1) Zach Smith will be included on the All-Big 12 First Team & Keenan Evans will be included on the All-Big 12 Second Team. Last season, Evans was selected to the All-Big 12 Third Team, and Smith gained an honorable mention. This preseason Smith was voted as an All-Big 12 player, and Evans was voted […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Preseason Predictions/Rankings
Right now, just like before every college basketball preseason, all the predictions come out on where teams stack-up by rankings. It is a fun exercise, that usually has some merit as to using an educated guess to anticipate how good/bad any given team is going to be for the season. It is always a great […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Three Point Shooting
If you have followed my posts about Texas Tech basketball for the past 6 years, you know my love for the outside shot. I think it is one of the prettiest things in basketball, and can make or break a team. It is all in for me on the live by the three die by […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Non-Conference Breakdown & Big 12 Preseason Poll
Non-Conference Schedule Breakdown Embed from Getty Images To kick-off the regular season in Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament Texas Tech will play South Alabama, and then Maine in Lubbock. Both had losing records last season and finished in the bottom half of their conferences. These should be warm-up games for the Red […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Previewing the Backcourt
Last week we took a look at the Red Raiders frontcourt, now it is time to take a glance at the backcourt. There are 17 players listed on the official roster, and I had a good question from KDavis7 asking about Matt Temple and available scholarships. So, I wanted to update everyone on a few […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Previewing the Frontcourt
Texas Tech basketball practice has officially kicked-off this week, so I am back in the saddle with my weekly posts. It feels bittersweet. A huge ugly cloud is sitting over the college basketball world with the recent scandal allegations. All season we are going to hear about the dirty side of the sport that I […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Sean Sutton Added to the Coaching Staff
Sean Sutton is the son of the legendary coach Eddie Sutton from Oklahoma State University. In college he was a player for Kentucky, then transferred and was on the Oklahoma State team. He started his coaching career as an assistant for Ole Miss, then went to join his father’s staff as an assistant at Oklahoma […]
Texas Tech Hoops – 2017 Hall of Fame Tip-off Tournament
According to the Basketball Hall of Fame website HoopHall.com, it looks like the Texas Tech men’s basketball team will be playing in the 2017 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-off Tournament. The tourney will be played from November 10th – 19th with the following invitees: Boston College, Sacred Heart University, LaSalle University, Saint Peter’s University, University […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Did We Expect Too Much?
As the Sweet Sixteen is about to get underway, I wanted to go back and reflect over what happened this season with our basketball squad. After being left out of the postseason this year… I wanted to ponder if this first season under Chris Beard was a letdown; or did it measure up to expectations? […]
Preview & Open Thread – Big 12 MBB Tournament (First Round)
Consider this post your open thread for the first round of the Big 12 tourney… and Wreck ’em Tech! Game #1: Embed from Getty Images Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 6:00 pm Teams: #8 TCU 17-14 (6-12) vs #9 Oklahoma 11-19 (9-13) Location: Sprint Center | Kansas City TV/Stream: ESPNU First Regular Season Meeting: TCU won at home 60-57 […]