Like all of you that are cheering on our basketball team, I am taking a lot of pride in witnessing this team fight to remain undefeated while moving up the Top 25 polls. Most recently against Memphis, you always get the feeling that every time the Red Raiders fall behind in a match all you […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Early Success & Respect
The Red Raiders are off to a hot start with a 6-0 early season record, with a nice quality win over a very good Nebraska squad. When the season first began, Texas Tech was under the radar as most of the national college basketball world wrote off our chances of high success this season. We […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Who is the Clutch Scorer?
After the first three games of the young season, we find it no surprise that Texas Tech has gone 3-0 against less than stellar opponents. We are watching a Red Raiders team that shows to be hot and cold on offense, yet a superior squad on the defensive side of the ball. The question we […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Halftime Speech
As I was watching the game yesterday, in the first half I had a bad feeling about the product I was seeing out of the floor. Things were not flowing effortlessly and the team chemistry was not there. At times there were flashes of brilliance, yet I was hoping to see more energy from the […]
Texas Tech Hoops – 5 Bold Predictions
#1 The Red Raiders beat Duke in NYC On December 20th at the Madison Square Garden in NYC, Texas Tech will take down Duke basketball. Even with the Blue Devils superstar Zion Williamson and his crew, Coach K will be outdone by Coach Beard. We will have played teams like University of Southern Cal and […]
Texas Tech Hoops – New Faces & Reloading
The Big 12 preseason rankings did not show us the love that we all know we deserve. Texas Tech came in at #7 out of 10 in the recent voting. It is alright, we have been here before and will have to prove ourselves to the rest of the conference and college basketball nation that […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Will Chris Beard stay in Lubbock as the Head Coach?
It has been since June that I wrote an article here on STP. With the basketball games right around the corner, it is time for me to shake off the rust and get back to it. Good to be back, let’s dive right into it… After the greatest season that I have ever been able […]
March Madness | Q&A with ‘Journal & Courier’ about Purdue Hoops
I (@DanSwany) got to ask Nathan Baird (@nbairdjc) of the The Lafayette Journal & Courier, part of the USA Today Network, about Texas Tech’s next opponent in the NCAA Tournament; Purdue. Let’s do this… Dan: To help us better understand this Purdue basketball team, can you describe the overall strengths and weaknesses of the Boilermakers’ […]
NCAA Hoops | Selection Sunday (Open Thread)
Here we are, debating what seed that our Red Raiders are going to get picked in the NCAA Tournament. What a wonderful feeling that all the Texas Tech basketball fans should get use to. With the way things are going with the men’s basketball program and Coach Beard running things, this is going to be […]
Big 12 Hoops | Tournament Open Thread & Prediction (Championship)
Consider this your gameday thread for the Big 12 basketball tournament… Big 12 Conference Tournament (Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.) Championship Game Embed from Getty Images No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 3 West Virginia (ESPN) 5 p.m. Preview & Prediction: Kansas has had an easy time dismantling opponents to get to the championship game. The […]