Leading Off
History Made. Make sure and check out the volleyball video and history is made with Felicity Maltby making it to tennis’ Elite Eight!
Texas Tech Volleyball
viste bellissimo! pic.twitter.com/r0tdhKk4fj
— Texas Tech Volleyball (@TexasTechVB) May 22, 2019
Texas Tech Track and Field
The road to nationals runs through The Golden State! 📰⬇️
🔴#WreckEm | #NCAATF⚫️https://t.co/OHtKWaJFTP
— Texas Tech TF/XC (@TexasTechTF) May 22, 2019
Texas Tech Tennis
RECAP | Felicity Maltby wins 12 straight games to clinch a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals
— Texas Tech Women’s Tennis (@TexasTechWTEN) May 23, 2019
Rounded out the year in the top-25 with our highest final ranking since the 2015-16 season.
🔴#WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/KnHVr4RinQ
— Texas Tech Men’s Tennis (@TexasTechMTEN) May 22, 2019
Texas Tech Baseball
Texas Tech 7, Kansas State 4. The Red Raiders defeated K-State 7-4 in the first round of the Big 12 Championship and will now face West Virginia today at 4:00 p.m. and the Mountaineers are starting Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, Alek Manoah, so good times.
On to the next one.
Highlights of our 7-4 win over K-State.
🔴#WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/2WT8andv3p
— Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) May 22, 2019
Stock Report. D1Baseball thinks that with yesterday’s win, Texas Tech is securely in as a national seed:
We’re ready to move Texas Tech into the “secure” category after the Raiders won their Big 12 tournament opener. TTU’s regular-season title in the Big 12 carries a lot of weight, and it remains No. 9 in the RPI, with a 15-6 record against the top 50 and a sterling 29-12 mark against the top 100.
Texas Tech Basketball
Smith Official. In short work, forward Tyreek Smith has officially signed with the Texas Tech Red Raiders, didn’t know he was originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but last year he played at Texas Christian School in Cedar Hill.
✍️ Welcome Tyreek Smith to the Red Raider Family!
🔴#4To1 | #WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/kDJmIYBn8J
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) May 22, 2019
Zhaire Smith Update. The Inquirer’s Mike Sielski checks in on Chris Beard who was checking in on Zhaire Smith, who had an allergic reaction that nearly put him on death’s door:
“It was the ultimate adversity,” Beard said in a recent phone interview. “He handles adversity. The people of Philadelphia obviously got to see that in a life-or-death situation. I’m talking about basketball, but now people have seen the side of him where, things that are a lot more important than basketball, he was able to overcome.
“I have zero doubts of Zhaire Smith. He’s special. He’s guided by a different compass. He’s going to be a longtime, big-time NBA player. There’s no such thing as pressure when you start talking about guys like Zhaire Smith. Pressure is opportunity. Pressure’s a blessing, and this is who Z is.”
NBC Sports Top 25. NBC Sports’ Rob Dauster has his preseason top 25 rankings and has Texas Tech at No. 10 and he predicts the starting five is as follows: Jahmius Ramsey, Davide Moretti, Deshawn Corprew, T.J. Holyfield, and Chris Clarke. I think the biggest decision will be at the other guard spot along Moretti and Kyler Edwards may get the starting nod as I think he’s a better shooter than Ramsey (I believe).
Texas Tech Football
Football Helmet Schedule. Via FB Schedules you can get your 2019 football helmet schedule to be printed off and displayed in your cubicle or home office.