https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...e-teams-wont-return-to-the-big-dance-in-2023/
This won’t end up well for this Kyle Boone guy…
Texas Tech
Texas Tech has made four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (and would have made five if the 2020 tourney hadn't been canceled). The Red Raiders basically haven't skipped a beat going from Chris Beard to Mark Adams. I mean, seriously, who loses a coach of Beard's caliber, then builds a defense that rates No. 1 in adjusted efficiency the following season? It's incredible. I hesitate to call Adams a wizard, but I gotta ask: has anyone ever seen him and Harry Potter in the same room? Makes you really think, right?
Anyway, given that success, I'm obviously going out on a ledge here. Texas Tech has consistently been one of the best programs in the Big 12 over the last few years, and Adams has the program on an upward trajectory. However, there's also a changing landscape within the league that should be accounted for. Kansas will again be a force. Baylor will be Baylor. Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State TCU and West Virginia should all have tourney-caliber teams. The Big 12 is laughably loaded.
With Texas Tech losing Bryson Williams, Terrence Shannon and do-it-all guard Kevin McCullar — the team's top three scorers -- the road ahead for Tech is much tougher than people may be willing to admit. There's enough talent on this roster to make this prediction look foolish, and I'm queasy even at the thought of fading Adams, but there are a lot of new pieces that will have to fit together well. The process of fitting it together, as we saw last year at Texas with Beard, is a unique challenge that will be a battle Adams has not yet faced as a head coach. -- Kyle Boone
This won’t end up well for this Kyle Boone guy…
Texas Tech
Texas Tech has made four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (and would have made five if the 2020 tourney hadn't been canceled). The Red Raiders basically haven't skipped a beat going from Chris Beard to Mark Adams. I mean, seriously, who loses a coach of Beard's caliber, then builds a defense that rates No. 1 in adjusted efficiency the following season? It's incredible. I hesitate to call Adams a wizard, but I gotta ask: has anyone ever seen him and Harry Potter in the same room? Makes you really think, right?
Anyway, given that success, I'm obviously going out on a ledge here. Texas Tech has consistently been one of the best programs in the Big 12 over the last few years, and Adams has the program on an upward trajectory. However, there's also a changing landscape within the league that should be accounted for. Kansas will again be a force. Baylor will be Baylor. Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State TCU and West Virginia should all have tourney-caliber teams. The Big 12 is laughably loaded.
With Texas Tech losing Bryson Williams, Terrence Shannon and do-it-all guard Kevin McCullar — the team's top three scorers -- the road ahead for Tech is much tougher than people may be willing to admit. There's enough talent on this roster to make this prediction look foolish, and I'm queasy even at the thought of fading Adams, but there are a lot of new pieces that will have to fit together well. The process of fitting it together, as we saw last year at Texas with Beard, is a unique challenge that will be a battle Adams has not yet faced as a head coach. -- Kyle Boone
