Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Texas Tech Red Raiders University Texas Tech University Conference Big 12 South Division Location Lubbock, TX Head Coach Pat Knight (1st year) Arena United Spirit Arena (Capacity: 15,020) Nickname Red Raiders Colors Scarlet and Black Uniforms NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 1961, 1962, 1976, 1996, 2005[1] NCAA Tournament Second Round 2004 NCAA Tournament First Round 1954, 1956, 1973, 1985, 1986, 1993, 2002, 2007 Conference Tournament Champions Southwest Conference 1976, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996 Conference Regular Season Champions Southwest Conference 1961, 1962, 1973, 1985, 1995, 1996 The Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represents Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in NCAA Division I basketball competition. (The school's women's basketball team is known as the "Lady Raiders".) The Red Raiders, coached by Pat Knight, son of former Texas Tech coach and Hall of Famer Bob Knight, currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2007. Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 1925-1935 1.2 1935-1971 1.3 1971-2001 1.4 2001-2008 (Bob Knight era) 1.4.1 Season records under Bob Knight 1.5 2008-present (Pat Knight era) 1.5.1 Season records under Pat Knight 2 Titles and tournaments 3 Notable players 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links [edit] History [edit] 1925-1935 Basketball came to Texas Tech only two years after the school was founded. 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.[2][3] Grady Higginbotham was the first coach, earning a 14–18 record over two seasons. At .438, Higgenbotham was the only Tech basketball coach to garner an overall losing record during his stay. Following Higgenbotham's departure, Victor Payne led the Matadors (as the school's teams were known until 1936) from 1927 to 1930.[4] His final tally stood at 32 wins and 20 losses. W. L. Golightly coached only one season, bringing in an 11–9 record. Dell Morgan held the head coaching job from 1931 to 1934, chalking up 42 wins to 29 losses. He was followed by Virgil Ballard. Though Ballard coached only a single season, it was during his time that the team won their milestone 100th game, a one-point victory over House of David. Ballard left with a 15–9 record.[2] Polk Robison [edit] 1935-1971 Berl Huffman was twice the head basketball coach at Texas Tech—first from 1935 to 1942 and then from 1946 to 1947. During his total of eight seasons, he garnered a record of 121–67. Polk Robison was the only other person to serve two different times as the head basketball coach at the school. When Huffman left in 1942, Robison took the job. And, when Huffman left a second time in 1947, it was Robison who again filled the position, this time remaining until 1961. At a total of 18 seasons, his stay is the second longest of any Red Raiders basketball coach, behind Gerald Myers. He departed after leading his teams to 254 wins, 195 losses, and the first two NCAA tournaments in school history.[3] Gene Gibson followed Robison into the position. In his eight seasons, he chalked up the second worst record of any head basketball coach at Tech. Still, at 100–92, there were eight more wins than losses. Bob Bass led the program to a 22–15 record over a season-and-a-half before returning to professional basketball coaching duties.[3][5] [edit] 1971-2001 Gerald Myers became coach of the Red Raiders mid-year during the 1970/71 season and stayed until 1991. His stay was the longest of any head basketball coach at Tech, and several milestones were passed during his tenure, including wins #600 (TCU), #700 (SMU), #800 (at SMU), and #900 (Texas A&M). With a Texas Tech career record of 326–261, Myers has more wins with the Red Raiders than any other men's basketball coach in school history. Myers led Tech to 16 winning seasons, two Southwest Conference championships, three SWC tournament titles, and four NCAA Tournament berths.[3] Myers now serves as the school's athletic director. James Dickey replaced Myers as head coach prior to the 1991/92 season and would remain at Texas Tech until his dismissal at the end of the 2000/01 season. During his 10 seasons at Texas Tech, Dickey amassed a 166–124 win-loss record (164–123 with vacated games omitted). The program also won its 1,000th game under Dickey—a 71–62 victory at UALR.[3] Dickey took over a Texas Tech program that had finished with a 13–45 combined record over Myers' final two years and led his first team to a winning season and fifth-place finish in Southwest Conference play, after having been picked to finish last in the conference. In his second year as head coach, the Red Raiders won the Southwest Conference tournament championship, the school's fourth, to secure the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Texas Tech finished the 1994/95 season with a 20–10 record, sharing the SWC regular season championship with Texas and earning a berth in the 1995 National Invitation Tournament. In the SWC's final season, Dickey's 1995-96 Red Raiders produced the most successful season in school history and one of the more memorable seasons in the history of the conference, finishing 30–2 overall and undefeated in conference play, winning both the SWC regular season championship and the conference tournament title, advancing to the "Sweet Sixteen" in the NCAA Tournament, and finishing #8 in the AP Poll and #10 in the Coaches' Poll.[6][7] The Raiders moved to the Big 12 for the 1996/97 season, and appeared to pick up right where they left off with a solid 19–9 season. It was discovered during the inaugural Big 12 basketball tournament, however, that two players were academically ineligible. Hours after the team's first-round game, Texas Tech announced that it was withdrawing from postseason consideration and forfeiting its entire conference schedule. The Raiders had lost that game, and would have had to forfeit it if they had won. A subsequent investigation revealed massive violations dating back to 1990 in men's basketball and nine other sports. As a result, the NCAA stripped Tech of its two NCAA tournament wins in 1996 and docked it nine scholarships over four years.[8] Dickey was unable to recover from the lost scholarships, and was fired after his 2000/01 team produced a 9–19 overall record—the program's fourth straight losing season. [edit] 2001-2008 (Bob Knight era) Bob Knight (middle) with Pat Knight (right)Bob Knight served as the Texas Tech men's basketball head coach from 2001–2008. Hired in March 2001 to replace James Dickey as head coach, Bob Knight quickly improved the program, which had not received a bid to the NCAA Tournament nor achieved a winning record since 1996. Knight led the Red Raiders to three NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance in his first four years at Texas Tech, including an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen in 2005. Texas Tech finished the 2005/06 season with a 15–17 overall record, marking the only time that Knight finished a complete season at Tech with a losing record and fewer than 21 wins. The Red Raiders recovered in 2006/07, finishing 21–13 and again earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they would lose to Boston College in the first round. In both 2006 and 2007, Knight's Texas Tech teams defeated two top 10-ranked teams in consecutive weeks. During Knight's first six years at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders won 126 games, an average of 21 wins per season. On New Year's Day 2007, Texas Tech recorded a 70–68 defeat of New Mexico to give Knight his 880th career victory, making him the winningest coach in men's college basketball history. On

January 16, 2008, Knight registered his 900th career victory when the Red Raiders upset the ninth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies, 68–53.[9] Knight won two more games as head coach—against Missouri and Oklahoma State—prior to announcing his retirement on February 4, 2008, after having led his 2007-08 team to a 12–8 mid-season record. His son Pat Knight, the head coach designate since 2005, was immediately named as his successor.[10] The younger Knight stated that, after many years of coaching, his father was exhausted and ready to retire.[11] Bob Knight finished with an overall win-loss record of 138–82 at Texas Tech. [edit] Season records under Bob Knight Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Texas Tech Red Raiders[12] (Big 12 Conference) (2001–2008) 2001–2002 Texas Tech 23–9 10–6 T–3rd NCAA First Round 2002–2003 Texas Tech 22–13 6–10 T–7th NIT Semifinals 2003–2004 Texas Tech 23–11 9–7 T–5th NCAA Second Round 2004–2005 Texas Tech 22–11 10–6 4th NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2005–2006 Texas Tech 15–17 6–10 T–7th — 2006–2007 Texas Tech 21–13 9–7 5th NCAA First Round 2007–2008 Texas Tech 12–8* 3–3* T–6th* Texas Tech: 138–82 53–49 (*) Indicates record/standing at time of resignation from Texas Tech. Total: 138–82 National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion Reg. Season & Tournament Champion Conference Division Champion [edit] 2008-present (Pat Knight era) Students and fans rush the court after the unranked Red Raiders upset the #5 Texas Longhorns in 2008.After assuming the heading coaching role midseason, Pat Knight's initial two games were defeats on the road. The first was an 80–74 loss to Baylor on February 6, 2008. The second came three days later at Nebraska. Knight's first head coaching win came at home when the Red Raiders upset #18 Kansas State, 84–75, at United Spirit Arena. Going into the game, KSU was in sole possession of first place in the Big 12.[13] On March 1, 2008, the Red Raiders again defeated the top team in the conference by beating #5 Texas, 83–80, ending a month-long, eight-game winning streak for the Longhorns.[14] The Red Raiders finished the regular season with back-to-back losses, first at Kansas and then to Baylor. At the 2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, they added another loss—to Oklahoma State—in the first round. The team did not receive an invitation to play at either the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or at the National Invitation Tournament. Texas Tech did get an invitation to the inaugural College Basketball Invitational, but declined the offer.[15] In the third game of the 2008-09 season, Tech defeated Division II opponent East Central University 167–115, setting a new school record for most points scored in a game. The previous record of 128 was set in the double overtime victory over Texas on February 20, 1994. The combined total of 282 points also became a new record.[16][17] [edit] Season records under Pat Knight Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2008–present) 2007–2008 * Texas Tech 4–7 4–6 T–7th none 2008-2009 Texas Tech 12-13 2–8 Texas Tech: 16–20 6–14 * Knight became the head coach following the 20th game of the season. Total: 16–20 National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion Reg. Season & Tournament Champion Conference Division Champion Source: [18] [edit] Titles and tournaments The Red Raiders earned six regular season titles and won five conference tournaments while members of the Southwest Conference. They have also appeared in 14 NCAA Tournaments with a combined record of 7–15. [edit] Notable players Several Red Raiders have gone on to play in the NBA, including: Tony Battie Cory Carr Mark Anthony Davis Andre Emmett Darvin Ham Geoff Huston Paul Nolen Jason Sasser Jeff Taylor [edit] See also Texas Tech University Texas Tech Red Raiders Knight School [edit] Notes ^ 1996 Sweet 16 appearance was vacated by the NCAA. Source: Johnson, Gary; Straziscar, Sean; Senappe, Bonnie; Williams, Jeff; Buerge, Kevin (October 2007), Official 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book, National Collegiate Athletic Association, pp. 51, ISSN 1089-5280, http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2008/2008_m_basketball_records.pdf ^ a b "Men's Basketball: Past Season Results". Texas Tech Athletics. http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html. ^ a b c d e "Men's Basketball: History". Texas Tech Athletics. http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-history.html. ^ "The Red Raiders nickname". Prairie Pundit. http://www.areavoices.com/ppundit/?blog=5209. ^ "Hornets General Manager Bob Bass Retires". Charlotte Hornets. http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/bass_retires040505.html. ^ "Head Coach James Dickey". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. http://web.archive.org/web/20070814184442/http://www.redraiders.com/mbball/dickey.htm. Retrieved on 2008-09-10. ^ "Texas Tech Fires Coach, Clearing Way for Knight". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E7DF123AF933A25750C0A9679C8B63. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. ^ "Tech receives four years probation". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. http://web.archive.org/web/20060618132516/http://redraiders.com/news/98/08/04/tech_probation.htm. Retrieved on 2008-09-10. ^ "Tech easily handles Texas A&M as Knight wins 900th game". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=280162641. ^ Walker, Jeff (2008-02-04). "Knight resigns effective immediately". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. http://lubbockonline.com/stories/020408/loc_243647726.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. ^ Davis, Seth (2008-02-05). "'He was just worn out':Pat Knight sheds light on father's decision to leave". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/seth_davis/02/05/davis.night/. Retrieved on 2008-02-05. ^ Big 12 Sports (PDF). Big 12 Record Book. 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3209580.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-02-14. ^ Fallas, Bernardo (2008-03-01). "Tech halts UT's win streak with 83-80 victory". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5584658.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. ^ Walker, Jeff. "Knocked Out! Texas Tech's season over after failing to get NIT bid". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031708/red_258542291.shtml. ^ "Men's basketball: Texas Tech 167, East Central 115". http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/national/stories/112108dnspotechmen.395a6f0.html. ^ "Red Raider men's basketball knocks out East Central in record-setting victory". http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2008/11/21/Sports/Red-Raider.Mens.Basketball.Knocks.Out.East.Central.In.RecordSetting.Victory-3556934.shtml. ^ Big 12 Sports (PDF). Big 12 Record Book. Press release. http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/record_book.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. [edit] References List of NBA Players from Texas Tech [edit] External links Texas Tech University portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Texas Tech University Texas Tech Athletics - Official Site [show]v • d • eTexas Tech Red Raiders head basketball coaches Higginbotham • Payne • Golightly • Morgan • Ballard • Huffman • Robison • Gibson • Bass • Myers • Dickey • B. Knight • P. Knight [show]v • d • eTexas Tech Red Raiders Athletics Sports Football • Men's basketball • Baseball Facilities City Bank Coliseum • Dan Law Field • Jones AT&T Stadium • The Rawls Course • R. P. Fuller Track and Soccer Field • United Spirit Arena Current Coaches Dan Spencer (baseball) • Pat Knight (men's basketball) • Kristy Curry (women's basketball) • Jon Murray (cross country) • Mike Leach (football) • Ruffin McNeill (football defensive coordinator) • Greg Sands (men's golf) • Stacey Totman (women's golf) • Tom Stone (soccer) • Amy Suiter (softball) • Tim Siegel (men's tennis) • Todd Petty (women's tennis) • Wes Kittley (track and field) Football Seasons & Bowl Games 1993 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team • 1995 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team • 1996 Alamo Bowl • 1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team • 2000 - 2005 seasons • 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl • 2001 Alamo Bowl • 2002 Tangerine Bowl • 2004 Holiday Bowl • 2006 season • 2006 Insight Bowl • 2007 season • 2008 Gator Bowl • 2008 season • 2009 Cotton Bowl Current Athletes with Articles Brandon Carter • Michael Crabtree (football) • Graham Harrell (football) • Sally Kipyego (cross country / track and field) • Darcel McBath (football) • Taylor Potts (football) • Louis Vasquez • Brandon Williams (football) • Matt Williams (football) Traditions & Miscellany Traditions • Goin' Band from Raiderland • Guns Up • Knight School • The Masked Rider • Raider Red [show]v • d • eTexas Tech University Colleges & Schools College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources • College of Architecture • College of Arts & Sciences • Rawls College of Business • College of Education • Whitacre College of Engineering • Graduate School • Honors College • College of Human Sciences • School of Law • College of Mass Communications • College of Outreach and Distance Education • College of Visual & Performing Arts Athletics Texas Tech Red Raiders • Football • Men's basketball • Baseball • City Bank Coliseum • Dan Law Field • Jones AT&T Stadium • The Rawls Course • R. P. Fuller Track and Soccer Field • United Spirit Arena Places Museum of Texas Tech University • Lubbock Lake Landmark • National Ranching Heritage Center • Texas Technological College Dairy Barn • Wind Science and Engineering Research Center Student Life Notable People •The Daily Toreador • Goin' Band from Raiderland • KOHM radio • KTXT radio • KTXT television • La Ventana • Sabre Flight Drill Team • Society of Engineering Technologists Traditions Guns Up • The Masked Rider • Raider Red • Texas Tech University traditions [show]v • d • eBig 12 Conference North Division Colorado Buffaloes • Iowa State Cyclones • Kansas Jayhawks • Kansas State Wildcats • Missouri Tigers • Nebraska Cornhuskers South Division Baylor Bears • Oklahoma Sooners • Oklahoma State Cowboys • Texas Longhorns • Texas A&M Aggies • Texas Tech Red Raiders [show]v • d • eBig 12 Conference men's basketball teams North Division Colorado Buffaloes • Iowa State Cyclones • Kansas Jayhawks • Kansas State Wildcats • Missouri Tigers • Nebraska Cornhuskers South Division Baylor Bears • Oklahoma Sooners • Oklahoma State Cowboys • Texas Longhorns • Texas A&M Aggies • Texas Tech Red Raiders Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_men%27s_basketball" Categories: Big 12 Conference basketball | Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball | College men's basketball | Big 12 Conference