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Donald Trump addresses the media at Trump Tower in New York City following his primary night victories that included the delegate rich state of Pennsylvania April 26, 2016. Trump would ultimately sweep all 5 states – Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO Trump: I'd take Bobby Knight over Fiorina 'every single time'

Donald Trump suggested in an interview aired Friday that he would rather choose Hall of Fame basketball coach Bobby Knight over Carly Fiorina, who Ted Cruz announced earlier this week would be on his ticket if he became the Republican nominee.

During a sit-down with "Fox & Friends" taped before their Evansville, Indiana, rally on Thursday afternoon, co-host Brian Kilmeade noted the "almost unprecedented" nature of Cruz's gambit, asking both the candidate and the coach if they expected that "I am not going to quit attitude."

Cruz, Trump remarked, "made a big mistake" in forging an alliance with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, referring to the decision of the candidates' campaigns to cede states to each other in an attempt to prevent him from reaching the magic number of 1,237 delegates necessary to clinch the party's nomination. As part of the agreement, Cruz agreed to pull resources from New Mexico and Oregon, while Kasich vowed to do the same in Indiana.

"And he can’t even make a deal, ‘cause Kasich said no, no, I want the people of Indiana to vote for me," Trump said, referring to Kasich's refusal to tell Indiana voters that they should vote for Cruz instead of him. Instead, the Ohio governor suggested that his pulling of resources would have the same effect.

That agreement "really hurt him," Trump said of Cruz. "The deal was broken before the ink was dry. I mean, before they even made the deal it was broken," he remarked. "It was ridiculous."

Trump then addressed Fiorina as Cruz's running mate.

"As far as Carly is concerned, look, she's a nice woman, but she failed very miserably when she ran. I mean, she went to practically nothing and she left the race," Trump mused. "So I don’t know why Carly would help. Look, if I had my choice between Carly and the coach, I'd take the coach every single time. That I can tell you."