A year ago, the United Supermarkets Arena was empty.
Texas Tech basketball fans had already begun looking ahead to what the next season might bring a few weeks earlier.
What a difference a year makes.
Sunday afternoon, Tubby Smith and his wife, Donna, were seated on a leather couch on the arena floor while the rest of the Red Raiders claimed couches around them.
With Texas Tech fans seated in the stands behind them, the Red Raiders awaited their postseason fate.
“We’ve got some comfortable seats here,” the Texas Tech coach said to the crowd.