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On ESPN:

12yr old makes point.

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech Red Raiders coach Pat Knight grew tired of watching his team miss shots that even a child could make. So he found one to illustrate his frustration.

While the Red Raiders (10-4) were busy botching about 15 layups against Stephen F. Austin on Thursday, Knight scoured the stands and invited a youngster to join the team huddle.

Knight asked the boy whether he could make layups. The boy said he could. "I was just tired of having 18- or 21-year-olds miss layups that a 12-year-old could hit, so I brought a 12-year-old in to let them know that he could hit layups," Knight said. "He's 12 and he can hit layups, so why can't you when you're 18 to 21?" The psychological maneuver evidentally worked. A layup by Mike Singletary with 8:44 remaining in the game put Texas Tech up 52-36, and Stephen F. Austin (7-4) couldn't cobble together a comeback. The Red Raiders beat the Lumberjacks, 69-55.

Edit: Fixed for those who can't read, like myself.

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And in all likelihood, in the process he gave Stephen F. Austin a win via forfeit... is the 12-year old a student of the university? If so, was he academically eligible? Are there any roster rules imposed by the conference(s) involved?

Sounds to me like he just bit his nose off to spite his face.

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And in all likelihood, in the process he gave Stephen F. Austin a win via forfeit... is the 12-year old a student of the university? If so, was he academically eligible? Are there any roster rules imposed by the conference(s) involved?

Sounds to me like he just bit his nose off to spite his face.

Wait, he actually entered the game for Texas Tech? I thought he had the kid shoot layups during halftime or during timeouts or something.

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I wonder what would have happened if the kid said "No"....

Find another kid - maybe an 11 year old.

People actually thought this kid played? Hello, Reality Check

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I have no idea how Mike Singletary can be a Texas Tech basketball player AND coach the 49ers.... and I'll bet he plays with that huge cross on his neck....

It would have more interesting had the coach asked him to demonstrate the layup and makes it.

I saw, I came, I left.

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While the Red Raiders (10-4) were busy botching about 15 layups against Stephen F. Austin on Thursday, Knight scoured the stands and invited a youngster to join the team huddle.

There's the constructive in-game coaching we've come to expect from the Knights.

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