HOUSTON -- Down 11 points with three minutes left in a regional final game, Brandon Knight stood among his high school teammates. Their heads were hanging. Their dream of a run to the Florida state championship was evaporating and they looked like they had pretty much given up.
Instead of screaming or reaching for some bombastic fire and brimstone, Knight looked directly at his coach, David Beckerman. "He said to me, but loud enough for everyone to hear, 'What time is practice tomorrow?'" Beckerman recalled. After the huddle broke, Knight drained three 3-pointers, picked up a charge and a steal, dished out three assists and finished with 52 points. Pine Crest not only went to the state championship game; the tony school known for its academic muscle also won the thing. Brandon Knight saved Kentucky's bacon with the last-second shot that beat Princeton. That is how Knight does business. He sticks hard to Theodore Roosevelt's motto of speak softly and carry a big stick. Knight isn't going to overwhelm anyone with effusive or entertaining postgame interviews. He has Josh Harrellson to do that. He isn't going to hop on press tables and point to the crowd after a big win. DeAndre Liggins can handle that chore.
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