PREVIEW: No. 21 Tech, OSU to meet on final day in Maui

By: Wes Bloomquist

LAHAINA, Hawaii – One final wave to experience stays on the Maui Jim Maui Invitational for No. 21 Texas Tech with a matchup towards Ohio State set for 1:30 p.m. (CST) on Wednesday on the Lahaina Civic Center.

The Red Raiders (4-1) made an announcement and response with a 70-38 victory over Louisville on Tuesday following a tricky 76-65 quarterfinal loss towards No. 10 Creighton on Monday. The Buckeyes (4-1) additionally returned to the win column with an 81-53 victory over Cincinnati on Tuesday after their first lack of the season coming towards No. 17 San Diego State on Monday. Tech and OSU have met twice with the applications splitting the video games – first with TTU taking an 80-72 win in Columbus on January 4, 2004 after which OSU incomes a 77-71 win in Dallas on December 16, 2004 with Bob Knight main the Red Raiders towards his alma mater.

Kevin Obanor leads Texas Tech with 12.4 factors after scoring 15 towards Louisville on Tuesday, whereas Daniel Batcho tops the Red Raiders with 7.6 rebounds and a couple of.2 blocks per recreation after a dominating efficiency with a career-high 12 rebounds together with 9 factors, three blocks and three steals towards the Cardinals. De’Vion Harmon is at 10.0 factors per recreation and leads the group with 3.4 assists per recreation. Ohio State is led by Brice Sensabaugh who’s averaging 17.0 factors after having 17 towards Cincinnati, whereas Zed Key went for 19 factors and eight rebounds towards the Bearcats and now at 13.2 factors per recreation. Justice Sueing can be in double figures with 10.8 factors per recreation. The Buckeye roster contains former Big 12 gamers Sean McNeil who performed at West Virginia and Isaac Likekele from Oklahoma State. McNeil is averaging 9.2 factors per recreation this season whereas Likekele leads OSU with 18 assists.

Tech comes into its third and final recreation in Maui after it restricted the Louisville to solely 22.4 % capturing from the sector (17.4 in the primary half), 3-for-18 on 3-pointers, scoring solely 13 factors in the primary half and never scoring in the second half in the course of the opening six minutes. Tech owned a 32-12 scoring benefit in the paint, completed with 14 steals and had a 25-0 run that carried over from the primary half to the second. The 38 factors allowed had been the fewest for a Tech group because the 2018-19 group held Incarnate Word to 37 and likewise fell one level in need of the all-time Maui Invitational document.  It was additionally the fewest factors by a Louisville group because the 1981 season.

• Mark Adams is in his second season main the Texas Tech program the place he’s now 31-11 total and 21-0 at house… A 1979 Tech graduate, Adams led the Red Raiders to a 27-10 total document, 12-6 convention mark, to the Big 12 Championship final and the NCAA Sweet 16 in his first season as the top coach… He was named the Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year… His 27 wins final season had been essentially the most by a first-year Tech head coach

• Tech is coming off a season the place it didn’t lose back-to-back video games all yr… The win over Louisville on Tuesday continued that run

• Tech traveled to Maui with a 3-0 document after it had swept by a three-game homestand with wins over Northwestern State, Texas Southern and Louisiana Tech

• Tech returned just one starter (Kevin Obanor) and three lettermen (Daniel Batcho, KJ Allen and Obanor) from final yr’s group whereas welcoming in 5 transfers (D’Maurian Williams, Fardaws Aimaq, Jaylon Tyson, De’Vion Harmon, Kerwin Walton) and 5 true freshmen (Lamar Washington, Pop Isaacs, Robert Jennings, CJ Williams, Elijah Fisher)

• The Red Raider program is enjoying in its first Maui Jim Maui Invitational however has beforehand performed in the Rainbow Classic (Honolulu) in 1977 and 1982 and the Pearl Harbor Shootout (Laie, Hawaii) in 1998. Wednesday would be the second straight 9:30 a.m. native time recreation for Tech which additionally had the morning video games on Monday and Tuesday

• GAME FIVE (4-1): Obanor led Tech with 15 factors whereas Batcho went off for a career-high 12 rebounds, 9 factors, three blocks and three steals in the dominating 70-38 victory over Louisville. Tech restricted the Cardinals to 17.4 % capturing in the primary half and to 22.4 % for the sport. The Red Raiders owned a 32-12 scoring benefit in the paint and went on an 11-0 run after Louisville had began the sport with a 3-pointer after which took full management with a 25-0 run that went from first half to second half.

• GAME FOUR (3-1): Batcho went off for a career-high 17 factors in the loss towards Creighton the place he was 7-for-12 from the sector and added 5 rebounds. The recreation was tied 31-all at halftime earlier than the No. 10 Bluejays pulled away in the second half. Isaacs additionally had a career-high with 13 factors after going 4-for-5 on 3-pointers, whereas Harmon scored 12 and Obanor added 10 to give the Red Raiders 4 double-figure scorers for the primary time this season.

• GAME THREE (3-0): Harmon and Obanor every completed with 15 factors as Tech earned a 64-55 win over Louisiana Tech final Monday… Harmon matched career-highs with six assists and 4 steals in the sport whereas Batcho had a career-high six blocked pictures… Tech led by as many as 15 and by no means trailed in the sport.

• GAME TWO (2-0): Obanor led Tech with 13 factors and 7 rebounds in the 78-54 win over Texas Southern on Thursday, Nov. 10… It was the ninetieth recreation Obanor scored in double figures and he additionally reached 900 profession rebounds in the sport… He was joined in double figures by Tyson who had a career-high 13 factors and Harmon who had 12 factors and a team-high three assists… Tech gained the sport by 24 factors and solely trailed for 42 seconds

• GAME ONE (1-0): Batcho led Tech with 12 factors, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the season-opening win over Northwestern State on Nov. 7… It was his first profession begin, first double-double, career-high in scoring and third profession recreation in double-figure rebounds… Obanor and Walton had 9 factors every in the win, whereas Tyson had eight factors and 5 rebounds

• Tech is hitting 46.6 % of its pictures this season, opponents are being restricted to 35.3 %… The Red Raiders shot 43.5 % towards Creighton and 43.1 % towards Louisville

• The Red Raider starters for all 5 video games this season has been Obanor, Batcho, Isaacs, Tyson and Harmon… They are 4-1 as a beginning unit

• Tech is enjoying in its first regular-season event because the 2019 Las Vegas Classic the place it went 0-2 with losses to Iowa and Creighton on the Orleans Arena

• Tech is coming off a season the place it reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the sixth time in program historical past and superior to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight time – a brand new Tech document… The Red Raiders superior to the 2018 Elite 8, 2019 Championship Final, 2021 Second Round and 2022 Sweet 16… Tech has an 11-4 document over the previous 4 tournaments… The program has made the Sweet 16 in three of the previous 4 tournaments

• The Red Raiders completed No. 1 in defensive effectivity for the second time in 4 seasons final yr… After 5 video games, the Red Raiders are sixth in the class on Kenpom… Tech additionally topped the Kenpom.com class in 2019 and had been No. 9 in 2020

• Tech began final season with a 6-0 document earlier than a loss at Providence College in the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle… It was the eighth time in program historical past to start a yr with six straight wins… The Red Raiders started the 1929-30 season with a 12-0 document for one of the best begin in program historical past and had been 10-0 to start the 2018-19 season earlier than a loss to Duke at Madison Square Garden

• Corey Williams returned as an assistant coach for his second season at Tech whereas Steve Green and Al Pinkins joined the workers as assistant coaches in the course of the offseason… Pinkins returned to Tech after 4 seasons at Florida following working at Tech from 2016-18… He was the interim head coach at Florida in the 2022 NIT… Green was at South Plains College for the previous 23 seasons the place he was a nationwide champion… Adams has constructed a workers that additionally contains: Rick Cooper (chief of workers), Taylor Sinclair (director of operations), Sean Sutton (advisor), Darryl Dora (participant personnel), Matt Scherbenske (director of recruiting), George Neilson (director of scouting), Darby Rich (power & conditioning), John Bloom (assistant power & conditioning), Luke Adams (participant improvement), (*21*) (coordinator of operations), Jamaal Scott (teachers) and Briana Whitaker (govt affiliate)

• Tech went 18-0 at house final season, together with 9-0 in Big 12 play… The group is scheduled to play 17 house video games this season and is at present 3-0

• Tech’s program document is 35 straight house victories… That streak began with 4 wins on the finish of the 1993-94 season earlier than a pair of 13-0 runs (1994-95 and 1995-96) after which 5 house wins to begin the 1996-97 season

• Tech has gained 18 straight non-conference house video games with out a loss since an time beyond regulation defeat to Kentucky on Jan. 25, 2020… The 18 straight wins come after this system had gained 54 non-conference house video games in a row earlier than the loss to the Wildcats in a Big 12-SEC Challenge matchup

• Tech completed with an 18-0 document at house in 2021-22 season which was solely matched by Kentucky going 18-0 at Rupp Arena… Tech outscored opponents 79.7 to 58.8 per recreation with opponents capturing 39.1 %… 16 of the 18 house wins had been by double-digits with the one ones not by 10 or extra being victories over Kansas (75-67, +8) and Kansas State (73-68, +5)… Tech’s final house loss got here on February 9, 2021 towards No. 14 West Virginia

• The matchup towards Creighton was the third of 5 regular-season video games on a Monday for the Red Raiders with the final two coming in the Big 12 schedule… The final recreation of the NCAA basketball season is on Monday, April 3 in Houston, Texas

• The Red Raiders had a sell-out (15,098) for his or her 2022-23 season-opener towards Northwestern State after they completed eleventh nationally in common attendance final season with 13,973 followers per recreation and 251,515 complete… Tech had 5 sell-outs final season and established a brand new program document by exceeding capability at 15,300 followers in attendance towards Texas… There had been 12 video games of 14,000+ in attendance and all 18 exceeded 12,000… Tech had 13,027 in attendance final Monday in the win over Louisiana Tech.

 

ROSTER REPORT

• Kevin Obanor has began all 42 video games since he joined the Red Raiders final season and is main the group with 12.4 factors per recreation after scoring 15 towards Louisville on Tuesday after having towards Creighton on Monday in Maui… He was coming a season-high 15 factors and eight rebounds towards LA Tech and 13 factors and 7 rebounds in the win over Texas Southern… A fifth-year senior, he now has 917 profession rebounds and has had 93 video games the place he has scored in double figures… He completed final season with double-doubles in every of the three NCAA Tournament video games towards Montana State (10 factors/11 rebounds), Notre Dame (15/15) and Duke (10/10)… Obanor, who’s a Houston native, began his faculty profession with three seasons at Oral Roberts earlier than transferring to Tech final season… He has 1,738 factors, 917 rebounds, 173 3-pointers and 35 double-doubles in his profession… Obanor earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention choice final season and is on the All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention checklist together with the Julius Erving Award Watch List to begin this yr… Last season, he scored a season-high 23 factors and likewise had 13 rebounds in the house win over Baylor earlier than going for 15 factors and 15 rebounds in the win over Notre Dame to attain the Sweet 16.

• Daniel Batcho recorded a career-high 12 rebounds in the win towards Louisville together with having 9 factors, three blocks and three steals… He is averaging 10.8 factors, 7.6 rebounds and a couple of.2 blocks per recreation by 5 video games… He scored a career-high 17 factors towards Creighton on Monday in Maui the place he was 7-for-12 from the sector in 24 minutes on the courtroom… He had 5 rebounds and one blocked shot towards the Bluejays… Batcho recorded a career-high six blocks in the win over LA Tech the place he additionally added 9 factors and 7 rebounds… His six blocks in a recreation are tied for the third most in program historical past with Tariq Owens proudly owning the single-game document with eight in a win over Memphis in 2018 and Will Flemons second with seven towards Texas A&M in 1990… A 6-foot-11 ahead from Paris, France, he recorded the primary double-double of his profession with 12 factors and 10 rebounds in the season-opening win over Northwestern State earlier than having seven factors and 4 rebounds towards Texas Southern… He has began all 5 video games of the season after enjoying 33 as a reserve final season… Batcho’s 12 factors in the opener was his earlier career-high after he had scored eight in video games final season towards Incarnate Word and Alabama State… Before his 12 rebounds on Tuesday towards Louisville he had a career-high 11 rebounds in the time beyond regulation win over Tennessee final season at Madison Square Garden in the 2021 Jimmy V Classic… He would go off for 4 blocked pictures, six factors and three rebounds towards West Virginia for his finest Big 12 recreation.

• De’Vion Harmon has scored 978 factors in his profession after his 12 factors towards Creighton on Monday and 4 towards Louisville… Through 5 video games, he is averaging 10.0 factors, a team-high 3.4 assists and a couple of.0 steals… He had matched a career-high with six assists and 4 steals in the win over LA Tech again in Lubbock to associate with a season-high 15 factors by going 6-for-8 from the sector earlier than touring to Maui… Against Louisville, Harmon had three steals…He additionally went off for 12 factors, three assists and two steals in the win over Texas Southern after starting his Tech profession with seven factors and 4 assists towards Northwestern State… Harmon transferred from Oregon the place he performed final season after two years at Oklahoma… Harmon, a Denton, Texas native who was a Class 6A All-State performer at Guyer HS, has performed in 99 video games in his faculty profession the place he additionally now has 203 assists and 118 steals… Harmon averaged 10.8 factors per recreation and had 71 assists final season for the Ducks after averaging 12.9 factors per recreation for the Sooners as a sophomore… Harmon began 34 of 35 video games final yr and a season-high 21 factors coming towards Stanford… His career-high 23 factors got here in his first recreation as a freshman at Oklahoma towards UTSA on November 5, 2019 after which once more as a sophomore for the Sooners towards Oklahoma State on February 27, 2021.  

• Jaylon Tyson has began all 5 video games and is averaging 9.0 factors, 1.4 steals and three.8 rebounds per recreation after going for 9 factors and 5 rebounds towards Creighton earlier than eight factors and three rebounds towards Louisville… Tyson scored a career-high 13 factors in the win over Texas Southern in the second recreation of the season… He transferred to Tech at midterm final season however didn’t play in a recreation for the Red Raiders… Against Northwestern State, Tyson made his first collegiate begin and was 3-for-4 from the sector, together with going 2-for-3 on 3-pointers to end with eight factors… His 3-pointer on Tech’s second possession of the season-opener was the primary basket this season for the Red Raiders… He started his profession on the University of Texas the place he performed in eight video games with freshman season-high 11 factors coming towards Houston Christian… A Plano, Texas native, Tyson was an all-state performer and state champion at John Paul II… His youthful brother is a freshman on the University of Colorado soccer group.

• Kerwin Walton is averaging 3.8 factors and 1.2 assists per recreation by 5 video games as a Red Raider reserve… He was held scoreless in each Maui video games – his first video games this season not to rating… Walton led the Tech bench with 9 factors and 4 rebounds towards Northwestern State in the season-opener and had 5 factors towards TSU and LA Tech… He performed the final two seasons at North Carolina earlier than transferring to Tech in the course of the summer season… He has made 83 3-pointers by 64 video games in his profession with a career-high 5 3-pointers made in a recreation towards Louisville in his freshman season… Walton is 83-for-214 (38.8 %) from past the arc for his profession, together with making a UNC freshman 3-point proportion document with 58 3-pointers the place he began 20 video games throughout his first season in Chapel Hill… Walton, a Hopkins, Minnesota native, averaged 8.2 factors per recreation as a freshman for the Tar Heels with a career-high 19 factors coming in that recreation towards Louisville… He skilled the Final Four final season as a member of UNC which completed because the nationwide runner-up.

• KJ Allen had three factors towards Louisville after 5 rebounds and two factors on Monday in Maui towards Creighton… He contributed 4 factors and 4 rebounds in the win over Texas Southern after he had two factors in 11 minutes towards Northwestern State in the opener… He performed in 19 video games as a reserve final season for the Red Raiders with a season-high six factors coming in video games towards Kansas State and Omaha… A Los Angeles, California native, Allen added a season-best eight rebounds in the convention recreation towards Kansas State… He completed his first season in Lubbock by going 16-for-30 from the sector… Allen was featured on the Netflix documentary Last Chance U whereas enjoying at East Los Angeles College the place he averaged 18.5 factors and 9.3 rebounds per recreation… He’s at present averaging 2.2 factors, 3.2 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per recreation.

• D’Maurian Williams is coming off a season-high 10 factors towards Louisville after hitting two 3-pointers and going 4-for-5 on the free-throw line… He was coming off a recreation with three assists towards Creighton in 10 minutes of play… He scored six factors in 13 minutes of play in his Texas Tech debut towards Northwestern State and adopted it with 5 factors towards Texas Southern… He was held scoreless towards Creighton and Louisiana Tech in the previous two video games… Williams now has 752 factors, 136 assists, 59 steals and 223 rebounds by 62 video games in his profession… He is in his first season at Tech after transferring from Gardner-Webb the place he performed the previous two seasons… An Arizona native, Williams gained a nationwide championship after highschool at Putnam Science Academy (Connecticut)… He averaged in double-figures each seasons at Gardner-Webb, going for 10.8 factors per recreation as a freshman earlier than averaging 14.5 factors per recreation final season as a sophomore… He had a career-high 27 factors towards Columbia International final season and made six 3-pointers towards Western Colorado.

• Fardaws Aimaq is an All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention choice and can be on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List for the highest middle in faculty basketball. … Aimaq is a key half to the Tech roster this season however shall be sidelined with a foot harm to start the season with no official timetable for his return… A switch from Utah Valley, Aimaq has recorded 1,056 factors, 918 rebounds, 99 blocked pictures and 41 double-doubles in his profession… His 41 double-doubles are the fifth most for an lively participant in the nation… He earned the 2020-21 WAC Player of the Year honors as a sophomore after main the nation with 15.0 rebounds to associate with 13.9 factors per recreation and is coming off a junior season the place he went for 18.9 factors and 13.6 rebounds per recreation… He was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year the earlier two seasons… During his profession, he is averaged 11.1 rebounds per recreation which is the third finest profession mark nationally.

• Five freshmen have made their debuts this season with Lamar Washington, Pop Isaacs, Robert Jennings, CJ Williams and Elijah Fisher… Isaacs has been in the beginning lineup in every of the 5 video games to start the season, going for a career-high 13 factors towards Creighton after a earlier excessive of 10 factors and 4 assists in the win over LA Tech… He was restricted to 5 factors on 2-for-6 capturing on Tuesday towards Louisville… He had contributed six factors and two assists in the primary two video games… After going 4-for-5 on 3-pointers towards Creighton, he’s at present 9-for-16 (56.3 %) from past the arc to start the season… Isaacs, a Las Vegas native, averaged 23 factors as a senior at Coronado High School the place he was named the Southern Nevada Offensive Player of the Year… Along along with his prep profession, he gained a Gold Medal enjoying with the USA Basketball U16 group… Fisher is averaging 3.4 factors per recreation after scoring a career-high seven towards Texas Southern earlier than scoring three towards LA Tech… He didn’t rating towards Creighton… A Toronto, Ontario, Canada native, Fisher averaged 28 factors and 13 rebounds throughout his junior season… Fisher was a consensus five-star recruit and ranked No. 15 by ESPN for the 2023 class… He reclassified to play this season and enrolled at Tech a yr early… Jennings is coming off a career-high eight factors after he went 3-for-5 from the sector and likewise hit two free throws in quarter-hour of labor… He had six factors in 10 minutes towards Northwestern State in the opener earlier than having three rebounds and two factors towards Texas Southern… He had two factors towards Creighton in three minutes on the courtroom… A Desoto, Texas native, Jennings averaged 17 factors and 10 rebounds final season whereas enjoying for the Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes (house faculty)… He additionally performed at Desoto HS earlier than ending at house… Washington established a career-high with seven rebounds and matched a career-high with 4 assists in the win over Louisville… He performed a career-high 22 minutes in the win the place he scored 4 factors…He additionally scored 4 factors towards Texas Southern after he had 4 assists (matched team-high) and three factors in the opener towards Northwestern State… Washington was the 2021 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year whereas enjoying at Jefferson High School as a junior earlier than enjoying at Compass Prep in Arizona final season as a senior… He produced 2,135 factors, 705 rebounds and 823 assists throughout his highschool profession… CJ Williams scored his first profession factors towards Louisville with a pair of free throws… He is the son of Tech assistant coach Corey Williams.

MAUI JIM MAUI INVITATIONAL

• Tech has made the journey to Hawaii 3 times in program historical past, however is enjoying in Maui Jim Maui Invitational for the primary time

• The Red Raiders performed in the Rainbow Classic (Honolulu) in 1977 and 1982 and the Pearl Harbor Shootout (Laie, Hawaii) in the 1998-99 season

• Tech is at present 3-8 in video games performed in the state of Hawaii after its win over Louisville on Tuesday

• Wisconsin gained the 2021 Maui Jim Invitational after Texas and Kansas had gained it the earlier two years from the Big 12

• Duke has gained the title 5 occasions and Kansas 3 times for essentially the most in the event’s historical past

TECH vs. OHIO STATE

• Tech and Ohio State are 1-1 all-time

• Tech gained the primary matchup, 80-72, on January 4, 2004 in Columbus… Andre Emmett led Tech with 27 factors in the victory with head coach Bob Knight returning to his alma mater

• Ohio State gained the second matchup, 77-71, in a recreation performed in Dallas on December 16, 2004… Martin Zeno led Tech with 20 factors in the loss

• Tech is at present 25-33 towards BIG TEN opponents… Tech misplaced to Iowa in the 2019 Las Vegas Classic in its final matchup towards a BIG TEN opponent after operating off wins towards Michigan and Michigan State in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

RANKINGS

• Tech moved up two spots in the AP Poll for the second straight week and is now at No. 21

• Ohio State was simply outdoors the rankings this week, receiving the second-most votes of non-ranked groups

• The Red Raiders had been No. 23 in the primary launch of the season (11/14) after a No. 25 preseason rating

• Tech entered the season at No. 24 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll

• Tech has now earned a preseason rating 3 times in program historical past

• Tech is at present 0-1 towards ranked opponents this season with its loss to No. 10 Creighton

• Tech was 3-2 towards Top-10 groups final yr in the common season… The Red Raiders dropped a 69-55 recreation to No. 5 Gonzaga final December in Phoenix earlier than incomes wins over Baylor which was at No. 1 (65-62 in Waco) and No. 7 (83-73 in Lubbock) on the time of the victories and likewise a 75-67 house win over Kansas when it was No. 6

• Tech has beat a top-10 opponent in eight straight seasons, a top-5 opponent in seven straight and has 27 wins over top-10 groups in program historical past

• Tech went 7-5 final season towards Top 25 opponents, together with a 57-52 time beyond regulation win over No. 13 Tennessee on December 7 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden… The Red Raiders had been 1-1 towards Top 25 groups in their non-conference schedule with the loss to Gonzaga following the win over the Vols

• The Red Raiders opened the 2019-20 season at No. 13 after reaching the Final Four for his or her highest preseason rating and had been No. 14 to start the 2020-21 season

• Tech was unranked to start final season earlier than getting into the polls at No. 25 following an time beyond regulation win over Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic

• It took Tech 5 weeks earlier than it earned the rating final season however remained ranked for the remainder of the season

• Tech was as excessive as No. 9 throughout February and completed the season at No. 14

• Tech’s highest AP rating in program historical past got here at No. 6 in February of 2018 (sixteenth Week Poll)… The 2018-19 group was No. 8 in the final week of the common season and No. 7 all through the postseason that led to the 2019 National Championship Final

 

OFF AND RUNNING

• Tech has now gained 23 straight season openers and is 71-27 in the primary recreation of a season all-time after its win over Northwestern State on November 7 in Lubbock

• This yr was the twenty fifth straight season Tech opened its season at house

• Tech’s final loss to start a season got here towards Indiana on November 19, 1999… That recreation was the first-ever in the USA which was then often called United Spirit Arena… The recreation featured Andy Ellis scoring a career-high 30 factors in entrance of 15,050 followers for a sellout

• Tech misplaced its first-ever season opener with a 37-25 loss to Daniel Baker on January 25, 1926

 

DOMINATING THE PAINT

Texas Tech has began this season by outscoring every of its 5 opponents in the paint and by a 166-104 margin (TTU 70-LOU 38; TTU 38-CU 30; TTU 26-LT 24; TTU 42 – TSU 30; TTU 28 – NWST 8)… The Red Raiders outscored 35 of 37 opponents contained in the paint final season by a mixed 1,230-654 scoring benefit. Game-by-game factors from the paint are listed beneath.

TTU 54 – UNF 20; TTU 30 – GRM 16; TTU 38 – PVAMU 20; TTU 40 – UIW 24; TTU 54 – UNO 10; TTU 26 – LMR 20; TTU 30 – PC 22; TTU 28 – TENN 26; TTU 40 – ARK ST. 12; TTU 26 – GONZ 16; TTU 40 – EWU 4; TTU 36 – AL ST. 8; TTU 28 – ISU 6; TTU 44 – KU 18; TTU 36 – BU 22; TTU 30 – OSU 20; TTU 30 – ISU 26; TTU 30 – WVU 16; TTU 46 – KU 40; TTU 44 – MISS ST. 16; TTU 30 – UT 24; TTU 34 – WVU 10; TTU 30 – OU 18; TTU 38 – TCU 20; TTU 28 – BU 22; TTU 26 – UT 10; TTU 34 – OU 16; TTU 40 – TCU 30; TTU 36 – KSU 10; TTU 22 – OSU 26; TTU 42 – ISU 14; OU 26 – TTU 22; TTU 36 – KU 30; TTU 38 – MSU 16; TTU 24 – ND 10; TTU 42-Duke 36.

BACK IN THE LONE STAR STATE

• Tech will return from Hawaii for one more three-game homestand, starting towards Georgetown on Wednesday, November 30 in the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle

• Tech is 0-2 all-time towards the Hoyas with matchups in 1986 and 1996… Georgetown will make the journey to Lubbock for the primary time

RED RAIDER 20-WIN SEASONS (16 in 97 seasons)

1939-40: 21-7 – Berl Huffman

1948-49: 21-9 – Polk Robison

1953-54: 21-5 – Polk Robison

1975-76: 25-6 – Gerald Meyers

1976-77: 20-9 – Gerald Meyers

1984-85: 23-8 – Gerald Meyers

1994-95: 20-10 – James Dickey

1995-96: 30-2 – James Dickey

2001-02: 23-9 – Bob Knight

2002-03: 22-13 – Bob Knight

2003-04: 23-11 – Bob Knight

2004-05: 22-11 – Bob Knight

2006-07: 21-13 – Bob Knight

2017-18: 27-10 – Chris Beard

2018-19: 31-7 – Chris Beard (most wins in a season)

2021-22: 27-10 – Mark Adams

 

2022-23 AWARDS/WATCH LIST

Kevin Obanor: Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention; Julius Erving Award Watch List

Fardaws Aimaq: Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List

 

LOOKING BACK | 2021-22 AWARDS / WATCH LISTS

Mark Adams: Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year; Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List

Bryson Williams: All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 All-Newcomer Team; Associated Press All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 Newcomer of Week (1/31, 2/21)

Kevin McCullar: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist; Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)

Kevin Obanor: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/24)

Adonis Arms: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

Terrence Shannon: Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)

Marcus Santos-Silva: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)

Clarence Nadolny: Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)

 

LEGACY

Texas Tech spent the primary and second day of October in Stanton, Texas at its annual group retreat working to proceed constructing sturdy bonds for the season. The Red Raiders had been on the Circle 6 Camp for 2 days with a theme of legacy that was designed to join the previous with the present group. Adams, proven holding up boxing gloves, talked with the present group about previous gamers who helped construct this system and likewise about how every of the present gamers owes it to themselves and this system to work exhausting each day to proceed constructing the legacy that many have labored to construct. The group opened up to one another by dialogue and likewise had enjoyable with a number of team-building actions.

Red Raiders in THE NBA / G-League

Adonis Arms: Grand Rapids Gold

Jarrett Culver: 2-Way (Atlanta Hawks/College Park Skyhawks)

Mac McClung: Delaware Blue Coats

Norense Odiase: Greensboro Swarm

Jahmi’us Ramsey: Oklahoma City Blue

Davion Warren: College Park Skyhawks

Bryson Williams: Ontario Clippers

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