Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders Return to National Rankings
December 16, 2019 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech is back in the Associated Press Top 25 following a two week absence and a 70-57 win over No. 1-ranked Louisville last Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. Along with the AP Top 25, Tech is at No. 34 in the first release of the NCAA NET Rankings.
The Red Raiders are at No. 24 in this week's poll coming into a 6 p.m. game against Southern Mississippi tonight at the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech (6-3) fell out of the Associated Press Top 25 after being ranked No. 12 following a pair of losses to Iowa and Creighton at the Las Vegas Invitational. The team was at No. 13 in the preseason poll following last year's run to the NCAA National Championship Final and the 2019 Big 12 regular-season championship.
Louisville dropped to No. 3 in the poll following its loss to the Red Raiders, while Kansas is up to No. 1 followed by Gonzaga, UofL, Duke and Ohio State to round out the top-5. Baylor is No. 10 this week and West Virginia is No. 25 to give the Big 12 four teams in the national rankings. Ohio State tops the NET Rankings that were announced on Monday.
In the NCAA stat rankings, Texas Tech is fifth nationally and leads the Big 12 with 18.3 assists per game and also tops its conference with 29.7 defensive rebounds per game. With a 76.3 free-throw percentage, the Red Raiders are 30th nationally and a 13.8 scoring margin puts them 43rd in the country and third in the conference. Individually, Davide Moretti is third in the nation this season at 97.0 percent at the free-throw line and Chris Clarke is third in the conference and 29th nationally with 5.9 assists per game. He is also fourth in the conference with 8.8 rebounds per game. A senior from Virginia Beach, Clarke is 48th nationally with a 2.41 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Texas Tech will return to action after tonight's game against the Golden Eagles (3-8) by hosting UTRGV at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the USA. The Red Raiders are on a 51-game non-conference home winning streak coming into the week and are 54-5 at home under head coach Chris Beard. Tech is currently 1-0 against teams in the current top-25 but has five of them on the upcoming schedule.
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The Red Raiders are at No. 24 in this week's poll coming into a 6 p.m. game against Southern Mississippi tonight at the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech (6-3) fell out of the Associated Press Top 25 after being ranked No. 12 following a pair of losses to Iowa and Creighton at the Las Vegas Invitational. The team was at No. 13 in the preseason poll following last year's run to the NCAA National Championship Final and the 2019 Big 12 regular-season championship.
Louisville dropped to No. 3 in the poll following its loss to the Red Raiders, while Kansas is up to No. 1 followed by Gonzaga, UofL, Duke and Ohio State to round out the top-5. Baylor is No. 10 this week and West Virginia is No. 25 to give the Big 12 four teams in the national rankings. Ohio State tops the NET Rankings that were announced on Monday.
In the NCAA stat rankings, Texas Tech is fifth nationally and leads the Big 12 with 18.3 assists per game and also tops its conference with 29.7 defensive rebounds per game. With a 76.3 free-throw percentage, the Red Raiders are 30th nationally and a 13.8 scoring margin puts them 43rd in the country and third in the conference. Individually, Davide Moretti is third in the nation this season at 97.0 percent at the free-throw line and Chris Clarke is third in the conference and 29th nationally with 5.9 assists per game. He is also fourth in the conference with 8.8 rebounds per game. A senior from Virginia Beach, Clarke is 48th nationally with a 2.41 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Texas Tech will return to action after tonight's game against the Golden Eagles (3-8) by hosting UTRGV at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the USA. The Red Raiders are on a 51-game non-conference home winning streak coming into the week and are 54-5 at home under head coach Chris Beard. Tech is currently 1-0 against teams in the current top-25 but has five of them on the upcoming schedule.
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