Former coach and current ESPN analyst Bob Knight is nothing if not a shill for any company that will pay him to endorse its product, and his latest is this Volkswagen commercial:

I have to say, it sucks, and it's a little embarrassing to watch Knight making a fool of himself like that. Awful Announcing says, "I'm all for people making as much money anyway they can, but this is a little ridiculous." And Sporting Blog says, "this new VW commercial featuring Knight is just not good. Like, at all." I agree. C'mon, Knight. You're better than that.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption today, and he had some interesting thoughts about his mentor, Bob Knight, who resigned -- but didn't retire -- this season:

"I still don't think he's through with coaching," Krzyzewski said. "I think he'll come back -- not that he's told me that, but he loves the game so much."

I think he'll return to coaching, too, but it's odd to think of Knight as someone who "loves the game so much," just because he never seems happy when he's in the process of coaching.

Krzyzewski also said he hopes Knight, in his work as an ESPN analyst during March Madness, spends time actually teaching the viewers about the game and its history. I'd love to see that, but I'd love it even more if Knight would answer legitimate questions from his co-workers.

Texas has three main offensive weapons: D.J. Augustin, A.J. Abrams and Damion James. When at least two of the three players are having good games, Texas wins. When only one of the players is putting up the points, they struggle against anyone. Today, it was Augustin trying to do it all, and the Longhorns lost to Texas Tech 83-80.

Augustin had 30 points, shooting better than 50%. Abrams and James combined for 24 points but shot 9-29 to get there. The Longhorns did not move the ball well and only had 9 assists on 31 field goals.

Texas Tech after starting out 1-3 under Pat Knight have now won 3 of 4. Texas Tech was aggressive on offense the entire game. Pushing the tempo and making Texas hurry their shots. They seemed to have full control of the game in the second half, as Texas could not get the stops nor slow the game. With 3:28 to go, the Red Raiders had a 70-56 lead.

To the Longhorns' credit they really made a late run. They stretched the game, by fouling and the Red Raiders missed 4 of 6 free throws to allow Texas to close to within 4 points. Texas got even closer, but Texas Tech went 11-11 on free throws in the final minute-and-a-half to keep the pressure on Texas to score.

Texas now needs help to win the Big 12 regular season outright, as they fall into a tie with Kansas. Texas had won 8 straight and 11 of 12 in the Big 12. The Longhorns are still in excellent shape to receive a #3 or even 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Most people who are new on a job try to do their best to be helpful, but former Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight is not most people. So the news that Knight joining ESPN as a college basketball analyst does not mean Knight will answer ESPN's questions about the current situation at Indiana:

Appearing on Mike and Mike in the Morning, Knight gave a nonsense answer to Mike Greenberg's completely legitimate question about Knight's thoughts on the mess created by Kelvin Sampson. When Greenberg asked again, Knight said, "I appreciate very much your doggedness in this, but we're done with that subject."

And that was it. Which is ridiculous. ESPN should have told Knight that as long as he's cashing an ESPN paycheck, he needs to answer the questions that ESPN's hosts ask him. That would have made for some compelling TV and radio for ESPN's viewers and listeners. Instead, we got an exercise in time-wasting that concluded with Greenberg comparing Knight to his wife.

John Feinstein called it shortly after Bob Knight's retirement resignation. Bob Knight is heading to TV. Bob Knight has chosen to take an analyst gig at ESPN just in time for March.

That Knight would be sought after for March and college basketball punditry, in general, is no surprise. Given the nature of the TV media coverage it would be either ESPN or CBS. Beyond simply the money, ESPN was the obvious choice. Given Knight's stormy relations with much of the media, he has been on very good terms with ESPN personalities. From the late Dick Schaap, to the present ex-coaches and players at ESPN there was a better comfort level.

Knight will start working during the ESPN "Championship Week" (the conference tournaments -- that Knight hated as a coach) and the sundry "Selection Sunday" specials ESPN will have the entire day.

No word on who ESPN has hired to work the 7 second delay and bleep button.

Former Texas Tech and Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Monday night:

Why is he dressed like a referee? I don't really know, although he tried to make a joke about how easy becoming a ref would be, saying, "There are fat guys that referee, there are slow guys that referee, there are some who don't see well, there are a lot of them who don't know what the hell the rules are."

Leno replied, "But it's dangerous, you could get hit by a chair."

The guest on the show before Knight was Larry the Cable Guy. Knight referred to him as, "Larry the Cable Car."

When Knight said he thought his son, new Texas Tech coach Pat Knight, will get along with the press better than he did, Leno said, "I think Hitler got along better with the press than you did."

Texas Tech got blown out in the first half by Nebraska and never could catch up. Nebraska got a big first half from Alex Marics and just cruised the rest of the way to a 73-62 win

Like the previous game for Texas Tech, the Red Raiders came out strong at first and then faded quickly.

Obviously there wouldn't be a lot of interest in two teams that are 3-5 in the Big 12, but for the curiosity of Pat Knight taking over the head coaching duties with the resignation of Bob Knight.

Dad didn't exactly leave his son in a great situation to notch an early win. The first two games were on the road and the next one will be home against K-State. Tough love, I guess you couldn't expect anything else from Bobby Knight.

Bob Knight's abrupt retirement from coaching this week means looking for a way to summarize a man who was extremely complicated. He could be profane, cruel, crude, a jerk and sometimes worse. This week we'll post some of the best Bob Knight clips.

This is the kind of outburst that is not Knight at his most endearingly profane. It's just plain disturbing. Here, he is just trying to tape his weekly show and asked about a recent loss. He talks about disappointment at being outscrapped, and then just loses it. It's the kind of behavior that throws into question claims by Knight in the past that he would never "pull a Woody Hayes." Uncensored, so NSFW or around young children.

For a guy who often acts as though he hates nothing more than the media, Bob Knight spent an awful lot of time making media appearances during the week after he resigned as head coach at Texas Tech. I thought his interview on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning was one of the more revealing:

Knight talked about the differences of players today and players from a few decades back, when Knight began his coaching career, and he said he missed the good old days of 1962, when he was a high school teacher and was permitted to paddle students who acted up.

"Think about that in schools today," Knight said. "That just doesn't happen. I think we've become such a lenient society and a society that not only accepts mediocrity in a lot of ways but condones mediocrity simply because you don't infringe on the rights of a student and you don't take a kid to task."

Bob Knight quit as the Texas Tech basketball coach this week, but what will he do next? The man who may know Knight better than any member of the media, Season on the Brink author John Feinstein, said on Jim Rome's show that television could be next up for Knight:

"I can see him doing television. He used to tell me all the time about how good he would be at television," Feinstein said. "And he would be pretty good. Although I don't see Bob doing terribly well with a 29-year-old producer in a production meeting saying, 'Coach, we think the key to this game tonight is this, and we've built this graphic for you.' I don't see him responding terribly well to that."

So what Feinstein is saying is that Knight would be great when it comes to the Xs and Os of breaking down the game of basketball, but horrible when it comes to his people skills? Imagine that.