With the Red Raiders men’s basketball squad staying on top in just about every ratings and rankings system out there in college basketball, we ask our friend Erik Haslam to help give us a breakdown of Texas Tech by crunching the numbers. He runs an excellent college basketball analytics site over on Haslametrics.com that all […]
Texas Tech Hoops fall short to Texas 67-58
BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Brandone Francis had a hot hand in the 1st half, but Jarrett Culver finished the game with the best stat line overall. Culver almost had a double-double with a team high 16 points going 6-11 (3-7 3pt) and adding 9 rebounds. Stat of the Game | Shooting was […]
#22 Texas Tech Hoops Demolish #18 Baylor 77-53
BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Zhaire Smith and Jarrett Culver looked great, but I’ll give it to Keenan Evans tonight. The senior starter was the top scorer in the game with 18 points hitting 4-7 from downtown. with a pair of assists and a rebound. Stat of the Game | Baylor could not […]
Texas Tech Hoops | Trouble from the Charity Stripe
When you dive into the statistical data of free throw shooting in college basketball one thing sticks out… free throw rate is more important than free throw percentage. It is more important that a team takes a huge amount of free throws than has a super high free throw percentage average from the charity stripe. […]
Texas Tech Hoops | Q&A with Double-T Star Toddrick Gotcher
Former Red Raider basketball stud Toddrick Gotcher took some time out of his schedule to answer questions I fired his way. Gotcher had a remarkable career at Texas Tech, and was a fan favorite. He was a vocal leader on the team, and played a huge role in helping us make the 2016 NCAA Tournament. […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Defense, Defense, Defense
First off, I would like to take a moment and let everyone reading this know that it is my 7th season to be writing about Texas Tech basketball. This is my first EVER post to be writing about a Top 25 ranked Red Raiders’ team. Since I started writing for Seth back in the Double-T […]
Texas Tech Hoops beat Wofford 79-56
BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Freshman Jarrett Culver had the hot hand early in the game, and kept scoring in the 2nd half. He was not stellar from the outside going 3-8 from downtown, or from the free throw line only hitting 2-5; yet he still finished connecting on 50% from the field […]
Texas Tech Hoops Knock Off #20 Northwestern 85-49
BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Keenan Evans did it again, and was the best player on the court today. Finished with 25 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals. Stat of the Game | Shooting, man we were hot! The Red Raiders were making everything. Made 29-48 (60.4%), and from the outside […]
Red Raiders Hoops – Texas Tech takes down Boston College 75-64
BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Keenan Evans sort of put the team on his shoulders and won this game for Texas Tech. When everything stalled for the Red Raiders on offense, Evans just bared down and drove the ball to the rim. He was not good from the outside, but got his 2-pointers […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Freshman Duo
After only two games, it is hard to put a lot of attention on the stats until a few more games garner more solid averages to dive into. I will sit aside the points, rebounds, shooting, and turnovers until we can collect some other numbers from more games. Yet, one thing that always does stick […]