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Late night practice with Yo for me so a quick update today.

On the Hardwood

The Texas Tech basketball Twitter/X account posted the following video which indicates that JT Toppin will suit up for Texas Tech in 2026-27.

26-27 pic.twitter.com/6ORDSe9Gmx

— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) July 8, 2026

Also via Texas Tech basketball, they’ve got the players set to participate in NBA Summer League including Christian Anderson, Donovan Atwell, Chance McMillian, Jahmi’us Ramsey, and Zhaire Smith.

On the Gridiron

Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellinger reports that the NCAA has sent a letter of inquiry to Cincinnati and that some Texas Tech officials went to a steak dinner with Brett Yormark:

Last week, Yormark joined a host of Texas Tech officials at Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, including board members and major boosters Cody Campbell and Dusty Womble, and the school’s president and athletic director, Lawrence Schovanec and Kirby Hocutt. Also present was Doug Girod, the Kansas chancellor and chair of the Big 12 board of presidents and chancellors, and Shane Reese, BYU’s president.

What exactly transpired at the meeting remains private, but in a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, Campbell described the conversation as productive — but not over. The talk didn’t only relate to Sorsby, but to the investment of other Big 12 member schools at a time when the Big Ten and SEC are outspending football rosters in the league.

“We don’t have a problem with the Big 12,” Campbell said. “We want to find a way to get all other Big 12 schools to elevate themselves. Everybody needs to do some version of what we’ve done. That’s the path forward for this conference. A rising tide lifts all boats. People not on board with that and those that want everyone worse so they can be relatively better, we’ll have a problem with those institutions.”

USA Today’s Matt Hayes reports that Cincinnati knew about Brendan Sorsby’s gambling in the summer of 2025, which I don’t know this is news, but it is a headline. Cincinnati Scott Satterfield also alleged that Texas Tech contacted Sorsby before the season ended and Texas Tech and Sorsby have denied these allegations. Satterfield’s quote: “We had already heard that schools had reached out — Texas Tech in particular had already reached out — with four games left.” Satterfield can kick rocks.

My former high school classmate Matt Mosley spoke with head coach Joey McGuire at the Big 12 Media Days.