Bob Knight, the head coach for Texas Tech’s basketball team has resigned. He was unhappy with the way the referees were officiating the games. This year was full of bad referee calls he said. This is only the middle of the season so he will hand the reins over to his son, Pat Knight, to finish the season out. He is a Hall of Famer that has three national championships and plenty of outbursts in the history books.

He was on a Minnesota radio show complaining about the low level of refereeing going on and that he was quite unhappy. He made it a point to tell his sons and the team of his resignation. After that, he was nowhere to be found. He had been coaching for almost forty two years previously. He had signed a three year contract running him through the 2011-2012 season.

Most of the people who worked with him said they thought he left because it just wasn’t any fun anymore. He didn’t get the enjoyment out of it that he once did. He talked to his son and his wife and then he made up his mind. Being only sixty seven, he has plenty of time to get on with life and doing something that will bring him joy.

The College Basketball 2008 Poll standings are out and it is a big climb to the top. These polls are based on well your team plays as opposed to how games they won. In the number one spot is the Clemson Tigers. They are followed by the Kansas Jayhawks and North Carolina Duke Blue Devils in the second and third spots. After these top three, the next ones down the list include the UNC Tarheels, UCLA Bruins, and Georgetown. Hopefully, the one on top will stay there or the others below can knock Clemson out of the top spot.

The Phoenix Suns have had a great season. They are the first team of the Western Conference to win at least thirty of their games. Just last week, they were up against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Amare Stoudemire did the team proud. After being out for six games after an emergency appendectomy, he led the team to victory against the Timberwolves by scoring ten points in twenty seven minutes.

After what appeared to be a cruel twist of fate for the Celtics, they have finally picked up the pieces and gained some focus into the game. Ticket sales have been over the top and people are vying to see a game. They have come back full force with twenty nine wins for the current season. This has to be the best record in the league so far.

  The college basketball poll is not dependant on the wins and losses of a team but on how good a team is. This is what many of the coaches and players are striving for. Last week, the 2008 top ten teams were named. The Clemson Tigers are holding the top spot in the college basketball polls with a 19 and 0 winning streak. The Tigers have not been in the top seat since 1983.This ranking was lost within a couple of hours of receiving the final scores of other ongoing games. The Clemson Tigers moved into the top seat when they overcame Tulsa last week. Next in line is Kansas with a 20 and 0 record as they stole the win from Iowa State. In the number three spot is one of North Carolina’s home teams; the Duke Blue Devils. This is a major achievement for Duke since they have not made it this high in the polls since holding the first place spot in 2005. The UNC Tarheels, also in North Carolina, are down in the number four spot. Coming next is UCLA Bruins and Georgetown. Hopefully, these teams can either improve their standings if they are not in the top of the list or, for those in top place, stay there for as long as possible.