Tennis
🎥 | Lady Raiders capture a 2-0 weekend at home to stay undefeated at McLeod Tennis Center. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/3wOn0lWvHy
— Texas Tech Tennis (@TexasTechTennis) March 5, 2017
No. 16 Northwestern comes back to defeat the Red Raiders, 5-2. Next up, Tech faces No. 10 Southern Cal on Tuesday, March 14 #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/ONtfpBv2S5
— Texas Tech Tennis (@TexasTechTennis) March 5, 2017
Golf
Recap | No. 28 Lady Raiders use career-low round from Yamamoto to top No. 21 Texas Sunday.
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— Texas Tech W Golf (@TexasTechWGolf) March 6, 2017
We made it to Vegas for the @SHCollegiate! Here’s the preview, featuring six top-10 teams in attendance: https://t.co/UAHFKz5ZvE #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/tZLMeBxig8
— Texas Tech Mens Golf (@TTUMensGolf) March 5, 2017
Softball
Recap – Warnecke homers twice Saturday as Red Raiders sweep doubleheader over UTEP, North Texas.
📰 | https://t.co/M1wUS1W0rq #WreckEm #TIHWR pic.twitter.com/AMEIA1RlrZ— Texas Tech Softball (@TexasTechSB) March 5, 2017
Soccer
Recap | #TexasTech Moves Through Northwestern State, 6-0, In Bossier City – https://t.co/Ax1mxxeStx #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/CBZvb8L1eG
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) March 5, 2017
Baseball
The baseball team lost their first game against Texas A&M, but won the next two at the Shriners’ Hospitals College Classic, beating both Ole Miss and LSU. The LSU win was in dramatic fashion, a walk-off win where Tanner Gardner knocked a hit off of the pitchers foot. Dramatic stuff. I’ve re-capped the games at the weekend thread, including highlights. Much thanks to Brian for handling Twitter duties as he went to all three games. Make sure and buy him a beer when you see him.
Red Raider Basketball
For the second straight year junior forward Zach Smith has earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention #WreckEm #4to1 pic.twitter.com/A0ZSTgcPgT
— TexasTech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 5, 2017
Congratulations to junior guard Keenan Evans, All-Big 12 Third Team member #WreckEm #4to1 pic.twitter.com/qKYNfDcmAa
— TexasTech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 5, 2017
The bracket is set for our Red Raiders. We will tip off against the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday night in Kansas City. #WreckEm #4to1 pic.twitter.com/wAtevBjUOS
— TexasTech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 4, 2017
Football
Not much time to get into Patrick Mahomes’ combine performance, but here’s a summary from SI’s Chris Burke:
Even against air (i.e. no defense), Mahomes is a lot of fun to watch. He can sling the ball with what looks like minimal effort, the way you’d skip a pebble across a pond. When his receivers were running go routes, Mahomes was flicking the ball 50-plus yards with ease.
It’s a little unorthodox, as is the majority of his game—the challenge will be in figuring out if his unique style is translatable to the next level or a complete Achilles’ heel. Mahomes’ baseball background (his dad, Pat, was an MLB pitcher) has given him an arm motion that doesn’t match the over-the-top style other prospects try to harness. Mahomes’ is more of a sidearm or 3/4 delivery. It works. Or, at least, has so far.
Mahomes also may have benefited slightly from the alphabetical order of this year’s QB crop. He followed Colorado’s Sefo Liufau in drills, and the arm strength gap between Liufau and Mahomes is striking, in Mahomes’ favor.