Coach Knight took a Texas Tech basketball team that won only 9 games last year to a 23-9 record this year. He is also a current finalist for the Claire Bee "Coach of the Year" award. And how did those Nittany Lions do? : 7-21 in what may have been one of the worst college basketball programs in the country this year.
Knight's X's and O's are obviously quite sound. But his continual in-your-face assault for five months clearly wears on his players, leaving them with little/no gas in the tank come March. Coaches who understand how to manage their team for an entire season fare much better when it counts.
His off the court behavior is repugnant, and well documented. No need to discuss that any further.