Texas Tech vs. Gardner Webb At 9 PM Monday
November 13, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 13, 2006
The Texas Tech Red Raiders host the Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb this evening at the United Spirit Arena. Tip-off will be at 9 PM. The game is televised on ESPNU with Mark Neely delivering the play-by-play. Fran Fraschilla will provide the analysis.
The Akron Zips will play the UALR Trojans in the opening game of the CBE Classic at 6 PM. No television coverage is available for this game.
The winners of tonight's games will play for the Regional Championship on Tuesday evening at 9 PM (CT). This game will be shown on ESPN2 with Ron Franklin calling the play-by-play and Fran Fraschilla providing the game analysis. The championship game will be following the Regional Consolation game, which gets underway at 6 PM (CT). No television coverage is available for the first game.
For the sixth season in a row, the Red Raiders opened their season with a victory. On Saturday, the Raiders downed Sam Houston State, 79-64 at the United Spirit Arena. Texas Tech scored 52 points in the second half to erase a two-point halftime deficit. Jarrius Jackson led all scorers with 27 points. In addition to Jackson, the Red Raiders had two players in double-figures with Martin Zeno scoring 19 points and Charlie Burgess adding 13 points.
For each game this season, Steve Dale will call the courtside action along with Ted Chidester as analyst on the Texas Tech Sports Network (KKAM 1340 AM), the flagship station for the Red Raiders.
The 2006-2007 Red Raiders feature eight new players and ten returnees on their 18-man roster this season. There are five seniors (Darryl Dora, Jarrius Jackson, Tanner Ogden, Jon Plefka, and LucQuente White), four juniors (Charlie Burgess, Tyler Hoffmeister, Esmir Rizvic, and Martin Zeno), seven sophomores (Trevor Cook, Rogdrick Craig, Jay Mitchell, Michael Prince, Damir Suljagic, Benny Valentine, and Alan Voskuil), and two freshmen (Decensae White and Justin Wilkerson).
As the Red Raiders approach a new season, Bob Knight has 870 career wins and is poised to pass Adolph Rupp (876) and Dean Smith (879) to become the all-time career wins leader. As a testament to his dedication as a teacher and his love of the game, coupled with an intense work ethic, Bob Knight has averaged nearly 22 wins with less than 9 losses each season for 40 seasons while graduating 98 percent of his players - and he is doing what a legendary coach does: preparing his next group of student-athletes for the upcoming season.
Be part of the exciting sixteen home games the Red Raider will play this season at the United Spirit Arena. To become a season ticket holder or to purchase tickets for Men's Basketball games at the United Spirit Arena, please call (888) GO-BIG-12 or (806) 742-TECH or stop by the Texas Tech Athletic Ticket Office in the north end of Jones SBC Stadium.