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The Texas Tech Red Raiders college basketball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, representing Texas Tech University in the South Division [1] of the Big 12 Conference. [2] Texas Tech has played its home games at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas since its opening in 1999. [3]
Texas Tech's basketball program was founded the same year the school opened its doors in 1925. The inaugural game was a 37–25 loss to Daniel Baker College. Tech would lose two more games before finally clinching their first ever victory—35–21 at Sul Ross University. [3] [4]
The program has had 17 head coaches since it began play during the 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season. [2] Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) basketball team was formerly named the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus. [3]
The 1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Texas Tech's final year in the conference before becoming a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. The head coach was James Dickey, his 5th year with ...
With the rivalry set to end for now, a look at some of the top Texas Tech basketball games against Texas in the Big 12 era.
Texas Tech athletics teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference. From 1932 until 1956, the university belonged to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference on May 12, 1956.
INDIANAPOLIS — Playing their first true road game of the season, and only one of non-conference play, the Texas Tech basketball team came up short with a 103-95 loss to Butler in overtime on ...
This Texas Tech tradition, which began sometime between the late 1980s and early 1990s, gained national attention. Outlets like Yahoo News, Time Magazine, and USA TODAY attempted to uncover its ...