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I received a really nice message from the Buy Me a Coffee link below. The message was that they appreciated how much effort I put into STP and having and taking care of my boys and making them a priority. The person that wrote in said that he was adopted as well and it was Fitsum’s 16th birthday last week. Serendipity in a way to receive a nice positive message. It always feels nice to be appreciated, so thank you.
On the Hardwood
The Lady Raiders are a No. 7 seed in Region 2 and will be headed to Baton Rouge to take on the No. 10 seed Villanova on Friday at 7:30 p.m. If they win, they’ll face LSU on Sunday. This is the first NCAA appearance in 13 years for the Lady Raiders. Texas Tech is the 30th best team according to T-Rank and Villanova is the 27th best team. Not sure I totally understand that, but that seems like a pretty tough draw.
Let’s dance @LadyRaiderWBB‼️ pic.twitter.com/IN48ZBONyU
— Texas Tech Red Raiders (@TechAthletics) March 16, 2026
Texas Tech ended up with the No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region and will face Akron in Tampa on Friday at 11:40 a.m. Akron is the 64th best team according to KenPom, and the 71st according to Haslametrics and T-Rank.
This feeling never gets old. pic.twitter.com/Rm0FmlczAL
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 16, 2026
On the Diamond
The softball and baseball open thread is fully updated, after losing the 1st game, softball run-ruled Arizona the next 2 games. And baseball won the 1st 2 games and the series, but lost the 3rd game yesterday afternoon.
On the Gridiron
Texas Tech received a commitment from 2027 Hoisington, Kansas 3-star defensive end Brody Pfannenstiel (6-4/230). Pfannenstiel had offers from Kansas state, Kansas, Illinois, Ole Miss, Louisville, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan State, Duke, Iowa State, Utah, Arkansas, and Vanderbilt. That’s quite the list and since I don’t really follow recruiting, this was seemingly out of nowhere, but maybe for you all that follow recruiting closely, this was totally expected.
Recruiting Profiles: Rivals/On3 | 24/7 Sports
Junior Season Highlights 🎥
Brody Pfannenstiel
🏈 Class of 2027 | EDGE / DE / WR / TE / RB
📍 Hoisington HS (KS)
📏 6’3 | 225 lbs
3 sport athlete📩 DMs open
12 D1 offers pic.twitter.com/ke7jFi2Ktm
— Brody Pfannenstiel 2027 3⭐️EDGE (@Brodypfanny1) February 19, 2026
PFF has a 3 round mock draft and has 4 Texas Tech players picked, David Bailey, Lee Hunter, Jacob Rodriguez, and Romello Height.