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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 .
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]
Here's a look at everything to know about the 2024-25 Texas Tech basketball team, including roster, schedule, stats and coaching staff.
Texas Tech's guard Joe Toussaint (6) high-fives his teammates during the non-conference basketball game against Oral Roberts, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at United Supermarkets Arena. All-in-one leader
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.
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Easy to forget that it wasn’t that long ago Texas Tech was 20 seconds away from winning a national title in men’s basketball.. Tech’s painful, overtime loss in the title game to Virginia was ...