Texas Tech suspends Adams over racially insensitive comment
2 years ago

Texas Tech suspends Adams over racially insensitive comment

Associated Press  

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech suspended coach Mark Adams on Sunday over “an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment” he made to a player. “Adams immediately addressed this with the team and apologized.” The school didn’t immediately say who would fill in for Adams as coach for the Big 12 Tournament. Three years ago, Pat Chambers resigned at Penn State after one of his former players revealed the coach said he wanted to “loosen the noose that’s around your neck” when talking to the player about helping him reduce stress. During the 2020-21 season, Creighton coach Greg McDermott apologized for telling his team after a loss to “stay on the plantation” as a way to reminding them to stick together.

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Texas Tech assistant Matt Braeuer named new head basketball coach at Stephen F. Austin
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Texas Tech assistant Matt Braeuer named new head basketball coach at Stephen F. Austin

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Texas Tech assistant coach Matt Braeuer was named Friday as the new head coach at Stephen F. Austin. Tony Jasick was 6-6 as interim head coach for Stephen F. Austin, which has completed its season after not qualifying for the conference tournament. …

No. 4 Houston avenges only Big 12 loss with 69-61 win at No. 10 Texas Tech
1 month ago

No. 4 Houston avenges only Big 12 loss with 69-61 win at No. 10 Texas Tech

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 4 Houston clinched at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title with a 69-61 victory over 10th-ranked Texas Tech on Monday night. Toppin and Elijah Hawkins scored 14 points apiece for the short-handed Red Raiders, who tried to feed off the energetic crowd …

Tahj Brooks shines in final home game as Texas Tech routs West Virginia 52-15
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tahj Brooks shines in final home game as Texas Tech routs West Virginia 52-15

Live Mint  

LUBBOCK, Texas — Tahj Brooks ran for a season-high 188 yards and three touchdowns in the final home game for Texas Tech's all-time leading rusher, and the Red Raiders rolled to a 52-15 victory over West Virginia on Saturday. Texas Tech kept alive faint hopes for a bid in the Big 12 championship game by winning at least eight games …

Texas Tech, West Virginia look to finish strong in Big 12 regular season finale
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Tech, West Virginia look to finish strong in Big 12 regular season finale

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! West Virginia at Texas Tech, Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas Tech by 3 1/2. West Virginia and Texas Tech cling to faint hopes of reaching the Big 12 championship game but must win and get plenty of help. Facts & figures West …

Morton, Brooks lead Texas Tech to a 56-48 win, keep Oklahoma State winless in Big 12 play
4 months ago

Morton, Brooks lead Texas Tech to a 56-48 win, keep Oklahoma State winless in Big 12 play

Associated Press  

STILLWATER, Okla. — Behren Morton and Tahj Brooks each accounted for four touchdowns while Jacob Rodriguez made two key defensive plays to secure Texas Tech’s 56-48 victory against Oklahoma State on Saturday. The Red Raiders bounced back from their previous loss to Colorado, while Oklahoma State extended its losing streak to eight games, remaining the Big 12’s lone team without …

Morton throws 2 TD passes, Brooks runs for 117 yards, as Texas Tech spoils ASU’s Big 12 debut 30-22
6 months ago

Morton throws 2 TD passes, Brooks runs for 117 yards, as Texas Tech spoils ASU’s Big 12 debut 30-22

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LUBBOCK, Texas — Behren Morton passed for two touchdowns and 201 yards and Tahj Brooks rushed for 117 yards against a defense that had allowed an average of just 65.3 per game as Texas Tech beat Arizona State 30-22 on Saturday in the Sun Devils’ Big …

No. 20 Texas Tech beats No. 11 Oklahoma 85-84 to solidify its hold atop Big 12
1 year, 1 month ago

No. 20 Texas Tech beats No. 11 Oklahoma 85-84 to solidify its hold atop Big 12

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! “What a tremendous environment, what a great college basketball game,” Texas Tech head coach Grant McCasland said. We just stayed in the fight and you know, ultimately, I did think our ability to get some stops and get out in transition opened the game up.” …

No. 7 Texas overwhelms Texas Tech 57-7 to reach Big 12 championship game
1 year, 4 months ago

No. 7 Texas overwhelms Texas Tech 57-7 to reach Big 12 championship game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 7 Texas overwhelmed Texas Tech 57-7 on Friday night to reach the Big 12 championship game. Texas Tech’s Tahj Brooks, ranked third nationally in rushing yards per game with 122.5 coming in, gained 95 on 19 carries. After beating the Longhorns last season in Lubbock, McGuire …

Brooks powers Texas Tech past UCF 24-23 as blocked PAT plays key role
1 year, 4 months ago

Brooks powers Texas Tech past UCF 24-23 as blocked PAT plays key role

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LUBBOCK, Texas — Tahj Brooks ran for a career-high 182 yards while powering a game-clinching drive after E’Maurion Banks blocked a potential tying extra-point kick, and Texas Tech rallied for a 24-23 victory over UCF on Saturday night. In coach Joey McGuire’s debut last season, Texas …

Freshman QB Avery Johnson has 5 rushing TDs as Kansas State beats Texas Tech 38-21
1 year, 5 months ago

Freshman QB Avery Johnson has 5 rushing TDs as Kansas State beats Texas Tech 38-21

Associated Press  

LUBBOCK, Texas — Freshman quarterback Avery Johnson played the entire second half while starter Will Howard watched because Kansas State coach Chris Klieman said Texas Tech was giving the Wildcats the QB run game. “This is going to go back to, ‘Yeah, hey, you lose your starting quarterback.’ But at the end of the day, we didn’t play good enough …

Nix, No. 13 Oregon rally past Texas Tech 38-30 as Shough loses to former team
1 year, 6 months ago

Nix, No. 13 Oregon rally past Texas Tech 38-30 as Shough loses to former team

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! without overthinking it?” The Ducks had twice rallied in the fourth quarter behind Nix, who led a 17-play drive with four third-down conversions for a touchdown to get within two then answered Shough’s go-ahead drive with a methodical four-minute march to Lewis’ third and final field …

This year’s TCU? Joey McGuire and Texas Tech believe they have the Big 12 breakout formula
1 year, 8 months ago

This year’s TCU? Joey McGuire and Texas Tech believe they have the Big 12 breakout formula

New York Times  

ARLINGTON, Texas — The summer before Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire won his first championship, he held a retreat with his staff. Although Texas Tech never won big under McGuire’s predecessor Matt Wells, the baseline talent level improved. Here, we’re all on the same level, Coach McGuire included.” Antonio Huffman, McGuire’s chief of staff and a former Texas Tech …

Texas Tech Coach Mark Adams Resigns Following Racially Insensitive Comments
2 years ago

Texas Tech Coach Mark Adams Resigns Following Racially Insensitive Comments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams, who had been suspended recently for racially insensitive comments made toward one of his players, resigned shortly after the Red Raiders were eliminated from the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday night. The school said Adams “was encouraging the student-athlete to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible …

Texas Tech coach Adams resigns after insensitive comments
2 years ago

Texas Tech coach Adams resigns after insensitive comments

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams, who had been suspended recently for racially insensitive comments made toward one of his players, resigned shortly after the Red Raiders were eliminated from the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday night. The school said Adams “was encouraging the student-athlete …

West Virginia tops Texas Tech 78-62 in Big 12 tourney opener
2 years ago

West Virginia tops Texas Tech 78-62 in Big 12 tourney opener

Associated Press  

— Kedrian Johnson had 20 points, Tre Mitchell added 17 points and nine rebounds, and No. 8 seed West Virginia rolled to a 78-62 victory over ninth-seeded Texas Tech in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday night. The Red Raiders were playing without coach Mark Adams, who was suspended Sunday for what the school called the …

Harmon helps Texas Tech top No. 12 Kansas State 71-63
2 years, 1 month ago

Harmon helps Texas Tech top No. 12 Kansas State 71-63

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Tech took the lead in the final minutes of the first half and never relinquished it, despite Kansas State pulling within one point on four occasions and two points two other times during the final 10 minutes. Jaylon Tyson added another huge basket for Tech …

Texas fires Chris Beard amid felony domestic violence charge
2 years, 2 months ago

Texas fires Chris Beard amid felony domestic violence charge

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AUSTIN, Texas — Texas fired basketball coach Chris Beard on Thursday, telling his attorney he is “unfit” for the position while he faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée. The university’s vice president of legal affairs, Jim …

Texas coach Beard’s fiancée says he didn’t strangle her
2 years, 3 months ago

Texas coach Beard’s fiancée says he didn’t strangle her

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The woman who called police to report a family violence assault by Texas basketball coach Chris Beard said Friday that Beard did not strangle her and she never wanted him arrested or prosecuted. In a statement sent to The Associated Press by her attorney, Randy Leavitt, Trew said she is “deeply saddened” by the incident and said …

Mike Leach, college football coach who made the Air Raid mainstream, dies at 61
2 years, 3 months ago

Mike Leach, college football coach who made the Air Raid mainstream, dies at 61

New York Times  

There is an alternate universe where the committee that selected the new football coach for the Key West High Conchs chose correctly in 1996. “Coach Mike Leach cast a tremendous shadow not just over Mississippi State University, but over the entire college football landscape,” MSU president Mark E. Keenum said in a statement. “The place is like Disneyland, only without …

Morton, Brooks lift Texas Tech over West Virginia 48-10
2 years, 5 months ago

Morton, Brooks lift Texas Tech over West Virginia 48-10

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LUBBOCK, Texas — Behren Morton threw two touchdown passes, Tahj Brooks ran for two scores and Texas Tech used a fast start to beat West Virginia 48-10 on Saturday. Texas Tech seized control with touchdowns on its first two drives and the Red Raiders’ high-tempo offense …

No. 25 Texas Tech newcomers are younger for Adams this time
2 years, 5 months ago

No. 25 Texas Tech newcomers are younger for Adams this time

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Four of Texas Tech’s primary starters through much of the Big 12 schedule last season were seniors in their first — and only season — in the program. De’Vion Harmon returns to his home state with two seasons of eligibility remaining after averaging 10.8 points …

Duke-Texas Tech matchup features contrast in coaching paths
3 years ago

Duke-Texas Tech matchup features contrast in coaching paths

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! SAN FRANCISCO — When Texas Tech coach Mark Adams got his first head coaching job back in 1981, Mike Krzyzewski was getting ready for his second season at Duke. Now the coaches get a chance to square off in Adams’ first season as a major …

Decades-long dream comes true for Mark Adams at Texas Tech
3 years ago

Decades-long dream comes true for Mark Adams at Texas Tech

Associated Press  

Mark Adams describes himself as an old West Texas farm boy who grew up on the cotton field and dreamed of being Texas Tech’s head basketball coach. “The first three or four days, I was kind of on an island thinking, what am I going to do if I don’t get this job?” Adams already had 554 wins in 23 …

Kansas again No. 1 seed for wide-open Big 12 Tournament
3 years ago

Kansas again No. 1 seed for wide-open Big 12 Tournament

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! — The Big 12 Tournament was the place where Kansas validated its regular-season conference championship each year, and usually confirmed its status as one of the top seeds and heavy favorites for the NCAA Tournament. Five different schools have played in the last three Big …

Oklahoma State sinks No. 12 Texas Tech’s Big 12 title hopes
3 years ago

Oklahoma State sinks No. 12 Texas Tech’s Big 12 title hopes

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Terrence Shannon missed a jumper closely contested by Oklahoma State’s Tyreek Smith just before the buzzer, and the Cowboys celebrated a win in their season finale. I couldn’t get them in anything that seemed to work.” Kevin Obanor led Texas Tech with 16 points and …

Beard builds transfer-heavy lineup for debut at No. 5 Texas
3 years, 5 months ago

Beard builds transfer-heavy lineup for debut at No. 5 Texas

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — When Chris Beard left Texas Tech for Texas, one of the coach’s first moves was to plunge into the transfer portal and leave the door wide open. Beard said he had “about four screens” constantly watching the transfer portal and he and his assistant pounced when players went in. There was some confidence coming in that we …

Texas Tech introduces alumnus Adams as new basketball coach
3 years, 11 months ago

Texas Tech introduces alumnus Adams as new basketball coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Mark Adams, the Texas Tech graduate who was born about 40 miles from the Lubbock campus and spent the past five seasons as a Red Raiders assistant, was introduced Tuesday night as their head coach. Adams was introduced before a live crowd inside the school’s …

Texas stunner: No. 14 Abilene Christian ousts ‘Horns 53-52
4 years ago

Texas stunner: No. 14 Abilene Christian ousts ‘Horns 53-52

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Joe Pleasant slowed his breath and calmed himself. Little ol’ Abilene Christian out in West Texas built a program that went toe-to-toe with the University of Texas and it’s an incredible story,” Wildcats coach Joe Golding said. “It’s what March is about.” Abilene Christian and its frantic, havoc-causing defense bounced coach Shaka Smart and the Longhorns out of …

Texas Tech uses 2nd-half surge to get past Utah State 65-53
4 years ago

Texas Tech uses 2nd-half surge to get past Utah State 65-53

Associated Press  

— Mac McClung scored 16 points in his first career NCAA Tournament game and Kyler Edwards added 12 to help sixth-seeded Texas Tech pull away from 11th-seeded Utah State 65-53 on Friday. “We told our guys to play fearless, to play with courage and to let it rip,” Red Raiders coach Chris Beard said. We think we can win six …

Cunningham shines, Oklahoma St beats No. 18 Texas Tech in OT
4 years, 1 month ago

Cunningham shines, Oklahoma St beats No. 18 Texas Tech in OT

Associated Press  

STILLWATER, Okla. — Cade Cunningham scored 20 points and Oklahoma State got past Texas Tech in overtime for the second time this season, beating the 18th-ranked Red Raiders 74-69 on Monday night. Cunningham, the Big 12’s leading scorer and one of the nation’s top freshmen, put on a show in front of about a dozen NBA scouts and executives, including …

Shannon’s 21 help No. 15 Texas Tech hold off Oklahoma 69-67
4 years, 3 months ago

Shannon’s 21 help No. 15 Texas Tech hold off Oklahoma 69-67

Associated Press  

NORMAN, Okla. — Texas Tech came painfully close to starting its Big 12 season with two losses. Texas Tech, leading by three, fouled Oklahoma’s De’Vion Harmon with 4 seconds left. Tough one, but we’re going to bounce back.” Harmon scored 17 points and Reaves added 13 for Oklahoma, which made just 17 of 27 free throws. Reaves’ 3-pointer with 6 …

NCAA Final Four: Texas Tech gets first title berth with win over Michigan State
5 years, 11 months ago

NCAA Final Four: Texas Tech gets first title berth with win over Michigan State

LA Times  

Texas Tech’s Davide Moretti and Matt Mooney react in the second half after beating Michigan State during the NCAA Final Four on Saturday in Minneapolis. Texas Tech was undeniably on the rise under Beard, but the Red Raiders had never appeared in a Final Four, much less a championship game. Aaron Henry’s driving layup pulled Michigan State to within 52-51 …

Texas Tech’s Beard named AP men’s college coach of the year
5 years, 11 months ago

Texas Tech’s Beard named AP men’s college coach of the year

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Beard of Texas Tech had a cheering, boisterous audience as he took stage Thursday to accept the trophy as The Associated Press men’s college basketball coach of the year — his players and family filling the front row to celebrate his success as their own. “I don’t know what I possibly could have that John Wooden and …

Texas Tech locks down ‘Zags to earn to 1st Final Four trip
5 years, 11 months ago

Texas Tech locks down ‘Zags to earn to 1st Final Four trip

Associated Press  

ANAHEIM, Calif. — One player came all the way from Italy. “Texas Tech is going to the Final Four,” Beard said. But Texas Tech is going to the Final Four.” Anyone who has caught even a glimpse of this team’s nation-leading defense wouldn’t have been surprised. It was typical of the Red Raiders — in this case, an inch-by-inch takedown …

National respect? 'Underdog' Texas Tech has other things to worry about
5 years, 11 months ago

National respect? 'Underdog' Texas Tech has other things to worry about

New York Times  

A driving motivating force inside Texas Tech basketball dates to mid-October with the release of the Big 12 preseason poll. The Texas Tech coach pretty much wanted to tell the ESPN analyst, that, “Hey, you’ve been everywhere else around the Big 12. At the time, Fraschilla considered Texas Tech “middle of the pack,” a team that would make the NCAA …

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