Bobby Knight and TT chancellor in grocery store

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Knight, Tech chancellor in grocery store incident

09:17 PM CST on Monday, February 2, 2004

By BRIAN DAVIS / The Dallas Morning News

An incident occurred at a Lubbock-area grocery store around noon Monday between Texas Tech chancellor Dr. David Smith and basketball coach Bob Knight, a university spokeswoman said.

Sally Post, Tech's interim director of news and publications, could not give specifics about the incident and said it was a confidential personnel matter. But she said the incident occurred at Market Street, a division of United Supermarkets, which is located at 50th Street and Indiana Avenue.

Athletic director Gerald Myers and a fourth party were witnesses, she said.

Neither Smith nor Knight could be immediately reached for comment. Myers did not immediately return a phone message.

Brian Chandler, a manager on duty at Market Street, referred all questions about the incident to United's corporate office in Lubbock. Dan Sanders, United's director of marketing, was unavailable.

Top Tech administrators met late Monday to discuss the issue, Post said.

When asked whether school officials were talking about firing Knight, Post said: "Not to my knowledge. I haven't been privy to the discussions."

As of 6 p.m. Monday, no news conference was scheduled.

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