BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Look no further than senior leader Keenan Evans. He went off for 31 points on 7-12 FGs (4-6 3pt), hit all 13 of his FT attempts, 3 assists, and 3 rebounds. He took the game on his shoulders and scored 10 points in the final 3 minutes to […]
Texas Tech Hoops | Chris Beard’s Contract Situation
A few weeks ago the Texas Tech men’s basketball program leaped into the Top 10 in the national polls and all was good in Raiderland! There were some Red Raider fans screaming to get a contract extension/renegotiation in place ASAP. Thinking that the upper echelon programs would come calling for our guy and make him […]
Texas Tech Hoops – Q&A with Erik from Haslametrics
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 fall short to Texas 67-58
BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Brandone Francis had a hot hand in the 1st half, but Jarrett Culver finished the game with the best stat line overall. Culver almost had a double-double with a team high 16 points going 6-11 (3-7 3pt) and adding 9 rebounds. Stat of the Game | Shooting was […]
Texas Tech Hoops – We On Fire
Texas Tech men’s basketball is one of the hottest teams right now in the nation. The Red Raiders have started out 3-0 in the Big 12 easily handling Baylor, Kansas, and K-State by double-digit victories. The statement win of the season (so far) was going into Phog Allen Fieldhouse and looking a full notch better […]
#22 Texas Tech Hoops Demolish #18 Baylor 77-53
BOX SCORE Player of the Game | Zhaire Smith and Jarrett Culver looked great, but I’ll give it to Keenan Evans tonight. The senior starter was the top scorer in the game with 18 points hitting 4-7 from downtown. with a pair of assists and a rebound. Stat of the Game | Baylor could not […]
Texas Tech Hoops | Trouble from the Charity Stripe
When you dive into the statistical data of free throw shooting in college basketball one thing sticks out… free throw rate is more important than free throw percentage. It is more important that a team takes a huge amount of free throws than has a super high free throw percentage average from the charity stripe. […]
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. […]
DanSwany’s Holiday Gift Guide
I’ve been told that I am very difficult to shop for gifts, and that I am very expensive. That is nonsense! This Christmas I am going to give Jessica and my family a nice little list of some practical items that I must have this holiday season. Here they are… As I am getting older, […]
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 […]