This has always kinda nagged at me, but why is Houston considered almost a blue blood-level basketball school? Yeah, the Samson era has been solid, but he's only made one F4 and in ten years. As a school, they've never won it all and only played for the natty twice, both back in the Phi Slamma Jama days, that I don't really even remember and I'm old as damn.
I know they're in a fertile recruiting area and are really good, but why are they so revered? Wassup with that, mang? Am I dumb?

Has us holding at a 3 seed playing in Denver. Paired with St. Mary’s, Texas, and Utah Valley. Thoughts?

McGuire camp. Whatever the odds are for us winning the big 12 Championship are for next year, bet the farm!

Starting anew.

Let's go!

Following the loss vs Houston, Texas Tech is now ranked 7th in the NET rankings. Four Big 12 programs in the top 10.



ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Texas Tech as a 3 seed in the East Region.

Full ESPN bracket: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/s...logy-2025-march-madness-men-field-predictions



CBS Sports and Jerry Palm has Texas Tech as a 4 seed in the West Region, though this was last updated yesterday morning and does not account for last night’s result.



USA Today has Texas Tech as a 4 seed in the South Region.

Just got through talking to coach McCasland after the loss to Houston. I will have the full, or mostly full, transcript once I get home, but I am typing this from the arena.

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Don't listen to this. I've never heard an opposing coach more gracious. Dude is a Texas Tech fan. Roberts was good as well .
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I think we can all agree that there is some SERIOUS opportunity to make some serious dough on the uptick of the stock market (however long that takes). It just does not seem possible for it to stay down like this. American Airlines ~$11/share? Wth? No way that stays down. What are y’all eyeing in the market right now? Thanks!

The great re set is happening

Just found $100 Billion per year of fraud in Medicare and Medicaid..... Scams that are costing hard working Americans Tax Payers immensely are being uncovered

So much freaking Fraud has been happening right under our nose essentially raping Tax Payers

Get out of the way Leftists..... Audit Them all!

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I hate his team and I hate his fans, but this guy just gets it.

It’s well beyond ridiculous at this point.

What the hell is the hold up?

Long shot here, but there was a TdF thread last summer, so maybe there are some more cycling fans out there.

Anyway, Strade Bianche is tomorrow and I'm really psyched! No Pogacar or Van Aert, but still a stacked field, so it should be a good show. Our only shot is Quinn Simmons, who is kind of a douche, but a legitimate badass and could make some noise. He made the final selection the last two years, but crashed out in '21 and just got dropped by Pogacar like everyone last year.

After that, Milano-San Remo is only two weeks out! Also, in before someone complains about cyclists adding tens of seconds to their daily commute!

Wow great effort. Look, Houston is a good team and they did to Texas Tech what good teams do to opponents who are missing 40% of their starters and 25% of their rotation: Houston won.

Iowa high school girls play 6-on-6, but last night only Tech was playing 6 while Houston had their full rotation. On top of that, JT Toppin cramped up in the second half. So, a pretty brutal night from a personnel perspective for the Red Raiders.

But I tell you, what an effort from Tech. Despite all this and a woeful shooting night, the Raiders were down 3 with a minute to go. For me, it really was an inspired effort and while I'm not sure I could like this team any more than I do, I found more room in my heart last night for this incarnation of the Red Raiders.

Six man Texas Tech were within a possession (but did not possess the ball) despite playing 6 men, despite Toppin cramping up, despite shooting a season worst 30% from the field overall. I mean that's something right there to hang your hat on.

Texas Tech pounded the boards and played admirable defense all night. To be fair, there are a lot of boards to be had when you shoot 30%. Did Federiko Federiko have his best game as a Raider? Maybe so. He was a real problem for Houston on defense, he changed a LOT of shots last night. I hope this game is a springboard for him for the rest of the season, it would sure be timely if so.

There are no moral victories, but there are a lot of good takeaways from the effort last night. I think many people know this already, but there will be some that had their eyes opened last night: This Tech team can play with anyone. And they are a bad matchup for Houston. I think it's easy, though perhaps not iron clad, to extrapolate that a healthy Tech sweeps #4 Houston. 29 points rode pine last night, and Chance McMillian changes the whole defensive dynamic for opponents. McMillian also changes the entire offense for Texas Tech because of what he can do and the floor spacing he commands.

I have a newfound like for Houston. I don't want to make myself sick with Houston love, but a lesser team would have lost last night. I thought Kelvin Sampson was really classy in his post game comments. I think if Tech had J'Wan Roberts they would be undefeated - I rarely have player envy and I don't with Roberts either, but looking at it coldly that's just how I see it. So kudos to Houston, they are without question the class of the conference today.

There's no need to look back at St. Joseph's nor Aggies or UCF, nor Iowa State. That's a different Red Raider team. This new team found something last night, at least that's my feeling this morning. These guys can play and there is no need to look back. Basketball is a long season and good teams get better. Texas Tech is better today than they were in November and December. That's what is supposed to happen with good teams. Texas Tech would beat all four of those teams if they played them again.

I want to enjoy the moment, and I am, but I also recognize a rising star when I see one and that is Chris Anderson. The future is super bright. This is the kind of player that a decade ago would be a Kansas frosh and the terror of the Big 12 for four years. He'll be all conference multiple times.

Next up is at Kansas on Saturday. I'll be very interested to see how Tech plays overall but really I am going to be watching Federiko very closely. I want to see a good follow up game from him and I feel like we will see that. He's the key really, as silly as that may sound. If he plays like he played last night this team can be a wrecking ball. That's how I see it.

Should have let him walk when he went into the portal last offseason. Would love to have one more contributor on this roster.

Thanks so much DC. You won’t get a medical redshirt either.

That seems to be the word over on Twitter...

I was concerned when we hired him, even with an incredible lower level resume, that this might be a stretch. He is honestly the best thing to have happened to us in a program that has had some success.

Grant McCasland 44-18 (.710) 23-12 (.657)
Mark Adams 43-25 (.632) 17-19 (.472) - 1 Sweet 16
Chris Beard 112-55 (.671) 49-40 (.551) - 2 Sweet 16s, 2 Elite 8s, 1 Final Four, 1 NCG
Tubby Smith 46-50 (.479) 18-36 (.333)
Bob Knight 138-82 (.627) 53-49 (.520) - 1 Sweet 16
James Dickey 166-124 (.572) 75-75 (.500) - 1 Sweet 16
Gerald Myers 326-261 (.555) 180-145 (.554) - 1 Sweet 16

Any word on him? Was at game and just drove home... haven't seen any news regarding his injury.. TIA

You loud-mouthed goofy-looking Longhorn old fart. Wear it proudly out there in the desert.

After Tech beat UH in Houston the official MBB account tweeted this

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Decommitted from Wyoming:


Bro needs to come to Tech as an athlete. Inside WR / RB / Punt Returner. 📈

Just read this twitter thread. I’ll leave it at that.

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Why, as Red Raiders, do we shout out the word “star” but not the word “red”?

Do you think that the real backlash over DEI is:

Over the LGBTQIA+ stuff?
Transgender stuff specifically?
Women?
Minorities?
All of the above?

I'm hoping we can have an informational thread with no partisan commentary. Can we try again? I have no interest in being in the EEF.

As of yesterday, we are six months out from Election Day. Figure we need a new thread to bring in some new posters with some refreshing takes! Let's not run them off right way NYC and RRR, give them a chance to partake.

Who will win the worst Presidential Election in the history of our great nation?



Unless there is a serious slip up, not just one of his usual gaffes by Biden, I think he wins. I just don't see how Trump with his half a dozen trials he's in, wins.