried.
Gardner's stock rises after return to schoolJason Gardner's performance last week in Madison Square Garden provided much hope for coaches who are concerned about their players turning pro early. After testing the draft waters last spring, Arizona's junior point guard established himself as the leading candidate for Pac-10 player of the year after scoring 23 points in each of the Wildcats' wins over Maryland and Florida. Besides an improved shooting touch, Gardner was much more aggressive and vocal than he was last year, when he deferred too much to his teammates. NBA teams are much more inclined to take chances on young big men than 5-10 point guards, and Gardner is proving that for the smaller players, it's often better to stay in school. Sports Illustrated staff writer Seth Davis covers the college basketball beat for the magazine and is a regular contributor to CNNSI.com.
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