Knight, Raiders survive thriller

LUBBOCK, Texas - Bob Knight's scrappy Texas Tech Red Raiders took it right at second-ranked Kansas until they got it right.

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The Red Raiders pushed the Jayhawks to a draining two overtimes before finally pulling ahead for good on Darryl Dora's 3-pointer with 3.6 seconds left in an 80-79 victory Monday night.

"We really hung in there," Knight said. "We came up with some plays that we had to make when we had to make them.

"We missed some opportunities to win, both defensively and offensively. So maybe it was great that we kind of won in sort of a spectacular fashion with a 3-point shot."

Kansas (20-2, 10-1 Big 12) had a chance after Dora's big shot, but Aaron Miles' desperation shot bounced off the backboard as the buzzer sounded.

"Both teams were fighting their tails off to the end and in overtime, and unfortunately for us they made the last play," Jayhawks coach Bill Self said.

Texas Tech fans flooded the court and chanted "Bobby! Bobby!" after Knight's first victory over Kansas since taking over the Red Raiders in 2001. It also was just Texas Tech's second victory in 17 games against Kansas.

The 6-foot-9 Dora, who missed his first four 3-point attempts, made the winning basket after Miles was called for traveling with 7.9 seconds left. Miles had grabbed a rebound after Texas Tech's Jarrius Jackson missed a 3-pointer.

"I thought I got the rebound. Obviously they were trying to foul, I guess the refs didn't see it," Miles said. "It shouldn't have even come down to that. We had possession, and I turned the ball over. That could have been taken care of if we had taken care of the ball."

Dora entered the game 9-for-23 from 3-point range.

"He shot a little better tonight, that one time," Knight said. "We must have coached him a little bit better this week."

Self took the blame for Dora getting the shot out of a timeout.

"That's my fault," Self said. "I didn't tell them to not let him shoot a 3-pointer. I just told them to defend him."

Kansas' only other loss was an 83-62 setback at Villanova on Jan. 22.