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 […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Chris Beard Basketball Contract (w/ Financial Agreements & Incentives)
As promised back in January, when I first posted about the Chris Beard contract situation. We are going back to reflect on how the season ended and get our final conclusions on how the contract with our glorious head basketball coach turned out. Let’s refresh our memory from the first time we did this during […]
Elite Eight (!) Poster – Better Than Spinach
The spoils of victory
March Madness | Q&A with ‘Philly.com’ about Villanova Hoops
Joe Juliano (@JoeJulesinq) from Philadelphia’s The Inquirer joins me (@DanSwany) to talk about Texas Tech’s next opponent in the NCAA Tournament; Villanova. Let’s do this… Dan: Villanova has been an elite squad in pretty much all areas of their game this season. If there are any weaknesses with the team, they are hard to find. […]
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’ […]
March Madness | Q&A with ‘Gator Country’ about Florida Hoops
Eric Fawcett (@Efawcett7) of GatorCountry.com joins me (@DanSwany) to give us a little more info on our next NCAA tournament opponent, Florida. Let’s do this… Dan: Based on the stats, this Florida team seems to be very balanced on offense and defense. Can you help us out with telling the strengths and weaknesses of this […]
March Madness | Q&A with ‘The Sawmill’ about SFA Hoops
Isaac Niedrauer (@INiedrauer) from SFA sports site The Sawmill joins us here at STP to have a friendly Q&A with me (@DanSwany) about the upcoming March Madness showdown in Dallas. Let’s do this… Dan: This is the second year for Kyle Keller to be running the basketball program at SFA. He just captured his first […]