Twenty-four years ago on this day, the Texas Tech basketball team was the talk of the nation long before anyone had heard of Chris Beard. That’s because, in the second round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament, the Red Raiders took down North Carolina 92-73 in the game that featured the most memorable single play in Red Raider basketball history, Darvin Ham‘s backboard shattering putback dunk.
So as we sit around in self-isolation and try to figure out how to deal with no NCAA Tournament, we can at least go back down memory lane and revisit one of the most special moments in Red Raider history.