For most, change can be scary. When the status quo for your favorite basketball program yields four tournament appearances and zero losing seasons in seven years, it makes inevitable change all the more intimidating. Such change has swept through the Texas Tech men’s basketball program as newly appointed head coach Grant McCasland prepares for his […]
MBB: Red Raiders lose another heart-breaker in regular season finale
March 4, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Texas Tech lost its third straight Big 12 game to close out the regular season. In what has been a season full of close losses and near comebacks, the regular season finale against Oklahoma State looked like a microcosm of Tech’s entire 2022-2023 season as the Red Raiders fell to the Cowboys 71-68. All eyes […]
MBB: Texas Tech falls to No. 24 TCU in heart-breaking 83-82 loss
February 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Almost two months ago, Tech lost its first Big 12 game of the season to TCU and began an eight-game losing streak. In the last two weeks, Tech found itself on a four-game winning streak that placed them firmly in contention for a spot in the NCAA tournament. A win in a rematch with TCU […]
MBB: Raucous Lubbock crowd, Harmon’s career-high night leads Texas Tech over No. 6 Texas
February 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Texas Tech men’s basketball is not what they were last year. They’re not going to go 18-0 at home. They’re probably not making the NCAA Tournament, much less the Sweet 16. They lost to the Texas Longhorns in Austin earlier this season, and the United Supermarkets Arena crowd wasn’t over capacity to watch them play […]
MBB: Texas Tech forces 23 turnovers in tough win over Kansas State
February 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment
On Wednesday, Texas Tech men’s basketball was down as many as 14 points, but they clawed back against Oklahoma State to tie the game before losing on a buzzer-beating putback layup with 0.4 seconds to go.
MBB: Texas Tech pulls off miraculous 23-point comeback for first Big 12 win
January 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment
A six-point lead to TCU after leading most of the game. A three-point loss to Kansas. A comeback that wasn’t completed in an overtime loss to Oklahoma. A 34-point drubbing at the hands of Iowa State. A two-point loss to Texas after a halftime lead. A seven-point loss to Baylor. A 10-point loss to a […]
MBB: Texas Tech’s early 10-point lead evaporates in 13-point loss to West Virginia
January 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The Texas Tech men’s basketball team is straight up not having a good time. The losses have been at home and on the road. They’ve ranged from blowouts to close losses. Some have been games they played closer than expected, some have been games where they blew a lead, and some games had both. Whether […]
MBB: Texas Tech loses to Baylor, drops to 0-6 in Big 12
January 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
For all of this team’s flaws, like not being able to play well at the same time and averaging 14.8 turnovers per game, this Texas Tech men’s basketball team was showing potential. That’s what made the 0-5 start in Big 12 play, including two close home losses, so frustrating for the Tech fanbase. In the […]
MBB: Iowa State routs Texas Tech, Tech falls to 0-4 in Big 12
January 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Texas Tech men’s basketball is 0-4 in the Big 12 for the first time since January 2015 after they lost to the No. 19 Iowa State Cyclones 84-50 Tuesday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. In the 2014-15 season, the Red Raiders went on to start 0-6 in Big 12 play and finish 3-15 in […]
MBB: Shorthanded Texas Tech loses overtime heartbreaker to Oklahoma
January 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In February 2021, Texas Tech men’s basketball lost three games in a row. In February and March of 2020, Tech men’s basketball lost two home games in a row. In January 2015, Tech men’s basketball started Big 12 play 0-3. Neither of these things happened again until Saturday night when a depleted Red Raider squad […]
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