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Texas Tech Tennis
Red Raiders protect the home court and secure a 5-2 win over Indiana to improve to 12-3 on the season. #WreckEm
📰 ▶ https://t.co/BPQlwtpFpw pic.twitter.com/9oH2l0LJZP— Texas Tech Tennis (@TexasTechTennis) February 18, 2018
Texas Tech Softball
RECAP – Red Raiders Close UCF Tournament with Sunday Split
📰➡ https://t.co/ZU5XT20kyh #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/1Pgvi1KCmD
— Texas Tech Softball (@TexasTechSB) February 18, 2018
Texas Tech Golf
Check out the complete recap from Freddy’s win, and Tech’s second-place finish in California!
📰➡ https://t.co/ik7l7e1FQg #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/QUhIrN32Ce
— Texas Tech Mens Golf (@TTUMensGolf) February 19, 2018
Lady Raider Basketball
RECAP | Lady Raiders Fall at Iowa State
— Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) February 17, 2018
Texas Tech Baseball
News on Gingery Today. After yesterday’s game, head coach Tim Tadlock said that they wouldn’t get any news on Steven Gingery’s injury until today. We’ll just have to wait and see. If you’d like just one link to go to for highlights to all four games, plus links to box scores and all of that stuff, then the Maine vs. Texas Tech series thread is your one-stop-shop for all of those things.
Texas Tech Basketball
Keenan Evans’ Injury. I’ve looked and I haven’t seen any update on Keenan Evan’s injured toe. I suspect that there will be a press conference today or tomorrow and we might find out more, but head coach Chris Beard is pretty tight-lipped about these things.
Texas Tech Football
Work.
Can you tell the difference??? MANY claim to WORK…. FEW can provide clear & absolute EVIDENCE of said work…..🤔
Which would you consider yourself?@jett_duffey 👀💀✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/QSAhxPnruu
— CoachDuffeyTheWhistleBlower🏈👻 (@CoachDuffey) February 16, 2018
Concept Helmet.
Texas Tech Concept Helmet Build!
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— Green Gridiron (@GreenGridiron) February 16, 2018
Ranking Those 2018 Classes. Rivals’ Nick Krueger (he’s actually the Houston beat guy, so he’s probably as impartial as anyone) ranked the 2018 classes and Texas Tech was at the bottom of the class:
The Good: The Red Raiders were able to hold most of their recruiting class together amid the concerns that head coach Kliff Kingsbury wasn’t long for the job prior to his season-ending win against Texas. No surprise, Tech was able to land a strong group of wide receivers, led by four-star Erik Ezukanma, and finished things off with a late signing from Houston-area running back Ta’Zhawn Henry. Demarcus Marshall is also a punishing offensive lineman and leads a cast up front in this year’s class.
The Bad: Texas Tech continues to struggle when it comes to signing defensive linemen. It seemed as though the staff backed off its offer to three-star defensive end Cameron Valentine and missed out on landing a commitment from three-star defensive tackle Otito Ogbonnia in February. Instead, all the Red Raiders take into next season at those positions are two-stars Jaylon Hutchings and John Scott.
Seems like the idea here is that the offense was good, the defense not so much. Nothing shocking here.