At the Net
Texas Tech volleyball defeated UCF on Saturday 3-1. I wanted to highlight this as this was the first conference win for this group and it was on the road and it was a against a team that was 3-5 heading into the match. Hasn’t been easy for them so this was probably a big win for them. They’ll face a very tough Arizona team on Wednesday.
On the Pitch
Texas Tech soccer defeated Kansas State 3-1 on senior day with 2 goals from Taylor Zdrojewski and 1 from Macy Blackburn. They will close the 2025 regular season at home against UCF on Thursday night with first-touch at 7:00 p.m.
On the Hardwood
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello and Myron Medcalf rank the top 100 men’s players and I’ll let you click on over to read about LeJuan Watts at #72, Christian Anderson at #64, and JT Toppin at #3.
CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander ranks 100 and 1 teams and he’s got Texas Tech at No. 14 behind other Big 12 teams at No. 8 Arizona, No. 7 Kansas, and No. 1 Houston.
On the Gridiron
Texas Tech vs. Kansas State’s kickoff time was announced for 2:30 on Saturday, broadcast on FOX. If you were curious about the spread, Kansas State opened as a -4.5 favorite and that line has moved significantly to Texas Tech -7. That’s a helluva swing and there must have been a ton of money put on Texas Tech with that early line. You don’t see Vegas that far off that often.
Don Williams via X/Twitter I think was the first to report that QB Will Hammond will miss the rest of the season with an ACL injury. Get well soon.
ESPN has the latest playoff predictions and with a 42-0 win over Oklahoma State, Texas Tech is in just 5 of the 10 experts’ playoff predictions.
The Kansas City Star’s Blair Kerkoff on why Texas Tech remains so important to Patrick Mahomes:
But Matt Nagy, who served as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator that season before becoming the Chicago Bears’ head coach, knew they were sitting on something special.
“What Kliff did with Pat was use his strengths and just gave him the confidence to be himself,” said Nagy, now back as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator. “Just go cut it loose, and it’s OK if you make a mistake.”
The offensive-minded Kingsbury made the jump from Texas Tech to the NFL in 2019, become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. In that role, he faced Mahomes and the Chiefs in the 2022 season opener. He’s now in his second season on head coach Dan Quinn’s staff with the Commanders and is working with quarterback Jayden Daniels, last season’s NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
College Poll Tracker wasn’t fully updated, so we have the AP Top 25 from the AP, Texas Tech moves up one spot to No. 13.