Coming in to this season, many expected the Texas Tech basketball team to take a step back after losing six of last season’s top eight scorers including All-American Keenan Evans and first round NBA Draft pick Zhaire Smith. In fact, the Red Raiders were picked to finish just seventh in the Big 12 preseason poll.
Fortunately, Chris Beard’s team has managed to prove just about everyone wrong. And now they are in the mix for a Big 12 title as March nears, just as they were last season.
A season ago, Texas Tech picked up their 22nd win of the season by defeating eventual lottery pick, Trae Young, and the Oklahoma Sooners, 88-78 in Lubbock in game No.