After completing an amazing 45-win regular season and earning consecutive conference titles, Texas Tech struggled in both the Big 12 tournament and the first round of the NCAA playoffs.
To say Texas Tech, along with its fans, was shocked at the first round exit at the hands of Sam Houston State would be putting it mildly. After winning the first two games of the Lubbock Regional, against Delaware and Sam Houston State, 5-2 and 6-0 respectively, Tech found itself one run short in each of the next two games against the Bearcats and watching the College World Series on TV.