MBB: Red Raiders lose another heart-breaker in regular season finale

Texas Tech lost its third straight Big 12 game to close out the regular season. In what has been a season full of close losses and near comebacks, the regular season finale against Oklahoma State looked like a microcosm of Tech’s entire 2022-2023 season as the Red Raiders fell to the Cowboys 71-68.  All eyes […]

MBB: Raucous Lubbock crowd, Harmon’s career-high night leads Texas Tech over No. 6 Texas

Texas Tech men’s basketball is not what they were last year. They’re not going to go 18-0 at home. They’re probably not making the NCAA Tournament, much less the Sweet 16. They lost to the Texas Longhorns in Austin earlier this season, and the United Supermarkets Arena crowd wasn’t over capacity to watch them play […]

MBB: Texas Tech pulls off miraculous 23-point comeback for first Big 12 win

A six-point lead to TCU after leading most of the game. A three-point loss to Kansas. A comeback that wasn’t completed in an overtime loss to Oklahoma. A 34-point drubbing at the hands of Iowa State. A two-point loss to Texas after a halftime lead. A seven-point loss to Baylor. A 10-point loss to a […]

MBB: Texas Tech’s early 10-point lead evaporates in 13-point loss to West Virginia

The Texas Tech men’s basketball team is straight up not having a good time. The losses have been at home and on the road. They’ve ranged from blowouts to close losses. Some have been games they played closer than expected, some have been games where they blew a lead, and some games had both. Whether […]

MBB: Texas Tech’s home winning streak ends against No. 3 Kansas

The Texas Tech Red Raiders fell to the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks 75-72 Tuesday night at the United Supermarkets Arena. It’s the Red Raiders’ first loss at home since Feb. 9, 2021, when they lost to West Virginia. Tech won 29 straight home games coming into Tuesday. In the press conference, Tech head coach Mark […]

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 Recap: No. 14 Texas Tech Wrecks No. 23 Texas 77-64 in Chris Beard’s Return

The No. 14 Texas Tech men’s basketball team defeated No. 23 Texas 77-64 to grab its sixth Big 12 win of the season. In Longhorn head coach Chris Beard’s highly anticipated return to Lubbock, the Red Raiders secured a huge win over their former coach’s team in front of a school-record 15,300 people in attendance.  […]

MBB Recap – “Just Like Football”: No. 13 Texas Tech Downs Mississippi State on Saturday

“Just like football,” the crowd chanted with less than three minutes to go in Saturday’s game. It was a 27-point win for Texas Tech football in the Autozone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 28, 2021. This time, it was a 26-point win as the No. 13 Texas Tech Red Raider basketball defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs […]

MBB Recap – Instant Classic: Williams, Texas Tech Just Not Enough in 2OT Against No. 5 Kansas

Texas Tech men’s basketball super senior Bryson Williams had himself a game Monday night, going for a season-high 33 points, one short of his career-high of 34. But Kansas senior Ochai Agbaji was even better, leading his No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks with a career-high 37 points to escape with victory over the No. 13 Red […]