Texas Tech University Athletics
Tuesday, January 3
Lubbock, Texas
8 p.m.
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No. 3 Kansas
January 02, 2023 | Men's Basketball
8 p.m., Tuesday, | TV: ESPN 2 | Lubbock, Texas
LUBBOCK, Texas โ Texas Tech begins the 2023 calendar year by hosting No. 3 Kansas at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the United Supermarkets Arena.
As a program, Tech has beat a top-10 opponent in eight straight seasons, a top-5 opponent seven in a row and has 27 wins over top-10 teams in program history. The Red Raiders (10-3, 0-1 Big 12) are coming off a 67-61 loss at TCU last Saturday to open Big 12 play, while the Jayhawks (12-1, 1-0 Big 12) rallied from a halftime deficit to earn a 69-67 home win over Oklahoma State. Tech is on a 29-game home winning streak coming with an 8-0 home record this season. TTU and KU split their regular-season matchups with the home teams winning last season, including Tech taking a 75-67 win on January 8, 2022 in Lubbock. The Red Raiders and Jayhawks met in the Big 12 Championship final with KU securing a 74-65 in in Kansas City before making its National Championship run in the NCAA Tournament.
Tech senior Kevin Obanor leads the Red Raiders with 15.8 points per game and is adding 6.2 rebounds, while sophomore Daniel Batcho is at 12.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game after having nine rebounds and five blocks at TCU. Pop Isaacs led the Red Raiders with 17 points at TCU after matching a freshman-season best five 3-pointers, while De'Vion Harmon is averaging 12.2 points per game and leads Tech with 4.0 assists and 2.2 steals per game. Harmon had 13 points, seven rebounds and five steals at TCU. All five Texas Tech starters are averaging in double figures coming into the matchup against KU with Jaylon Tyson at 10.0 points per game. Obanor, Harmon and Isaacs have started all 13 games this season.
Kansas junior Jalen Wilson leads the Jayhawks with 21.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, while freshman Gradey Dick is at 14.8 points per game. Wilson and Harmon were teammates at Denton Guyer HS. Kevin McCullar is in his first season at KU after three years at Tech. He is currently averaging 11.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. McCullar redshirted at Tech during the program's 2019 Final Four run and averaged 10.1 points and 4.6 rebounds last season for the Red Raiders who advanced to the Sweet 16. Dajuan Harris leads KU with 88 assists and is scoring 7.5 points, while KJ Adams is averaging 9.0 points and 4.5 rebounds. KU is averaging 78.1 points per game this season by shooting 48.1 percent from the field. ย
Tech will also host Oklahoma this week with a 6 p.m. matchup on Saturday at the United Supermarkets Arena. OU (9-4, 0-1 Big 12) hosts No. 25 Iowa State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12) on Wednesday in Norman, Oklahoma before travelling to Lubbock this weekend.
RED RAIDER NOTABLES
โข Mark Adams is in his second season leading the Texas Tech program where he is now 37-13 overall and 26-0 at homeโฆ A 1979 Tech graduate, Adams led the Red Raiders to a 27-10 overall record, 12-6 conference mark, to the Big 12 Championship final and the NCAA Sweet 16 in his first season as the head coachโฆ He was named the Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Yearโฆ His 27 wins last season were the most by a first-year Tech head coach
โข Tech is coming off a season where it did not lose back-to-back games under Adams
โข Tech is currently 0-2 against ranked opponents this season with a loss to No. 10 Creighton before falling to No. 18 TCU last Saturday in Fort Worth
โข Tech returned only one starter (Kevin Obanor) and three lettermen (Daniel Batcho, KJ Allen and Obanor) from last year's team while welcoming in five transfers (D'Maurian Williams, Fardaws Aimaq, Jaylon Tyson, De'Vion Harmon, Kerwin Walton) and five true freshmen (Lamar Washington, Pop Isaacs, Elijah Fisher, Robert Jennings, CJ Williams)
โข Tech was 12-6 in Big 12 play last season, including going 9-0 in home gamesโฆ The Red Raiders advanced to the Big 12 Championship Finals where they lost to Kansas
โข Tech's last home loss came on February 9, 2021, against No. 14 West Virginia in an 82-71 defeatโฆ The Red Raiders were ranked No. 7 in the nation in that game
โข Tech's program record is 35 straight home victoriesโฆ That streak started with four wins at the end of the 1993-94 season before a pair of 13-0 runs (1994-95 and 1995-96) and then five home wins to start the 1996-97 season
โข Tech finished with an 18-0 record at home in 2021-22 season which was only matched by Kentucky going 18-0 at Rupp Arenaโฆ Tech outscored opponents 79.7 to 58.8 per game with opponents shooting 39.1 percentโฆ 16 of the 18 home wins were by double-digits with the only ones not by 10 or more being victories over Kansas (75-67, +8) and Kansas State (73-68, +5)
โข Tech had its season-best six-game winning streak end with the loss at TCU last Saturday in Fort Worthโฆ It started the season with three straight wins before falling against Creighton in Maui
โข The Red Raider starters for the first seven games this season was Obanor, Batcho, Isaacs, Tyson and Harmonโฆ The five started against South Carolina Stateโฆ They are now 7-3 record as a starting unit after the loss at TCU
โข Tech came into Big 12 play having scored over 100 points in three straight gamesโฆ The program had not scored 100+ points in three straight games since the 1965-66 seasonโฆ Tech had not scored over 100 points in two straight games since 1996 in a 111-101 win over Fresno State and a 122-105 loss to New Mexico Stateโฆ The Red Raiders are now 70-4 all-time when scoring over 100 pointsโฆ The 111 points against HCU were just outside the top-10 scoring performances in program historyโฆ The most points scored in a game is 128 against Texas in 2004
โข Tech is hitting 50.4 percent of its shots this season; opponents are being limited to 39.6 percentโฆ The Red Raiders limited Louisville to only 22.4 percent shooting and also held Northwestern State to only 28.4 in their best defensive efforts of the seasonโฆ Tech shot 42.3 percent at TCU and limited the Horned Frogs to 40.3 percent
โข The 14 3-pointers by Tech against South Carolina was the most since they hit a program-best 16 against Kansas in 2019โฆ Tech made 13 3s against Jackson State for a previous season-high
โข Tech forced a season-high 30 turnovers from Jackson State and scored 47 points off those turnoversโฆ Tech had 19 steals in the game led by Obanor who had four while Isaacs, Washington and Williams had three steals eachโฆ The program record for steals in a game is 24 against Nicholls in 2002โฆ The 19 matched the second-most ever for a Red Raider team
โข The 50-point win over JSU was the 14th time in program history a Tech team has won by 50 or more
โข Tech has won six games by 20 or more points this season, including the 50-point win over JSU, topping HSU by 44, winning by 39 over SC State and a 34-point win over Louisville in Mauiโฆ The Red Raiders have held five opponents under 60 points, two under 50 and one under 40 with Louisville scoring only 38 points
โข Tech had an 11-point halftime lead on TCU before the Horned Frogs came back to winโฆ It was the first time this season Tech lost a game when leading at halftime
โข Tech overcame an 11-point deficit against Nicholls for its largest comeback this season
โข Creighton won by 11 for Tech's only double-digit loss this season
โข Tech is currently 98-for-267 (36.7 percent) on 3-pointersโฆ Isaacs leads the team with 31 3-pointers ย (41.9%) after matching his career-high with five 3s at TCUโฆ The Red Raiders were 8-for-23 from beyond the arc against TCU
โข As a program, Tech is coming off a season where it reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the sixth time in program history and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight time โ a new Tech recordโฆ The Red Raiders advanced to the 2018 Elite 8, 2019 Championship Final, 2021 Second Round and 2022 Sweet 16โฆ Tech has an 11-4 record over the past four tournamentsโฆ The program has made the Sweet 16 in three of the past four tournaments
โข The Red Raiders finished No. 1 in defensive efficiency for the second time in four seasons last yearโฆ Tech also topped the Kenpom.com category in 2019 and were No. 9 in 2020
โข Corey Williams returned as an assistant coach for his second season at Tech while Steve Green and Al Pinkins joined the staff as assistant coaches during the offseasonโฆ Pinkins returned to Tech after four seasons at Florida following working at Tech from 2016-18โฆ He was the interim head coach at Florida in the 2022 NITโฆ Green was at South Plains College for the past 23 seasons where he was a national championโฆ Adams has built a staff that also includes: Rick Cooper (chief of staff), Taylor Sinclair (director of operations), Sean Sutton (advisor), Darryl Dora (player personnel), Matt Scherbenske (director of recruiting), George Neilson (director of scouting), Darby Rich (strength & conditioning), John Bloom (assistant strength & conditioning), Luke Adams (player development), Cooper Anderson (coordinator of operations), Jamaal Scott (academics) and Briana Whitaker (executive associate)
โข The Red Raiders had a sell-out (15,098) for their 2022-23 season-opener against Northwestern State after they finished 11th nationally in average attendance last season with 13,973 fans per game and 251,515 total... Tech had five sell-outs last season and established a new program record by exceeding capacity at 15,300 fans in attendance against Texasโฆ There were 12 games of 14,000+ in attendance and all 18 exceeded 12,000โฆ Tech is averaging 13,052 fans through its eight homes this season
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ROSTER REPORT
โข Kevin Obanor has started all 50 games since he joined the Red Raiders last season and is leading the team with 15.8 points per game this seasonโฆ He was limited to a season-low six points at TCU after coming into Big 12 play averaging 21.4 points and 7.4 rebounds in the previous five gamesโฆ Obanor has scored in double figures in 11 of 13 games, 100 in his career and is shooting 70-for-133 (52.6 percent) from the field this seasonโฆ Obanor scored a season-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Eastern Washington for his first double-double of the season and went for 24 points with a season-best five 3-pointers against South Carolina State... He went 8-for-8 at the free-throw line and was 8-for-15 shooting in his highest scoring performance at Tech in the win over EWU and then hit a season-high three 3-pointers against JSUโฆ It was his first double-double of the season and the 36th in his career... The performances followed him scoring 20 points against Nicholls where he was 7-for-13 from the field with two 3-pointersโฆ He now has 575 points as a Red Raider and 1,881 points through 165 games in his career...ย He finished last season with double-doubles in each of the three NCAA Tournament games against Montana State (10 points/11 rebounds), Notre Dame (15/15) and Duke (10/10)โฆ Obanor, who is a Houston native, started his college career with three seasons at Oral Roberts before transferring to Tech last seasonโฆ Obanor earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection last season and is on the All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention list along with the Julius Erving Award Watch List to start this yearโฆ Last season, he scored a season-high 23 points and also had 13 rebounds in the home win over Baylor before going for 15 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Notre Dame to reach the Sweet 16.
โข Daniel Batcho is coming off a game against TCU where he had nine points and five blocked shotsโฆ His five blocked shots were the second most he's had this season with a career-high six coming against Louisiana Techโฆ He was limited to two points against the Horned Frogs in 30 minutes on the courtโฆ His 12/10 performance against HCU was his third double-double of the season and the fourth game with 10 or more rebounds this seasonโฆ A 6-foot-11 sophomore from France, Batcho recorded a career-high 13 rebounds and his second career double-double with 15 points against Georgetown before having 14 points and nine rebounds against Nichollsโฆ Batcho, who has led Tech in scoring in three games and in rebounding in eight, had scored in double figures in five straight games for the first time in his careerโฆ He had a career-high 21 points against Ohio State where he was 7 of 10 from the field and 6 of 7 at the free-throw line in Mauiโฆ He also added six rebounds in the game after he had established a previous career-high with12 rebounds in the win against Louisville along with having nine points, three blocks and three stealsโฆ He is averaging 12.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game through 11 games playedโฆ He had scored a career-high 17 points against Creighton in Maui where he was 7-for-12 from the field in 24 minutes on the court before his 21-point performance against the Buckeyesโฆ His six blocks against Louisiana Tech are tied for the third most in program history with Tariq Owens owning the single-game record with eight in a win over Memphis in 2018 and Will Flemons second with seven against Texas A&M in 1990โฆ A reserve in 33 games last season at Tech, he came into this season with a career-high 11 rebounds in the overtime win over Tennessee last season at Madison Square Garden in the 2021 Jimmy V Classicโฆ He would go off for four blocked shots, six points and three rebounds against West Virginia for his best Big 12 game.
โข De'Vion Harmon has scored in double figures in five straight games after going for 13 points at TCUโฆ He also had a team-high five steals and would match a career-high with nine rebounds in the loss in Fort Worthโฆ Harmon went for a season-high 22 points and had a career-high nine assists in the win over Houston Christian two week agoโฆ A senior in his first season at Tech, he has played in 104 career games, scoring 1,087 points, 238 assists and has 137 stealsโฆ He had matched his previous career-best with six assists against Ohio State in Maui and has had three or more assists in 9 of 13 gamesโฆ Harmon averaged 10.8 points per game and had 71 assists last season at Oregon last season after averaging 12.9 points per game at Oklahoma as a sophomoreโฆ Harmon started 34 of 35 games last year and a season-high 21 points coming against Stanfordโฆ His career-high 23 points came in his first game as a freshman at Oklahoma against UTSA on November 5, 2019, and then again as a sophomore for the Sooners against Oklahoma State on February 27, 2021.
โข Jaylon Tyson had scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time in his career before scoring eight points against TCUโฆ He led Tech with four assists and also added four rebounds in the Big 12 openerโฆ Tyson came into conference play after going for 13 points with three 3-pointers in the win over SC Stateโฆ He had gone for 11 points in the previous two games against Jackson State and Houston Christian and is now averaging 10.0 points, 1.3 steals and 4.5 rebounds per gameโฆ He had a career-high 18 points against Georgetown where he was 4-for-5 on 3-pointersโฆ A starter in 12 of 13 games, Tyson transferred to Tech at midterm last season but did not play in a game for the Red Raidersโฆ Tyson is currently 16-for-34 (47.1 percent) on 3-pointers and has made at least one 3-pointer in 9 of 12 games playedโฆ Against Northwestern State, Tyson made his first collegiate start and was 3-for-4 from the field, including going 2-for-3 on 3-pointers to finish with eight pointsโฆ His 3-pointer on Tech's second possession of the season-opener was the first basket this season for the Red Raidersโฆ He began his career at the University of Texas where he played in eight games with freshman season-high 11 points coming against Houston Christian last season.
โข Pop Isaacs led Tech with 17 points at TCU after matching a career-high with five 3-pointersโฆ He is averaging 10.8 points, 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals as a starter in all 13 games to begin his freshman seasonโฆ Isaacs was coming off contributing 14 points and three assists in the win over SC State where he was 4-of-5 on 3-pointers after he had a career-high six assists and four steals in the win over Houston Christian while also scoring six pointsโฆ He was 5-for-11 on 3-pointers against the Horned Frogs and also had two reboundsโฆ A freshman from Las Vegas, he scored a career-high 24 points and five 3-pointers in the win over Nichollsโฆ His 24 points were the most by a Red Raider in a game this season before Obanor went for his 25 against EWUโฆ Isaacs has now scored in double figures in seven gamesโฆ Isaacs had a previous career-high four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 13 points against Creightonโฆ He has made at least one 3-pointer in 11 of 13 games โฆ He comes into the matchup against KU shooting 31-of-74 (41.9 percent) on 3-pointers this season.
โข KJ Allen scored nine points and had five rebounds against TCU in 20 minutes of playโฆ He was 4-for-5 from the field and also came away with one steal against the Horned Frogsโฆ Allen went off for a career-high 15 points in the win over Jackson State by shooting 7-for-10 from the field before scoring six against Houston Christianโฆ A junior from Los Angeles, Allen had a season-high seven rebounds and scored five points in the win over EWU in 18 minutes off the benchโฆ In his second season at Tech, Allen is currently averaging 3.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game this seasonโฆ He had a previous season-high five rebounds against Creighton in the first game in Mauiโฆ Allen played in 19 games as a reserve last season for the Red Raiders with a season-high six points coming in games against Kansas State and Omahaโฆ Allen added a career-high eight rebounds in the conference game against Kansas Stateโฆ He finished his first season in Lubbock by going 16-for-30 from the fieldโฆ Allen was featured on the Netflix documentary Last Chance U while playing at East Los Angeles College where he averaged 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per gameโฆ He was Adams' first signee.
โข Robert Jennings had started three straight games before having a career-high six rebounds as a reserve in the final non-conference game against SC StateโฆHe was coming off matching his career-highs with eight points and five rebounds against Houston Christianโฆ Jennings played in six minutes of action at TCU but did not score or have a reboundโฆ A freshman from Desoto, he established his career-high with eight points against Louisville in Maui after he went 3-for-5 from the field and also hit two free throws in 15 minutes of workโฆ He's currently averaging 3.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
โข Lamar Washington established a career-high with 12 points and five assists in the win over Nicholls after going 12-for-17 from the free-throw lineโฆ He is currently averaging 4.1 points, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.8 rebounds per game after providing eight points, three steals and three assists in the win over SC State โฆ He had three points and a rebound against TCU in the first Big 12 game of his careerโฆ Washington was averaging 7.8 points and 3.0 assists in the past five games coming into conference playโฆ He matched his season-best with three steals against Houston Christian and also scored seven pointsโฆ A freshman from Portland, Oregon, his career-best 12 points against Nicholls was the first time he scored in double figures and came with him going 0-for-1 from the field shootingโฆ Washington was the 2021 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year while playing at Jefferson High School as a junior before playing at Compass Prep in Arizona last season as a senior... He produced 2,135 points, 705 rebounds and 823 assists during his high school career.
โข D'Maurian Williams hit five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 17 points in the win over Jackson State with all 17 coming in the second halfโฆ Williams did not play against TCUโฆ A junior from Arizona, Williams made his first start at Tech against Nicholls in place of Tyson who was injuredโฆ He played against JSU as a reserve, going 5-for-7 on 3-pointers after coming into the game with only three made 3-pointers through eight games playedโฆ Williams scored a previous season-high 10 points against Louisville after hitting two 3-pointers and going 4-for-5 at the free-throw lineโฆ He is currently averaging 4.6 points this season after scoring three in the win over SC Stateโฆ Williams now has 782 points, 142 assists, 64 steals and 237 rebounds through 68 games in his careerโฆ He is in his first season at Tech after transferring from Gardner-Webb where he played the past two seasonsโฆWilliams won a national championship after high school at Putnam Science Academy (Connecticut)โฆ He averaged in double-figures both seasons at Gardner-Webb, going for 10.8 points per game as a freshman before averaging 14.5 points per game last season as a sophomore.
โข Kerwin Walton made one 3-pointer and finished with three points at TCUโฆ He has now made at least one 3-pointer in four straight games for the first time this seasonโฆ Walton had scored eight points in the two games against Houston Christian and Jackson State before hitting one 3 and finishing with three points against SC Stateโฆ He is averaging 3.4 points through 12 games played as a Red Raider reserveโฆ He did not appear in the game against EWU but would respond by going 2-for-4 from beyond the arc in the games against JSU and HCUโฆ Walton led the Tech bench with nine points and four rebounds against Northwestern State in the season-opener and had five points against TSU and LA Techโฆ He had not scored in the previous five games before his eight against JSU and HCUโฆ Walton played the last two seasons at North Carolina before transferring to Tech during the summerโฆ He has made 89 3-pointers through 72 games in his career with a career-high five 3-pointers made in a game against Louisville in his freshman seasonโฆ Walton is 89-for-227 (39.2 percent) from beyond the arc for his career, including making a UNC freshman 3-point percentage record with 58 3-pointers where he started 20 games during his first season in Chapel Hillโฆ Walton, a Hopkins, Minnesota native, averaged 8.2 points per game as a freshman for the Tar Heels with a career-high 19 points coming in that game against Louisvilleโฆ He experienced the Final Four last season as a member of UNC which finished as the national runner-up.
โข Elijah Fisher scored a season-high eight points after going 3-for-4 from the field against Jackson State before scoring five points in each of the wins over SC State and HCUโฆ Fisher did not play against TCUโฆ He is now averaging 3.4 points per game with a previous season-best seven points coming against Texas Southern in the second game of the seasonโฆ A reserve in all 12 games, he is 16-for-31 (51.6 percent) from the field this seasonโฆ Along with his eight points, Fisher added a career-best three rebounds in the win over Jackson State in Houstonโฆ His first-year resume also includes scoring three points and having two rebounds in the loss to Ohio Stateโฆ A Toronto, Ontario, Canada native, Fisher averaged 28 points and 13 rebounds during his junior seasonโฆ Fisher was a consensus five-star recruit and ranked No. 15 by ESPN for the 2023 classโฆ He reclassified to play this season and enrolled at Tech a year early.
โข CJ Williams scored his first career points against Louisville with a pair of free throws and his first bucket with a layup against South Carolina Stateโฆ Williams did not play against TCUโฆ A freshman guard, he has played in five games this season after making his debut in the opener against Northwestern Stateโฆ He is the son of Tech assistant coach Corey Williams
โข Fardaws Aimaq is an All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention selection and is also on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List for the top center in college basketball. โฆ Aimaq is a key part to the Tech roster this season but has been sidelined with a foot injury and has no official timetable for his returnโฆ A transfer from Utah Valley, Aimaq has recorded 1,056 points, 918 rebounds, 99 blocked shots and 41 double-doubles in his careerโฆ His 41 double-doubles are the fifth most for an active player in the nationโฆ He earned the 2020-21 WAC Player of the Year honors as a sophomore after leading the nation with 15.0 rebounds to go along with 13.9 points per game and is coming off a junior season where he went for 18.9 points and 13.6 rebounds per gameโฆ He was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year the previous two seasonsโฆ During his career, he's averaged 11.1 rebounds per game which is the third best career mark nationally.
RANKINGS
โข Tech fell out of the AP Top 25 in the 11/28 rankings after its losses in Maui and has remained unranked the past four weeksโฆ The Red Raiders had been receiving votes each week until this week
โข Tech had moved up two spots in the AP Poll (11/21) for the second straight week and was at No. 21 entering the Maui Invitational
โข The Red Raiders were No. 23 in the first release of the season (11/14) after a No. 25 preseason ranking
โข Tech entered the season at No. 24 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll
โข Tech has now earned a preseason ranking three times in program history
โข Tech is currently 0-1 against ranked opponents this season with its loss to No. 10 Creightonโฆ The Bluejays moved up to No. 7 in the 11/28 poll but have since dropped out
โข Tech was 3-2 against Top-10 teams last year in the regular seasonโฆ The Red Raiders dropped a 69-55 game to No. 5 Gonzaga last December in Phoenix before earning wins over Baylor which was at No. 1 (65-62 in Waco) and No. 7 (83-73 in Lubbock) at the time of the victories and also a 75-67 home win over Kansas when it was No. 6
โข 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 teams in program history
โข Tech went 7-5 last season against Top 25 opponents, including a 57-52 overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee on December 7 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Gardenโฆ The Red Raiders were 1-1 against Top 25 teams in their non-conference schedule with the loss to Gonzaga following the win over the Vols
โข The Red Raiders opened the 2019-20 season at No. 13 after reaching the Final Four for their highest preseason ranking and were No. 14 to begin the 2020-21 season
โข Tech was unranked to begin last season before entering the polls at No. 25 following an overtime win over Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic
โข It took Tech five weeks before it earned the ranking last season but remained ranked for the rest of the season
โข Tech was as high as No. 9 during February and finished the season at No. 14
โข Tech's highest AP ranking in program history came at No. 6 in February of 2018 (16th Week Poll)โฆ The 2018-19 team was No. 8 in the final week of the regular season and No. 7 throughout the postseason that led to the 2019 National Championship Final
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DOMINATING THE PAINT
Texas Tech has started this season by outscoring 11 of 13 opponents in the paint and by a 472-318 combined marginโฆ TCU owned a 44-22 advantage after Nicholls had been the only team to outscore Tech inside the paint this season. (TCU 44 โ TTU 22; TTU 48 โ SCST 36; TTU 56 โ HCU 24; TTU 42 โ JSU 18; TTU 40 โ EWU 18; NIC 30 โ TTU 26; TTU 38 โ GU 16; TTU 34-OSU 28; TTU 70-LOU 38; TTU 38-CU 30; TTU 26-LT 24; TTU 42 โ TSU 30; TTU 28 โ NWST 8)โฆ The Red Raiders outscored 35 of 37 opponents inside the paint last season by a combined 1,230-654 scoring advantage.ย
LEGACY
Texas Tech spent the first and second day of October in Stanton, Texas at its annual team retreat working to continue building strong bonds for the season. The Red Raiders were at the Circle 6 Camp for two days with a theme of legacy that was designed to connect the past with the current team. Adams, shown holding up boxing gloves, talked with the current team about past players who helped build the program and also about how each of the current players owes it to themselves and the program to work hard every day to continue building the legacy that many have worked to build. The team opened up to each other through discussion and also had fun with multiple team-building activities.
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
TEXAS TECH FEATURE LINKSย ย
Define Yourself โ Video Seriesย ย
Obanor โ Feature (December 2022)
Harmon - Featureย
Aimaq - Feature
Pop Isaacs - Featureย
Tyson - Featureย
Obanor โ Feature (March 2022) ย
Big 12 Media Day โ Four Journeysย ย ย
Formative Conversation โ Playersย ย
Formative Conversation - Coachesย ย
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As a program, Tech has beat a top-10 opponent in eight straight seasons, a top-5 opponent seven in a row and has 27 wins over top-10 teams in program history. The Red Raiders (10-3, 0-1 Big 12) are coming off a 67-61 loss at TCU last Saturday to open Big 12 play, while the Jayhawks (12-1, 1-0 Big 12) rallied from a halftime deficit to earn a 69-67 home win over Oklahoma State. Tech is on a 29-game home winning streak coming with an 8-0 home record this season. TTU and KU split their regular-season matchups with the home teams winning last season, including Tech taking a 75-67 win on January 8, 2022 in Lubbock. The Red Raiders and Jayhawks met in the Big 12 Championship final with KU securing a 74-65 in in Kansas City before making its National Championship run in the NCAA Tournament.
Tech senior Kevin Obanor leads the Red Raiders with 15.8 points per game and is adding 6.2 rebounds, while sophomore Daniel Batcho is at 12.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game after having nine rebounds and five blocks at TCU. Pop Isaacs led the Red Raiders with 17 points at TCU after matching a freshman-season best five 3-pointers, while De'Vion Harmon is averaging 12.2 points per game and leads Tech with 4.0 assists and 2.2 steals per game. Harmon had 13 points, seven rebounds and five steals at TCU. All five Texas Tech starters are averaging in double figures coming into the matchup against KU with Jaylon Tyson at 10.0 points per game. Obanor, Harmon and Isaacs have started all 13 games this season.
Kansas junior Jalen Wilson leads the Jayhawks with 21.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, while freshman Gradey Dick is at 14.8 points per game. Wilson and Harmon were teammates at Denton Guyer HS. Kevin McCullar is in his first season at KU after three years at Tech. He is currently averaging 11.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. McCullar redshirted at Tech during the program's 2019 Final Four run and averaged 10.1 points and 4.6 rebounds last season for the Red Raiders who advanced to the Sweet 16. Dajuan Harris leads KU with 88 assists and is scoring 7.5 points, while KJ Adams is averaging 9.0 points and 4.5 rebounds. KU is averaging 78.1 points per game this season by shooting 48.1 percent from the field. ย
Tech will also host Oklahoma this week with a 6 p.m. matchup on Saturday at the United Supermarkets Arena. OU (9-4, 0-1 Big 12) hosts No. 25 Iowa State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12) on Wednesday in Norman, Oklahoma before travelling to Lubbock this weekend.
RED RAIDER NOTABLES
โข Mark Adams is in his second season leading the Texas Tech program where he is now 37-13 overall and 26-0 at homeโฆ A 1979 Tech graduate, Adams led the Red Raiders to a 27-10 overall record, 12-6 conference mark, to the Big 12 Championship final and the NCAA Sweet 16 in his first season as the head coachโฆ He was named the Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Yearโฆ His 27 wins last season were the most by a first-year Tech head coach
โข Tech is coming off a season where it did not lose back-to-back games under Adams
โข Tech is currently 0-2 against ranked opponents this season with a loss to No. 10 Creighton before falling to No. 18 TCU last Saturday in Fort Worth
โข Tech returned only one starter (Kevin Obanor) and three lettermen (Daniel Batcho, KJ Allen and Obanor) from last year's team while welcoming in five transfers (D'Maurian Williams, Fardaws Aimaq, Jaylon Tyson, De'Vion Harmon, Kerwin Walton) and five true freshmen (Lamar Washington, Pop Isaacs, Elijah Fisher, Robert Jennings, CJ Williams)
โข Tech was 12-6 in Big 12 play last season, including going 9-0 in home gamesโฆ The Red Raiders advanced to the Big 12 Championship Finals where they lost to Kansas
โข Tech's last home loss came on February 9, 2021, against No. 14 West Virginia in an 82-71 defeatโฆ The Red Raiders were ranked No. 7 in the nation in that game
โข Tech's program record is 35 straight home victoriesโฆ That streak started with four wins at the end of the 1993-94 season before a pair of 13-0 runs (1994-95 and 1995-96) and then five home wins to start the 1996-97 season
โข Tech finished with an 18-0 record at home in 2021-22 season which was only matched by Kentucky going 18-0 at Rupp Arenaโฆ Tech outscored opponents 79.7 to 58.8 per game with opponents shooting 39.1 percentโฆ 16 of the 18 home wins were by double-digits with the only ones not by 10 or more being victories over Kansas (75-67, +8) and Kansas State (73-68, +5)
โข Tech had its season-best six-game winning streak end with the loss at TCU last Saturday in Fort Worthโฆ It started the season with three straight wins before falling against Creighton in Maui
โข The Red Raider starters for the first seven games this season was Obanor, Batcho, Isaacs, Tyson and Harmonโฆ The five started against South Carolina Stateโฆ They are now 7-3 record as a starting unit after the loss at TCU
โข Tech came into Big 12 play having scored over 100 points in three straight gamesโฆ The program had not scored 100+ points in three straight games since the 1965-66 seasonโฆ Tech had not scored over 100 points in two straight games since 1996 in a 111-101 win over Fresno State and a 122-105 loss to New Mexico Stateโฆ The Red Raiders are now 70-4 all-time when scoring over 100 pointsโฆ The 111 points against HCU were just outside the top-10 scoring performances in program historyโฆ The most points scored in a game is 128 against Texas in 2004
โข Tech is hitting 50.4 percent of its shots this season; opponents are being limited to 39.6 percentโฆ The Red Raiders limited Louisville to only 22.4 percent shooting and also held Northwestern State to only 28.4 in their best defensive efforts of the seasonโฆ Tech shot 42.3 percent at TCU and limited the Horned Frogs to 40.3 percent
โข The 14 3-pointers by Tech against South Carolina was the most since they hit a program-best 16 against Kansas in 2019โฆ Tech made 13 3s against Jackson State for a previous season-high
โข Tech forced a season-high 30 turnovers from Jackson State and scored 47 points off those turnoversโฆ Tech had 19 steals in the game led by Obanor who had four while Isaacs, Washington and Williams had three steals eachโฆ The program record for steals in a game is 24 against Nicholls in 2002โฆ The 19 matched the second-most ever for a Red Raider team
โข The 50-point win over JSU was the 14th time in program history a Tech team has won by 50 or more
โข Tech has won six games by 20 or more points this season, including the 50-point win over JSU, topping HSU by 44, winning by 39 over SC State and a 34-point win over Louisville in Mauiโฆ The Red Raiders have held five opponents under 60 points, two under 50 and one under 40 with Louisville scoring only 38 points
โข Tech had an 11-point halftime lead on TCU before the Horned Frogs came back to winโฆ It was the first time this season Tech lost a game when leading at halftime
โข Tech overcame an 11-point deficit against Nicholls for its largest comeback this season
โข Creighton won by 11 for Tech's only double-digit loss this season
โข Tech is currently 98-for-267 (36.7 percent) on 3-pointersโฆ Isaacs leads the team with 31 3-pointers ย (41.9%) after matching his career-high with five 3s at TCUโฆ The Red Raiders were 8-for-23 from beyond the arc against TCU
โข As a program, Tech is coming off a season where it reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the sixth time in program history and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight time โ a new Tech recordโฆ The Red Raiders advanced to the 2018 Elite 8, 2019 Championship Final, 2021 Second Round and 2022 Sweet 16โฆ Tech has an 11-4 record over the past four tournamentsโฆ The program has made the Sweet 16 in three of the past four tournaments
โข The Red Raiders finished No. 1 in defensive efficiency for the second time in four seasons last yearโฆ Tech also topped the Kenpom.com category in 2019 and were No. 9 in 2020
โข Corey Williams returned as an assistant coach for his second season at Tech while Steve Green and Al Pinkins joined the staff as assistant coaches during the offseasonโฆ Pinkins returned to Tech after four seasons at Florida following working at Tech from 2016-18โฆ He was the interim head coach at Florida in the 2022 NITโฆ Green was at South Plains College for the past 23 seasons where he was a national championโฆ Adams has built a staff that also includes: Rick Cooper (chief of staff), Taylor Sinclair (director of operations), Sean Sutton (advisor), Darryl Dora (player personnel), Matt Scherbenske (director of recruiting), George Neilson (director of scouting), Darby Rich (strength & conditioning), John Bloom (assistant strength & conditioning), Luke Adams (player development), Cooper Anderson (coordinator of operations), Jamaal Scott (academics) and Briana Whitaker (executive associate)
โข The Red Raiders had a sell-out (15,098) for their 2022-23 season-opener against Northwestern State after they finished 11th nationally in average attendance last season with 13,973 fans per game and 251,515 total... Tech had five sell-outs last season and established a new program record by exceeding capacity at 15,300 fans in attendance against Texasโฆ There were 12 games of 14,000+ in attendance and all 18 exceeded 12,000โฆ Tech is averaging 13,052 fans through its eight homes this season
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ROSTER REPORT
โข Kevin Obanor has started all 50 games since he joined the Red Raiders last season and is leading the team with 15.8 points per game this seasonโฆ He was limited to a season-low six points at TCU after coming into Big 12 play averaging 21.4 points and 7.4 rebounds in the previous five gamesโฆ Obanor has scored in double figures in 11 of 13 games, 100 in his career and is shooting 70-for-133 (52.6 percent) from the field this seasonโฆ Obanor scored a season-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Eastern Washington for his first double-double of the season and went for 24 points with a season-best five 3-pointers against South Carolina State... He went 8-for-8 at the free-throw line and was 8-for-15 shooting in his highest scoring performance at Tech in the win over EWU and then hit a season-high three 3-pointers against JSUโฆ It was his first double-double of the season and the 36th in his career... The performances followed him scoring 20 points against Nicholls where he was 7-for-13 from the field with two 3-pointersโฆ He now has 575 points as a Red Raider and 1,881 points through 165 games in his career...ย He finished last season with double-doubles in each of the three NCAA Tournament games against Montana State (10 points/11 rebounds), Notre Dame (15/15) and Duke (10/10)โฆ Obanor, who is a Houston native, started his college career with three seasons at Oral Roberts before transferring to Tech last seasonโฆ Obanor earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection last season and is on the All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention list along with the Julius Erving Award Watch List to start this yearโฆ Last season, he scored a season-high 23 points and also had 13 rebounds in the home win over Baylor before going for 15 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Notre Dame to reach the Sweet 16.
โข Daniel Batcho is coming off a game against TCU where he had nine points and five blocked shotsโฆ His five blocked shots were the second most he's had this season with a career-high six coming against Louisiana Techโฆ He was limited to two points against the Horned Frogs in 30 minutes on the courtโฆ His 12/10 performance against HCU was his third double-double of the season and the fourth game with 10 or more rebounds this seasonโฆ A 6-foot-11 sophomore from France, Batcho recorded a career-high 13 rebounds and his second career double-double with 15 points against Georgetown before having 14 points and nine rebounds against Nichollsโฆ Batcho, who has led Tech in scoring in three games and in rebounding in eight, had scored in double figures in five straight games for the first time in his careerโฆ He had a career-high 21 points against Ohio State where he was 7 of 10 from the field and 6 of 7 at the free-throw line in Mauiโฆ He also added six rebounds in the game after he had established a previous career-high with12 rebounds in the win against Louisville along with having nine points, three blocks and three stealsโฆ He is averaging 12.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game through 11 games playedโฆ He had scored a career-high 17 points against Creighton in Maui where he was 7-for-12 from the field in 24 minutes on the court before his 21-point performance against the Buckeyesโฆ His six blocks against Louisiana Tech are tied for the third most in program history with Tariq Owens owning the single-game record with eight in a win over Memphis in 2018 and Will Flemons second with seven against Texas A&M in 1990โฆ A reserve in 33 games last season at Tech, he came into this season with a career-high 11 rebounds in the overtime win over Tennessee last season at Madison Square Garden in the 2021 Jimmy V Classicโฆ He would go off for four blocked shots, six points and three rebounds against West Virginia for his best Big 12 game.
โข De'Vion Harmon has scored in double figures in five straight games after going for 13 points at TCUโฆ He also had a team-high five steals and would match a career-high with nine rebounds in the loss in Fort Worthโฆ Harmon went for a season-high 22 points and had a career-high nine assists in the win over Houston Christian two week agoโฆ A senior in his first season at Tech, he has played in 104 career games, scoring 1,087 points, 238 assists and has 137 stealsโฆ He had matched his previous career-best with six assists against Ohio State in Maui and has had three or more assists in 9 of 13 gamesโฆ Harmon averaged 10.8 points per game and had 71 assists last season at Oregon last season after averaging 12.9 points per game at Oklahoma as a sophomoreโฆ Harmon started 34 of 35 games last year and a season-high 21 points coming against Stanfordโฆ His career-high 23 points came in his first game as a freshman at Oklahoma against UTSA on November 5, 2019, and then again as a sophomore for the Sooners against Oklahoma State on February 27, 2021.
โข Jaylon Tyson had scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time in his career before scoring eight points against TCUโฆ He led Tech with four assists and also added four rebounds in the Big 12 openerโฆ Tyson came into conference play after going for 13 points with three 3-pointers in the win over SC Stateโฆ He had gone for 11 points in the previous two games against Jackson State and Houston Christian and is now averaging 10.0 points, 1.3 steals and 4.5 rebounds per gameโฆ He had a career-high 18 points against Georgetown where he was 4-for-5 on 3-pointersโฆ A starter in 12 of 13 games, Tyson transferred to Tech at midterm last season but did not play in a game for the Red Raidersโฆ Tyson is currently 16-for-34 (47.1 percent) on 3-pointers and has made at least one 3-pointer in 9 of 12 games playedโฆ Against Northwestern State, Tyson made his first collegiate start and was 3-for-4 from the field, including going 2-for-3 on 3-pointers to finish with eight pointsโฆ His 3-pointer on Tech's second possession of the season-opener was the first basket this season for the Red Raidersโฆ He began his career at the University of Texas where he played in eight games with freshman season-high 11 points coming against Houston Christian last season.
โข Pop Isaacs led Tech with 17 points at TCU after matching a career-high with five 3-pointersโฆ He is averaging 10.8 points, 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals as a starter in all 13 games to begin his freshman seasonโฆ Isaacs was coming off contributing 14 points and three assists in the win over SC State where he was 4-of-5 on 3-pointers after he had a career-high six assists and four steals in the win over Houston Christian while also scoring six pointsโฆ He was 5-for-11 on 3-pointers against the Horned Frogs and also had two reboundsโฆ A freshman from Las Vegas, he scored a career-high 24 points and five 3-pointers in the win over Nichollsโฆ His 24 points were the most by a Red Raider in a game this season before Obanor went for his 25 against EWUโฆ Isaacs has now scored in double figures in seven gamesโฆ Isaacs had a previous career-high four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 13 points against Creightonโฆ He has made at least one 3-pointer in 11 of 13 games โฆ He comes into the matchup against KU shooting 31-of-74 (41.9 percent) on 3-pointers this season.
โข KJ Allen scored nine points and had five rebounds against TCU in 20 minutes of playโฆ He was 4-for-5 from the field and also came away with one steal against the Horned Frogsโฆ Allen went off for a career-high 15 points in the win over Jackson State by shooting 7-for-10 from the field before scoring six against Houston Christianโฆ A junior from Los Angeles, Allen had a season-high seven rebounds and scored five points in the win over EWU in 18 minutes off the benchโฆ In his second season at Tech, Allen is currently averaging 3.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game this seasonโฆ He had a previous season-high five rebounds against Creighton in the first game in Mauiโฆ Allen played in 19 games as a reserve last season for the Red Raiders with a season-high six points coming in games against Kansas State and Omahaโฆ Allen added a career-high eight rebounds in the conference game against Kansas Stateโฆ He finished his first season in Lubbock by going 16-for-30 from the fieldโฆ Allen was featured on the Netflix documentary Last Chance U while playing at East Los Angeles College where he averaged 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per gameโฆ He was Adams' first signee.
โข Robert Jennings had started three straight games before having a career-high six rebounds as a reserve in the final non-conference game against SC StateโฆHe was coming off matching his career-highs with eight points and five rebounds against Houston Christianโฆ Jennings played in six minutes of action at TCU but did not score or have a reboundโฆ A freshman from Desoto, he established his career-high with eight points against Louisville in Maui after he went 3-for-5 from the field and also hit two free throws in 15 minutes of workโฆ He's currently averaging 3.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
โข Lamar Washington established a career-high with 12 points and five assists in the win over Nicholls after going 12-for-17 from the free-throw lineโฆ He is currently averaging 4.1 points, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.8 rebounds per game after providing eight points, three steals and three assists in the win over SC State โฆ He had three points and a rebound against TCU in the first Big 12 game of his careerโฆ Washington was averaging 7.8 points and 3.0 assists in the past five games coming into conference playโฆ He matched his season-best with three steals against Houston Christian and also scored seven pointsโฆ A freshman from Portland, Oregon, his career-best 12 points against Nicholls was the first time he scored in double figures and came with him going 0-for-1 from the field shootingโฆ Washington was the 2021 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year while playing at Jefferson High School as a junior before playing at Compass Prep in Arizona last season as a senior... He produced 2,135 points, 705 rebounds and 823 assists during his high school career.
โข D'Maurian Williams hit five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 17 points in the win over Jackson State with all 17 coming in the second halfโฆ Williams did not play against TCUโฆ A junior from Arizona, Williams made his first start at Tech against Nicholls in place of Tyson who was injuredโฆ He played against JSU as a reserve, going 5-for-7 on 3-pointers after coming into the game with only three made 3-pointers through eight games playedโฆ Williams scored a previous season-high 10 points against Louisville after hitting two 3-pointers and going 4-for-5 at the free-throw lineโฆ He is currently averaging 4.6 points this season after scoring three in the win over SC Stateโฆ Williams now has 782 points, 142 assists, 64 steals and 237 rebounds through 68 games in his careerโฆ He is in his first season at Tech after transferring from Gardner-Webb where he played the past two seasonsโฆWilliams won a national championship after high school at Putnam Science Academy (Connecticut)โฆ He averaged in double-figures both seasons at Gardner-Webb, going for 10.8 points per game as a freshman before averaging 14.5 points per game last season as a sophomore.
โข Kerwin Walton made one 3-pointer and finished with three points at TCUโฆ He has now made at least one 3-pointer in four straight games for the first time this seasonโฆ Walton had scored eight points in the two games against Houston Christian and Jackson State before hitting one 3 and finishing with three points against SC Stateโฆ He is averaging 3.4 points through 12 games played as a Red Raider reserveโฆ He did not appear in the game against EWU but would respond by going 2-for-4 from beyond the arc in the games against JSU and HCUโฆ Walton led the Tech bench with nine points and four rebounds against Northwestern State in the season-opener and had five points against TSU and LA Techโฆ He had not scored in the previous five games before his eight against JSU and HCUโฆ Walton played the last two seasons at North Carolina before transferring to Tech during the summerโฆ He has made 89 3-pointers through 72 games in his career with a career-high five 3-pointers made in a game against Louisville in his freshman seasonโฆ Walton is 89-for-227 (39.2 percent) from beyond the arc for his career, including making a UNC freshman 3-point percentage record with 58 3-pointers where he started 20 games during his first season in Chapel Hillโฆ Walton, a Hopkins, Minnesota native, averaged 8.2 points per game as a freshman for the Tar Heels with a career-high 19 points coming in that game against Louisvilleโฆ He experienced the Final Four last season as a member of UNC which finished as the national runner-up.
โข Elijah Fisher scored a season-high eight points after going 3-for-4 from the field against Jackson State before scoring five points in each of the wins over SC State and HCUโฆ Fisher did not play against TCUโฆ He is now averaging 3.4 points per game with a previous season-best seven points coming against Texas Southern in the second game of the seasonโฆ A reserve in all 12 games, he is 16-for-31 (51.6 percent) from the field this seasonโฆ Along with his eight points, Fisher added a career-best three rebounds in the win over Jackson State in Houstonโฆ His first-year resume also includes scoring three points and having two rebounds in the loss to Ohio Stateโฆ A Toronto, Ontario, Canada native, Fisher averaged 28 points and 13 rebounds during his junior seasonโฆ Fisher was a consensus five-star recruit and ranked No. 15 by ESPN for the 2023 classโฆ He reclassified to play this season and enrolled at Tech a year early.
โข CJ Williams scored his first career points against Louisville with a pair of free throws and his first bucket with a layup against South Carolina Stateโฆ Williams did not play against TCUโฆ A freshman guard, he has played in five games this season after making his debut in the opener against Northwestern Stateโฆ He is the son of Tech assistant coach Corey Williams
โข Fardaws Aimaq is an All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention selection and is also on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List for the top center in college basketball. โฆ Aimaq is a key part to the Tech roster this season but has been sidelined with a foot injury and has no official timetable for his returnโฆ A transfer from Utah Valley, Aimaq has recorded 1,056 points, 918 rebounds, 99 blocked shots and 41 double-doubles in his careerโฆ His 41 double-doubles are the fifth most for an active player in the nationโฆ He earned the 2020-21 WAC Player of the Year honors as a sophomore after leading the nation with 15.0 rebounds to go along with 13.9 points per game and is coming off a junior season where he went for 18.9 points and 13.6 rebounds per gameโฆ He was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year the previous two seasonsโฆ During his career, he's averaged 11.1 rebounds per game which is the third best career mark nationally.
RANKINGS
โข Tech fell out of the AP Top 25 in the 11/28 rankings after its losses in Maui and has remained unranked the past four weeksโฆ The Red Raiders had been receiving votes each week until this week
โข Tech had moved up two spots in the AP Poll (11/21) for the second straight week and was at No. 21 entering the Maui Invitational
โข The Red Raiders were No. 23 in the first release of the season (11/14) after a No. 25 preseason ranking
โข Tech entered the season at No. 24 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll
โข Tech has now earned a preseason ranking three times in program history
โข Tech is currently 0-1 against ranked opponents this season with its loss to No. 10 Creightonโฆ The Bluejays moved up to No. 7 in the 11/28 poll but have since dropped out
โข Tech was 3-2 against Top-10 teams last year in the regular seasonโฆ The Red Raiders dropped a 69-55 game to No. 5 Gonzaga last December in Phoenix before earning wins over Baylor which was at No. 1 (65-62 in Waco) and No. 7 (83-73 in Lubbock) at the time of the victories and also a 75-67 home win over Kansas when it was No. 6
โข 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 teams in program history
โข Tech went 7-5 last season against Top 25 opponents, including a 57-52 overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee on December 7 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Gardenโฆ The Red Raiders were 1-1 against Top 25 teams in their non-conference schedule with the loss to Gonzaga following the win over the Vols
โข The Red Raiders opened the 2019-20 season at No. 13 after reaching the Final Four for their highest preseason ranking and were No. 14 to begin the 2020-21 season
โข Tech was unranked to begin last season before entering the polls at No. 25 following an overtime win over Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic
โข It took Tech five weeks before it earned the ranking last season but remained ranked for the rest of the season
โข Tech was as high as No. 9 during February and finished the season at No. 14
โข Tech's highest AP ranking in program history came at No. 6 in February of 2018 (16th Week Poll)โฆ The 2018-19 team was No. 8 in the final week of the regular season and No. 7 throughout the postseason that led to the 2019 National Championship Final
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DOMINATING THE PAINT
Texas Tech has started this season by outscoring 11 of 13 opponents in the paint and by a 472-318 combined marginโฆ TCU owned a 44-22 advantage after Nicholls had been the only team to outscore Tech inside the paint this season. (TCU 44 โ TTU 22; TTU 48 โ SCST 36; TTU 56 โ HCU 24; TTU 42 โ JSU 18; TTU 40 โ EWU 18; NIC 30 โ TTU 26; TTU 38 โ GU 16; TTU 34-OSU 28; TTU 70-LOU 38; TTU 38-CU 30; TTU 26-LT 24; TTU 42 โ TSU 30; TTU 28 โ NWST 8)โฆ The Red Raiders outscored 35 of 37 opponents inside the paint last season by a combined 1,230-654 scoring advantage.ย
LEGACY
Texas Tech spent the first and second day of October in Stanton, Texas at its annual team retreat working to continue building strong bonds for the season. The Red Raiders were at the Circle 6 Camp for two days with a theme of legacy that was designed to connect the past with the current team. Adams, shown holding up boxing gloves, talked with the current team about past players who helped build the program and also about how each of the current players owes it to themselves and the program to work hard every day to continue building the legacy that many have worked to build. The team opened up to each other through discussion and also had fun with multiple team-building activities.
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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