Basketball Preview: Red Raiders, Lady Raiders start 2023 with Kansas Jayhawks

The Texas Tech men’s and women’s basketball teams will both start the year with the Kansas Jayhawks. Head coach Mark Adams and the men will host the defending national champion and current No. 3 Jayhawks on Tuesday at 8 p.m. as they try to extend their winning streak at the United Supermarkets Arena to 30 […]

Football: Texas Tech pounds Ole Miss in Texas Bowl, Shough announces return

“Texas is West Texas,” Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire said after the Texas Bowl win, repeating the “it’s all West Texas” mantra that’s been on billboards and become a saying around Texas Tech. Exactly one year ago, Texas Tech football ended the 2021 season with a 35-7 win in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl over […]

Senior night shootout for 7th win: Texas Tech wins wild game over Oklahoma

What if I told you that Texas Tech started the game against Oklahoma with a 67-yard kick return on their way to victory? It would make sense, and technically, it is what happened last night. Context matters, however, and Texas Tech had a terrible first quarter and a half before they went on a 32-7 […]

Birthday gift: Lady Raiders take down Colorado in OT on Gerlich’s birthday

It was Lady Raider head coach Krista Gerlich’s birthday, and she said this one ranks pretty high. The Texas Tech Lady Raiders defeated Colorado 86-85 in a tight overtime game Wednesday to finish their home stretch of the Preseason WNIT at the United Supermarkets Arena. The Lady Raiders are 2-1 on the season and will […]

After unforgettable Texas win, Texas Tech shows how special this program, athletics can become

Although I watched some Texas Tech games on television, I never went to a Texas Tech football game in person until my freshman year. It was the second game of 2020, the “COVID season,” and it was against that team in burnt orange. I still remember how weird it was to have limited capacity and […]

Football: Texas Tech Somehow Defeats No. 25 Houston in a Double-Overtime Thriller

Both Texas Tech football head coach Joey McGuire and UT-San Antonio football head coach Jeff Traylor were on the cover of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football during this summer, and now they both have playing the Houston Cougars in an overtime game in common as well. Traylor and UTSA played Houston close last week, falling 37-35 […]

WBB: Interviews with Jasmine Shavers and Ella Tofaeono

Two Lady Raider basketball player interviews! First, Nathan Boles talks with Jasmine Shavers (1:04) about why she came to Texas Tech, going to Greece, how everyone on the team has taken her in, and the Level 13 NIL deal. Then, Boles talks with Ella Tofaeono (4:32) about her injury, going from Midland College to Texas […]

MBB: The luck of the Irish is no more: TTU takes down Notre Dame to advance to the Sweet 16

by Christian Hay Just a day after No. 1 Baylor fell to 8-seed UNC and 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s made the Sweet 16, 3-seed Texas Tech made sure another upset in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament didn’t happen. The Red Raiders defeated the 11th-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish 59-53 in the second round Sunday […]

MBB: No madness for Texas Tech as they rout Montana State

by Christian Hay and Nathan Boles In a March Madness full of upsets, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team got as far away from one as they could as they defeated Montana State 97-62 Friday at Viejas Arena in San Diego, California. The Red Raiders, a 3-seed, advanced to the second round of the NCAA […]

MBB Recap – On senior night, Warren, Texas Tech finish undefeated at home

Adonis Arms. Kevin Obanor. Marcus Santos-Silva. Davion Warren. Bryson Williams. Five seniors who all transferred from mid-major schools: Santos-Silva before last season, and the other four before this season. “We’re showing that it doesn’t matter where you come from,” Warren said. “Basketball is going to be basketball, and it’s just about who you fit with […]