Leading Off
Spring Break Reminder. One last reminder that I’ll be in San Diego next week for vacation, actually, we’re flying out tomorrow morning very early. Anyway, I’m still going to be blogging while away because that’s what I do and hopefully I’ll be writing some additional content and things (don’t ask me to clarify, it is intentionally vague).
Texas Tech Soccer
An historic veteran back line, all going pro. ποΈ
Europe’s forwards are going to be frustrated this year when they see 3οΈβ£ more Red Raider defenders step onto the pitch. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/o6knkI0kR3
β Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) March 7, 2019
Texas Tech Track and Field
National Championship. I’m posting this again, the men are vying for an NCAA Championship, while the women probably don’t have enough participants to win a national title. Still, should be a ton of fun and good luck to all.
1οΈβ£3οΈβ£ men and 3οΈβ£ women are set to represent the Red Raiders at nationals this weekend!
Here’s everything you need to know about who we’re bringing along. π°β¬οΈ#WreckEmhttps://t.co/gLlc2bLtyb
β Texas Tech T&F/XC (@TexasTechTF) March 5, 2019
Texas Tech Tennis
We’re in the Midwest this weekend for a pair of matches against Indiana and Northwestern.
π°: https://t.co/3PqZUkWf1n
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ
β Texas Tech Men’s Tennis (@TexasTechMTEN) March 7, 2019
πΎCome out to the McLeod Tennis Center as we host No. 38 Rice on Sunday at noon.
πΆ ππππ sunglasses
π§’ ππππ hats pic.twitter.com/ovQq1rnOvcβ Texas Tech Womenβs Tennis (@TexasTechWTEN) March 7, 2019
Welcome to the Red Raider family, Kira Reuter!
π°β‘οΈ https://t.co/5znSFWjTVm pic.twitter.com/uhoabdN53f
β Texas Tech Womenβs Tennis (@TexasTechWTEN) March 7, 2019
Texas Tech Softball
She’s said it once and she’ll say it again – the energy on this team is off the charts. Check out what senior @KianaWorkman had to say in the week’s Player’s Journal!
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β Texas Tech Softball (@TexasTechSB) March 7, 2019
Come out to Rocky Johnson Field this weekend to catch ποΈ of our home games in the 2019 Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic!
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈhttps://t.co/lB7W6xurFJ
β Texas Tech Softball (@TexasTechSB) March 6, 2019
Lady Raider Basketball
PREVIEW | Lady Raiders set to face OU in the Big 12 Championship opener on Fridayhttps://t.co/b6mXGuciMS
β Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) March 7, 2019
Texas Tech Baseball
Texas Tech Hosts Wichita State. I’ll have the preview and series thread going up at noon-ish. I still haven’t finished it as of this morning, so ya know, I’ll work on it and get it done.
We’ll open our three-game series with Wichita State Friday night under the lights.https://t.co/xsD9bRKVj3
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ pic.twitter.com/Vdscnz6UT2
β Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) March 8, 2019
Texas Tech Basketball
Fireside Chat.
π₯TODAY WAS A GOOD DAYπ₯
Colin Baxter, Chase and @BrianBurg1 joined The @CoachBeardTTU #FiresideChat to talk vices, music and basketball in our regular-season finale.
π΅ @TheChrisLeDoux @1GunnaGunna @icecube #4To1π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ pic.twitter.com/DRzrU0vUZA
β Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 8, 2019
Winning Edge Leadership Game Changing Retreat. Congrats to Malik for being chosen and this sounds like a terrific honor for the young man (who I think is going to play a ton next year)!
CONGRATS to @TexasTechMBB Soph. Malik Ondigo on being selected to participate in @TheWELeadership Game Changing Retreat. With more than 90 applications- he is 1 of 16 who will be a part of the high-level leadership retreat in ATL this summer.https://t.co/HGsR2fpj5A #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/6UsP6Zgg3n
β Talkington Leadership Academy (@JTMTalkingtonLA) March 7, 2019
Things to Read. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf writes about the ESPN top 16 teams and why they will or will not make the Final Four and here’s the bit about Texas Tech:
Why they will: With its constricting defense, Texas Tech, which has allowed just 75.8 points per 100 possessions this season, will be a handful for any opponent it might see on the path to the Final Four. And Jarrett Culver (17.9 PPG, 3.7 APG) is a closer who will hit clutch shots on the big stage.
Why they won’t: If teams can record an above-average offensive effort and corral Culver, they’ll have a chance to stop the Red Raiders before the Final Four. Culver is an All-American who has made 46 percent of his shots inside the arc and 25 percent of his 3-pointers in his team’s five losses.
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello writes about how Kansas lost the streak. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projects Texas Tech as a 3 seed in Tulsa, which would be very drivable for DFW Red Raider fans. Yahoo! Sports Pat Forde, Pete Thamel, and Dan Wetzel report on LSU head coach Will Wade caught on a wiretap about a recruiting offer for a player.
Texas Tech Football
I’d Like to Frame This.
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β Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) March 7, 2019
Good. Better. Best.
Good. Better. Best.@CoachFarmerTTU is getting our βHogsβ right this spring.
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ pic.twitter.com/zcKa3YOCTD
β Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) March 8, 2019
Practice Reports. Well, this is the second straight practice where the official site has failed to post the post-practice scrum with the media. You can catch up on those things with RedRaiderSports’ Jack Densmore, InsideTheRedRaiders’ Jarrett Johnson, and A-J Media’s Don Williams have recaps from the media scrum.