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You’d swear they have 7 guys on the floor. They swarm every time someone gets the ball down low and somehow still recover immediately if the offense can pass it back out.
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Matt Mooney and Tariq Owens were key grad transfers. Jarrett Culver exceeded even his lotto expectations, he’s probably a top 5 pick. This kid Moretti stepped into a much bigger role and the dude is an absolute baller. Kyler Edwards is a productive freshman who is playing like a junior right now. Really like this team, I’ll be rooting hard for them against Virginia if they see this one through.
You are greatly mistaken. Odiase is the only player in the rotation that was recruited by and played for Tubby.
Good. I thought I had remembered reading this some place. Should have Known Tubby couldn’t recruit that well
Texas Tech is a bunch a hacks. A poor man’s Kansas State.
A poor man’s KSt that may win a championship. I’ll buy that for a dollar.
He seems to know what he’s doing. His team is very disciplined and they play very good defense. Let’s see if they can shut down Guy snd Jerome on Monday night. Hope so!
Chris Beard is a rising star. This team has ONE nba player and is playing in the title game. It’s really impressive what he’s done with this group.
Poor mans Kansas State? They got bounced in the first round by a 13 seed. Tech is playing in the title game.. lol sit this one out.
Flashback: 1966 Texas Western played a lot like that, but obviously we are talking about a very different era with far fewer great college players for obvious reasons. That's who this TT team brings to mind.
Would Texas Tech qualify as a Cinderella team? Even though they play in the big 12 they have always been a below avg power 5 basketball program. To me this ranks up there with Butler making the title game and if they win it's up there with NC State
They’re a three seed so I don’t know if it’s considered a “Cinderella Team” in the traditional sense but I find it pretty incredible since they’re a football school with no basketball success at all, really. Plus, no team in the Big 12 outside of Kansas has won a championship since 1946.
They're only going to get better, Ja'hmius Ramsey #2 ranked player in TX is headed their next year.
Beard does give Tubby credit for turning the program around.
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Prior to Bob Knight Tech was down. However, under Gerald Myers they were a consistent contender for the old Southwest Conference title, which really isn't saying a lot, however, Arkansas and Texas had some good teams in the conference in the early '90's. Older posters will recall that we played Tech at Rupp one season and beat them by a couple of points. Texas Tech was very good when James Dickey was coaching there and beat UNC in the NCAAT by something like 16 points before the NCAA found violations in the program.
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Lubbock isn't bad if you can put up with the extreme weather conditions, dust storms, scorpions and rattlesnakes. A place that game us Buddy Holly can't be all that bad, lol.
Haha, I think it was apparent who the real Big12 champs were this year. One team gets upset in the 1st round (though nobody was surprised) while the other might bring home the whole thing. Really amazing.
This guy is doing stuff at Texas Tech bob Knight and tubby Smith couldn't do. This is the guy UCLA should have been offering six years 48 million to not Calipari
Not only that but the Tubby fans on this board used TT as an example of how great Tubby was just to get them into the NCAA since they are a lower tier program. Those posters have to think the current TT is the greatest coach in history!
Tubby's overall record was 46-50. He finished 19-13 in his final year. His best finish in the conference was 7th. There really wasn't a turnaround under Tubby. TT made the NCAA's once in 3 years under Tubby and had a hasty exit.
Tubby has one NCAA Tournament win since he left Kentucky. One win in 12 years. Only four trips too.
What were they before that though? I hadn’t even heard anything about their program prior besides the little circus sideshow Knight brought for a few years.
Do you think they are better than our shot blocking stifling defensive team of 2015?
For those on here who can remember the 1966 team, I have always thought TT reminds me a whole lot of Texas Western.