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 | 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 – 4 Bold Predictions
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 – 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 […]