Big 12 Season Preview: Texas Tech Red Raiders
The Big 12 microsite will preview each of its teams over the next few weeks, starting today with Texas Tech. Texas Tech Red Raiders Building a tournament contender — heck, a semi-competitive one — is...
View ArticleBig 12 M5: 11.17.14 Edition
Oklahoma finally got resolution to a major question mark heading into the season when TaShawn Thomas was declared immediately eligible by the NCAA on Saturday night. Thomas nearly did it all in his...
View ArticleBig 12 Preview: Texas Tech’s Burning Question
This team preview is part of the RTC Big 12 microsite’s preseason coverage. Burning Question: Will Texas Tech’s rising sophomores get the Red Raiders out of the Big 12 cellar? During last season’s...
View ArticleBig 12 M5: 12.07.15 Edition
It’s the Monday following the announcement of this year’s College Football Playoff participants so it must be time to talk Big 12 expansion again, right? Unlike last year, however, the league might be...
View ArticleBig 12 M5: 01.25.16 Edition
Kansas is struggling a bit right now. I don’t think that’s a large statement to make. Traveling to traditionally noisy road environments (West Virginia, Oklahoma State) only to come away with losses...
View ArticleBig 12 Bubble Watch: Giving It The Ol’ College Try Edition
Today is the first Friday in February, which means March is approaching as quickly as bubble discussion is intensifying. So lets frame the Big 12’s bubble situation as it stands now. Thankfully, the...
View ArticleBig 12 Power Rankings: It’s Practically March Edition
It is practically March, isn’t it? We’re just four days away. You can almost feel the bubble shrink as at-large hopefuls drop games they shouldn’t be dropping and simultaneously expand whenever a...
View ArticleBig 12 Offseason Burning Questions, Part II
Yesterday, Brian Goodman opened our examination of the offseason’s burning questions facing Big 12 teams by reviewing challenges facing Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma and TCU. Our series...
View ArticleTexas Tech Rides the Coaching Carousel
Sometimes, all it takes is one domino. Just one week ago, Georgia Tech provided an improbable escape hatch for Josh Pastner at Memphis, which led the Tigers’ program to quickly move in uprooting...
View ArticleOne Burning Question: How Will Chris Beard Use Texas Tech’s Newfound Depth?
It was an adventurous offseason in Lubbock. After taking Texas Tech to its first NCAA Tournament since 2007, head coach Tubby Smith left for the Memphis job that was vacated by Josh Pastner. Two days...
View ArticleBig 12 M5: 11.16.16 Edition
Another huge game from Frank Mason fueled Kansas’ 77-75 win over Duke last night. Even though the Blue Devils were without three of its star freshmen, the Jayhawks withstood plenty of their own...
View ArticleBig 12 Burning Questions: Texas Tech Red Raiders
This preview is part of RTC’s 2017-18 preseason coverage. Burning Question: Will the Red Raiders cash in on an athletic and experienced roster in 2018? Texas Tech finished last season with a modest...
View ArticleBig 12 Previews: Texas Tech & Texas
With games starting in less than two weeks now, we’re tipping off our 2018-19 Big 12 coverage by going around the league team-by-team. Be sure to check in throughout the season and follow Big 12...
View ArticleEight Questions for the Final Four: Michigan State vs. Texas Tech
The other side of the bracket features the East Region champion Michigan State and West Region champion Texas Tech. In a match-up of the Big Ten and Big 12, here are four questions I have for each...
View ArticleTexas Tech is The Best Parts Of College Basketball in 2019, Distilled
The last 10-15 years of college basketball have witnessed a number of changes. The impact of the NBA’s one-and-done rule has been obvious, but think about what else has shaped the game. There has been...
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