We finished last season at 9-9 in the Big 12, and that was only good enough for a #7 seed in the conference. We went up against #10 seed TCU in the Big 12 tournament and lost, yet still found our way into the Big Dance with an impressive out of conference strength of schedule […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Spotlight on Niem Stevenson
For the past 4 basketball games Chris Beard has placed Niem Stevenson in the starting lineup. Stevenson replaced Devon Thomas in the backcourt, most likely because Stevenson had a little more offense to his game and was rangier on the defensive side of the ball. I was not sure about the switch, as I liked […]
Texas Tech was Raining Threes in the Victory over LSU 77-64
–BOX SCORE– Player of the Game | Zach Smith had a career-high 25 points going 8-10 from the field. He was perfect from downtown hitting 2-2, and went 7-9 from the charity stripe. He also added 8 rebounds and 2 assists to his statsheet. This is a game that Smith got to shine as he […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Live by the Three, Die by the Three
One of the most wonderful things about basketball is the three point shot. If you caught the chat I had with Seth on the Tuesday post you can see where we believe the direction of the program is headed under Chris Beard. Actually, Seth brought up that basketball seems to be trending to the three-point […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Perpetual Bubble Team for the Season
A loss last weekend to Oklahoma on the road seemed to bum everyone out, and got a knee-jerk reaction by some that this team was not up to snuff to get an invite to the Big Dance. Then a home win against a talented TCU at home rejuvenated all hopes. I hate to say this, […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Notes on Chris Beard from NABC
Searching for articles on the internet to find some insight to Chris Beard’s coaching style, I stumbled upon the website PickAndPop.net run by Army men’s basketball Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert. It is a great site with a lot of X’s & O’s breakdowns, articles, and it also has clinic notes. In his clinic notes section […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Undefeated in Lubbock
“Protect This House” was the motto of the current Texas Tech athletics sponsor Under Armour for many years during the glory days of Red Raiders football. Well, maybe it’s time to bring back the slogan to Lubbock. Not for the gridiron warriors, but for our scrappy basketball squad. I think our basketball team is building […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Breakdown of the Ratings
Heading into the game with Longwood tomorrow, Texas Tech is off to a mighty fine non-conference record of 10-1. While the overall record is very nice, the arguments against Tech basketball is that the one “good” team that we did play was a loss. I think at this point in the season people and experts […]
Coach Beard Commends Home Crowd
Although I could not fully tell from the television set, there seemed to be a nice sized basketball crowd out for the barnburner versus Rice on Saturday. It got noticeably louder in the USA than the other games I have watched this season. I chalked it up to the back-and-forth battle on the court that […]
Texas Tech Has Incredible Comeback Win Over Rice 85-84
Quick recap of the game.