BRISTOL, Conn. — Bob Knight will be putting a full-court press on college basketball fans this season, thanks to an expanded role as an ESPN analyst.
The Hall of Fame coach joined ESPN last year as a studio analyst for the postseason and will be a key player for the 2008-09 season.
Knight, who often treated the media with disdain before joining it, will work Thursday night game telecasts, appear on “SportsCenter,” provide postseason studio analysis and be on ESPN radio.
The network said Tuesday he will also be an analyst for select nonconference game telecasts other than Thursday and make onsite appearances on “College GameDay.”
Knight’s first ESPN appearance will be on College GameDay from Chapel Hill, N.C., on Tuesday when Kentucky visits No. 1 North Carolina.
Knight, who resigned as coach of Texas Tech on Feb. 4, will work with Brent Musburger on Thursday nights, beginning Jan. 15, and on other nights with Dan Shulman.
Duke 97, Ga. Southern 54
DURHAM, N.C. — The eighth- ranked Blue Devils parlayed 17 Eagles turnovers into 24 points and rolled into the 2K Sports Classic semifinals.
Duke (2-0) will host Rhode Island this weekend before heading to Madison Square Garden — where last season’s team suffered its first loss — to meet the Massachusetts-Southern Illinois winner.
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