On the Course
Texas Tech golf is heading to the NCAA Championships after finishing 3rd at their NCAA Regional in Baton Rouge, which is the 4ths straight year to do so. Congrats!
On the Diamond
Texas Tech baseball finishes the regular season with three games in Tempe, the first against Arizona State tonight and the second and third are a double-header against UNLV in the afternoon and Arizona State in the evening. This team needs a lot of help in order to get into the NCAA Tournament, maybe even needing to sweep these games and win the Big 12 Tournament.
GAME ONE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (30-22) at Arizona State (29-24)
DATE: Thursday, May 16, 2024
TIME: 8:30 p.m. (CT)/6:30 p.m. (MST)
LOCATION: Phoenix Municipal Stadium (Tempe, Ariz.)
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Parker Hutyra (4-2, 2.40 ERA) vs. LHP Ben Jacobs (7-2, 4.63 ERA)
GAME TWO:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (30-22) vs. UNLV (26-24)
DATE: Friday, May 17, 2024
TIME: 3 p.m. (CT)/1 p.m. (MST)
LOCATION: Phoenix Municipal Stadium (Tempe, Ariz.)
PITCHING MATCHUP: TBA vs. TBA
GAME THREE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (30-22) at Arizona State (29-24)
DATE: Friday, May 17, 2024
TIME: 8:30 p.m. (CT)/6:30 p.m. (MST)
LOCATION: Phoenix Municipal Stadium (Tempe, Ariz.)
PITCHING MATCHUP: TBA vs. RHP Hunter Omlid (2-2, 5.82 ERA)
On the Court
Lady Raider basketball officially announced all 6 of their transfers and details each player who are arriving: F Jalynn Bristow (Iowa State); G Ivana Krajina (Odessa College); G Denae Fritz (Baylor); C Maya Peat (Arkansas at Pine Bluff); F Adlee Blacklock (Oregon State); and F Sarengbe Sanogo (Odessa College).
Grant McCasland is set to join the USA Basketball staff as part of the U18 National Team in Colorado next week.
On the Gridiron
Texas Tech announced new staff members including former Red Raider footballer Darcel McBath, who I think had previously been at Mississippi State. McBath will be an analyst for both the offense and defense and will also help self-scout Texas Tech. There are other additions to the staff that are linked in the article.
NCAA Stuff
I’m just going to link to some stuff I’ve found that you might find interesting as I’m running out of time.
Yahoo’s Ross Dellinger: Docs: NCAA could face $20B in damages, bankruptcy if proposed settlement offer isn’t agreed upon:
If they reject a proposed settlement offer, officials from the NCAA and power conferences stand to face a catastrophic $20 billion in back damages as well as risking a bankruptcy filing, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports.
The two-page document was circulated among power conference presidents and administrators on Tuesday as ACC leaders met at their annual spring meetings in Florida. It details terms of a potential settlement in the House, Hubbard and Carter antitrust cases, a trio of legal challenges brought against the NCAA and its five power conferences seeking back pay for various athlete compensation elements.
The settlement, believed to be in the final stages of adoption, consists of three main concepts: billions in back damages; a new compensation model permitting schools to share as much as $22 million annually with athletes in a capped system; and an overhaul of the NCAA scholarship and roster structure.
X/Twitter things.
A look into Big12 public schools financials per Sportico (private schools don’t report; all figures in millions; more tables/screenshots in replies)
Some main take-aways:
-Kansas on strongest financial footings with strong revenues, lowest debt, & a huge recent boost to their… pic.twitter.com/7rWR6cMJ0t— Jeff Fuller (@jjfuller72) May 15, 2024
“Avid College Sports fans” per Big 12 school (national rank):
Texas Tech 794K (28th)
BYU 781K (29th)
Kansas 764K (32nd)
Colorado 746K (34th)
Arizona State 734K (35th)
Arizona 734K (36th)
Iowa State 707K (38th)
Oklahoma State 686K (40th)
West Virginia 683K (41st)… pic.twitter.com/A43tdziyf4— Jeff Fuller (@jjfuller72) May 16, 2024