“I’ve always regarded Tex more as teacher than coach and believe that’s why he had the respect of so many players,” Paxson said in a 2011 interview with the Tribune when Winter entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “He really did approach the practice court as if it were a classroom. Tex was meticulous in having us pay attention to the small details and would drill them religiously. I can honestly say I learned more basketball being around Tex than at any other time.”