LUBBOCK — On the evening of Jan. 18, with a little more than seven minutes remaining in Texas Tech’s basketball game with Iowa State, the Red Raiders’...
Kansas State 66, Texas 65
Put another way: The Lubbock faithful can’t get enough of any misfortune felt by Chris Beard, the coach who took the Red Raiders to their first Final Four and made Tech a destination for blue chips. Then, after being wooed over with someIt may have been Beard’s alma mater, but it’s also Texas Tech’s biggest rival. And he went for what really didn’t amount to much, if any, pay raise. Just as Texas was about to leave the Big 12 behind.
In the Big 12, which was emerging as perhaps the toughest basketball conference in the country, Tech’s tenacious defensive schemes and the rowdy United Supermarkets crowd made Lubbock as tough a spot as there was in the conference. The entry to Adams’ office at the brand-new Dustin R. Womble basketball center is a nutritionist’s nightmare.
The traditions — candy bribes and blanket defense — have continued under Adams. As of midday Sunday, Texas Tech was third entered Saturday’s game against Mississippi State fourth in the nation in defensive efficiency, according to theIn the win against Kansas, two players lined up to take charges on the same play. In the win against Iowa State, Mylik Wilson came off the end of the bench and drew one with 52 seconds left and Tech up by 17.
Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Mark Adams receives handshakes from fans as he returns t the court following halftime against the Iowa State Cyclones at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas, January 18, 2022.
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