Wednesday, December 22
Lubbock, Texas
1 p.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
vs
Eastern Washington
PREVIEW: No. 25 Tech to host Eastern Washington
December 21, 2021 | Men's Basketball
Eagles (6-5) at Red Raiders (8-2) | 1 p.m., Wednesday | TV: ESPN+
LUBBOCK, Texas – A pair of 2021 NCAA Tournament teams will meet up on Wednesday when No. 25 Texas Tech hosts Eastern Washington at 1 p.m. in a non-conference game at the United Supermarkets Arena.
The Red Raiders (8-2) come into the matchup against EWU with a 12-game non-conference home winning streak, are fourth in the nation with a 13.0 rebounding margin advantage, seventh with 14.5 offensive rebounds per game and currently 13th nationally with an 18.6 scoring margin through 10 games. Tech, which fell 69-55 to No. 4 Gonzaga last Saturday in Phoenix, is second in the Big 12 with 149 free throws made and 41.5 rebounds per game along with being third in the conference by scoring 78.5 points per game. Defensively, Tech is limiting opponents to 59.9 points per game which ranks 33rd nationally.
Eastern Washington (6-5, 0-1 Big Sky) went 16-8 overall last season, won the Big Sky Tournament Championship and played tough against Kansas in a 93-84 loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles won the Big Sky regular-season title in the 2019-20 and finished second last year. This year's team is 6-5 with road wins over Washington State and North Dakota on its resume and is currently 0-1 in conference play with an 89-76 home loss to Southern Utah. The Eagles were led last season by Tanner Groves who transferred to Oklahoma after a season where he had 17.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, while Kim Aiken transferred to Arizona to highlight a couple star players from last year's team who transferred out.
Tech is 6-0 at home this season entering this three-game home stand which also has it hosting Alabama State at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 28 before opening Big 12 play against Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2022.
MEDIA: The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Chris Level and John Harris on the call while the Texas Tech Sports Network will provide the radio call with Geoff Haxton and Clark Lammert. Tech will be on ESPN+ for the next three games.
RED RAIDER ROSTER REPORT: The Tech roster of 14 is made up of five returners, seven NCAA Division I transfers, one junior college transfer and one high school signee. An experienced team, the Red Raiders have four super seniors in Davion Warren, Bryson Williams, Marcus Santos-Silva and Adonis Arms and five players who are currently in graduate school in Kevin Obanor, Warren, Williams, Santos-Silva and Arms.
Kevin McCullar is coming off the first double-double of his season and third of his career after going for 14 points and 10 rebounds against Gonzaga. McCullar is averaging 14.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game after also going off for 21 points in the last home game against Arkansas State. It was the second 20-plus point game of his career and three points shy of his career-high 24 points against Grambling earlier this season. Along with his strong performance against Gonzaga, he had 10 rebounds, five assists and eight points in the overtime win over Tennessee. A San Antonio native in his third season playing for the Red Raiders, McCullar was a redshirt during the program's run to the 2019 NCAA Championship final and is the only current player who was on that roster. McCullar scored his career-high 24 points in the win over Grambling in the second game this season where he was 9 of 18 from the field and has scored in double figures in five of seven games played his season. McCullar missed games against Omaha and Lamar with a non-COVID illness before returning to the starting lineup in Rhode Island. A 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection, McCullar has 496 points, 272 rebounds, 85 assists and 81 steals through 57 games in his career. He currently is averaging 1.5 steals per game after having two against Gonzaga and with a season-high three against Prairie View A&M. He led the team last season with 34 steals. A junior on the roster, he still has three years of eligibility remaining.Â
Arms was a consistent player off the bench for Adams throughout the first nine games before making his first start as a Red Raider against Gonzaga. He matched McCullar with 14 points in the game against Gonzaga for the team lead, including hitting a season-high three 3-pointers. He also added four rebounds and an assists in the game. Arms is averaging 7.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game with a season-high 15 points against Arkansas State. A Milwaukee native, Arms is at his fourth college after also playing at Mesa Community College, Northwest Nazarene and Winthrop. He had a season-high seven rebounds at Providence College and also scored six points in the game. He was held scoreless for the only time this season against Tennessee before bouncing back for his season-high of 15 against the Red Wolves on a 5 of 6 shooting performance. Arms had scored a previous season-high 12 points in the win over Incarnate Word and has five games with two or more 3-pointers after going 3 of 7 on 3-pointers against Gonzaga. He played in the NCAA Tournament last season with Winthrop, scoring 10 points in a loss to Villanova in the opening round.
Terrence Shannon, Jr. missed the game against Gonzaga with an injury and is listed as a game-time decision for Wednesday game. He is scoring 14.3 points per game after recording his first double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Tennessee, but then having a season-low two points against Arkansas State in limited minutes. His 12 rebounds against the Volunteers were a career-high and it was his second career double-double after he had a 23/10 performance last season at LSU. He was coming off 17 points at Providence College where he was 6-for-11 from the field with two 3-pointers. A junior from Chicago, Shannon is in his third season at Tech after electing to return following going through the NBA Draft process over the summer. Shannon did not play in the first three games this season for the Red Raiders as a review of that process was being completed before he returned to play in the fourth game of the year against Incarnate Word. Shannon has scored in double figures in five of six games he's played in this season and in 41 games through 63 in his career. He also scored 18 points in the team's 56-point win over Omaha and is currently shooting 11-for-30 (36.7 percent) on 3-pointers with two or more in each of the five games he's played in. Shannon has scored 730 points in his career with a high of 24 points as a freshman at DePaul. He earned 2021 All-Big 12 Third Team honors and is on the Preseason All-Big 12 team and watch lists for the Naismith, Wooden and West awards.
Bryson Williams is averaging 11.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game after five points and two rebounds against Gonzaga following going for 12 points and four rebounds against Arkansas State. A Fresno, California native, Williams played two seasons at Fresno State and two at UTEP before transferring to Tech over the summer to utilize a fifth season of eligibility. He currently has scored 1,742 points and 793 rebounds through 131 games played in his college career. Williams scored a season-high 22 points in the opener against North Florida by going 9-for-11 from the field and has two games with nine rebounds (Grambling, Omaha) on his resume this season but was limited to a season-low four points and two rebounds at Providence College and seven points and three rebounds against Tennessee. An All-C-USA selection the past two seasons, he has made 697 baskets in his career.
Mylik Wilson missed the game against Arkansas State and Gonzaga due to injury and will miss a couple of weeks after minor knee surgery. He leads Tech with 3.7 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game this season where he is also adding 4.1 points and 1.9 rebounds. A transfer from Louisiana, Wilson has started five of eight games he played in and is 11th nationally with a 3.7 assist-to-turnover ratio with 26 assists and only seven turnovers. Wilson had a season-high seven assists in the season-opening win over North Florida and has four or more assists in four games this season. Wilson is a junior with three years of eligibility remaining after playing two seasons at Louisiana. He currently has 194 assists, 702 points and 324 rebounds through 63 games played in his collegiate career.
Obanor scored nine points and had four rebounds against Gonzaga after he approached his first double-double of the season with 10 points and seven rebounds in the overtime win over Tennessee. Obanor also scored 12 points with two 3-pointers at Providence College after scoring a season-high 20 points in the home win over Lamar. A senior from Houston who is in his first season at Tech after three years at Oral Roberts, Obanor has scored 1,401 points and has 730 rebounds through 96 games of his collegiate career. He is coming off a junior season where he had 15 double-doubles and averaged 18.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game at ORU where he recorded double-doubles in three NCAA Tournament games en route to the Sweet 16. Obanor has hit at least one 3-pointer in eight of 10 game this season and is currently 17-for-47 on 3-pointers (36.2 percent). He is averaging 9.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game coming into the matchup against Eastern Washington.
Davion Warren is averaging 11.1 points per game through 10 games as a Red Raider after going for 21.2 points per game as a senior at Hampton University last season. He's coming off a game against Gonzaga where he was had five points and five rebounds. He had 10 points and two steals against Tennessee. A Buffalo, New York native, Warren ranked 14th nationally in scoring last season and was the fourth leading returner. He scored a season-high 19 points in the win over Grambling in the second game of the season and has scored in double figures in five of eight games. Warren is currently 24 of 30 on free throws (80.0 percent) and has made 209 free throws in his career. After beginning his career with two seasons at Olney Central College, Warren played two seasons at Hampton where he earned his bachelor's degree. He currently has 988 points through 69 games at the NCAA level.
Marcus Santos-Silva is in his second season at Tech after playing three years at VCU. A super senior from Taunton, Massachusetts, he has produced 1,123 points and 849 rebounds through 136 games in his collegiate career. Santos-Silva is averaging 5.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for the Red Raiders this season with a high of 12 rebounds in the win over Lamar and 13 points in the opener against North Florida. Against Arkansas State he had six points and four rebounds in 17 minutes of play but his coming off being limited to one point against Gonzaga. Santos-Silva has 26 games in his career with double-digit rebounds after his 12-rebound performance against Lamar. He is seventh in the Big 12 with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game with a season-high five offensive rebounds in the win over Lamar. He had two or more offensive rebounds in each of the first seven games this season and 341 offensive rebounds in his career.
Tech's bench is deep with Daniel Batcho, Chibuzo Agbo, Clarence Nadolny, KJ Allen and Sardaar Calhoun poised to make impacts. Batcho is a freshman from Paris France who transferred from Arizona where he redshirted last season before deciding to transfer. He secured a career-high 11 rebounds in the win over Tennessee where he also scored four points and had two blocked shots and is now coming off going for five points and three rebounds against Arkansas State. Batcho had 10 rebounds and also scored six points in the win over Omaha after producing eight rebounds and eight points against Incarnate Word. The tallest Red Raider at 6-foot-11, Batcho is averaging 4.6 rebounds and 3.3 points per game after having four points and three rebounds against Gonzaga. Tech's only true freshman, Ethan Duncan, will redshirt this season after suffering an off-season shoulder injury that required surgery.
OUR LEADERS: Mark Adams is in his first season as the head coach at Texas Tech after working as the associate head coach for the program for five seasons. His 6-0 start was the best beginning to a season for a first-year head coach at Tech. Adams, who is the 18th head coach in program history, has won 561 games as a head coach and is in 26th season in a head coaching role with previous head coach experience at Howard College (2004-13), UTRGV (1992-97), West Texas A&M (1987-92), Wayland Baptist (1983-87) and Clarendon College (1981-82). Adams was named Tech's 18th head coach in program history on April 6, 2021 having already amassed a 554-244 overall record in the lead role. He led Howard College to the 2010 NJCAA National Championship and Wayland Baptist to the 1985 NAIA National Championship Finals with a runner-up finish. Adams coached Jae Crowder at Howard College. As an assistant under Chris Beard, Adams helped Little Rock to the NCAA Tournament before unprecedented success at Texas Tech where the Red Raiders advanced to the 2018 Elite Eight and 2019 NCAA National Championship Final. Tech advanced to the 2021 NCAA Tournament which is the first time the program has made three straight tournament appearances. Adams has been inducted to the Hall of Fame at Wayland Baptist, West Texas A&M, Howard College and the NJCAA. His defense was the top-ranked unit in Kenpom in adjusted defense. Adams has surrounded himself by an experienced staff that includes head coaching experience in Corey Williams (Stetson), Barret Peery (Portland State) and Sean Sutton (Oklahoma State).
POLLS: Texas Tech remains at No. 25 for the second straight week in the Associated Press Men's Basketball Top 25 along with moving back one spot to No. 25 in the Ferris Mowers USA TODAY Coaches Poll. Along with the polls, Tech is now at No. 21 overall in Kenpom, No. 10 in Kenpom adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 30 in the NCAA NET Rankings. Tech, which entered the polls last week for the first time this season, is now 1-2 against current top-25 teams with a win over Tennessee and losses to Providence College and Gonzaga. Baylor (10-0) is at No. 1 in the AP Poll for the second straight week followed by No. 2 Duke (10-1), No. 3 Purdue (10-1), No. 4 Gonzaga (9-2) and No. 5 UCLA (9-1) in the top-5. The Big 12 is also represented by No. 7 Kansas (8-1), No. 9 Iowa State (11-0) and No. 16 Texas (8-2) in the polls. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are each receiving votes. The Associated Press college basketball poll started on Jan. 20, 1949. The original poll had 20 teams, with Saint Louis the first school to hold the No. 1 ranking. The Red Raiders were ranked throughout the 2020-21 season, reaching as high as No. 7 and finishing at No. 21. It was the first time in program history a Tech team was ranked in the preseason poll and remained ranked throughout the year.
The Red Raiders (8-2) come into the matchup against EWU with a 12-game non-conference home winning streak, are fourth in the nation with a 13.0 rebounding margin advantage, seventh with 14.5 offensive rebounds per game and currently 13th nationally with an 18.6 scoring margin through 10 games. Tech, which fell 69-55 to No. 4 Gonzaga last Saturday in Phoenix, is second in the Big 12 with 149 free throws made and 41.5 rebounds per game along with being third in the conference by scoring 78.5 points per game. Defensively, Tech is limiting opponents to 59.9 points per game which ranks 33rd nationally.
Eastern Washington (6-5, 0-1 Big Sky) went 16-8 overall last season, won the Big Sky Tournament Championship and played tough against Kansas in a 93-84 loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles won the Big Sky regular-season title in the 2019-20 and finished second last year. This year's team is 6-5 with road wins over Washington State and North Dakota on its resume and is currently 0-1 in conference play with an 89-76 home loss to Southern Utah. The Eagles were led last season by Tanner Groves who transferred to Oklahoma after a season where he had 17.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, while Kim Aiken transferred to Arizona to highlight a couple star players from last year's team who transferred out.
Tech is 6-0 at home this season entering this three-game home stand which also has it hosting Alabama State at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 28 before opening Big 12 play against Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2022.
MEDIA: The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Chris Level and John Harris on the call while the Texas Tech Sports Network will provide the radio call with Geoff Haxton and Clark Lammert. Tech will be on ESPN+ for the next three games.
RED RAIDER ROSTER REPORT: The Tech roster of 14 is made up of five returners, seven NCAA Division I transfers, one junior college transfer and one high school signee. An experienced team, the Red Raiders have four super seniors in Davion Warren, Bryson Williams, Marcus Santos-Silva and Adonis Arms and five players who are currently in graduate school in Kevin Obanor, Warren, Williams, Santos-Silva and Arms.
Kevin McCullar is coming off the first double-double of his season and third of his career after going for 14 points and 10 rebounds against Gonzaga. McCullar is averaging 14.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game after also going off for 21 points in the last home game against Arkansas State. It was the second 20-plus point game of his career and three points shy of his career-high 24 points against Grambling earlier this season. Along with his strong performance against Gonzaga, he had 10 rebounds, five assists and eight points in the overtime win over Tennessee. A San Antonio native in his third season playing for the Red Raiders, McCullar was a redshirt during the program's run to the 2019 NCAA Championship final and is the only current player who was on that roster. McCullar scored his career-high 24 points in the win over Grambling in the second game this season where he was 9 of 18 from the field and has scored in double figures in five of seven games played his season. McCullar missed games against Omaha and Lamar with a non-COVID illness before returning to the starting lineup in Rhode Island. A 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection, McCullar has 496 points, 272 rebounds, 85 assists and 81 steals through 57 games in his career. He currently is averaging 1.5 steals per game after having two against Gonzaga and with a season-high three against Prairie View A&M. He led the team last season with 34 steals. A junior on the roster, he still has three years of eligibility remaining.Â
Arms was a consistent player off the bench for Adams throughout the first nine games before making his first start as a Red Raider against Gonzaga. He matched McCullar with 14 points in the game against Gonzaga for the team lead, including hitting a season-high three 3-pointers. He also added four rebounds and an assists in the game. Arms is averaging 7.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game with a season-high 15 points against Arkansas State. A Milwaukee native, Arms is at his fourth college after also playing at Mesa Community College, Northwest Nazarene and Winthrop. He had a season-high seven rebounds at Providence College and also scored six points in the game. He was held scoreless for the only time this season against Tennessee before bouncing back for his season-high of 15 against the Red Wolves on a 5 of 6 shooting performance. Arms had scored a previous season-high 12 points in the win over Incarnate Word and has five games with two or more 3-pointers after going 3 of 7 on 3-pointers against Gonzaga. He played in the NCAA Tournament last season with Winthrop, scoring 10 points in a loss to Villanova in the opening round.
Terrence Shannon, Jr. missed the game against Gonzaga with an injury and is listed as a game-time decision for Wednesday game. He is scoring 14.3 points per game after recording his first double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Tennessee, but then having a season-low two points against Arkansas State in limited minutes. His 12 rebounds against the Volunteers were a career-high and it was his second career double-double after he had a 23/10 performance last season at LSU. He was coming off 17 points at Providence College where he was 6-for-11 from the field with two 3-pointers. A junior from Chicago, Shannon is in his third season at Tech after electing to return following going through the NBA Draft process over the summer. Shannon did not play in the first three games this season for the Red Raiders as a review of that process was being completed before he returned to play in the fourth game of the year against Incarnate Word. Shannon has scored in double figures in five of six games he's played in this season and in 41 games through 63 in his career. He also scored 18 points in the team's 56-point win over Omaha and is currently shooting 11-for-30 (36.7 percent) on 3-pointers with two or more in each of the five games he's played in. Shannon has scored 730 points in his career with a high of 24 points as a freshman at DePaul. He earned 2021 All-Big 12 Third Team honors and is on the Preseason All-Big 12 team and watch lists for the Naismith, Wooden and West awards.
Bryson Williams is averaging 11.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game after five points and two rebounds against Gonzaga following going for 12 points and four rebounds against Arkansas State. A Fresno, California native, Williams played two seasons at Fresno State and two at UTEP before transferring to Tech over the summer to utilize a fifth season of eligibility. He currently has scored 1,742 points and 793 rebounds through 131 games played in his college career. Williams scored a season-high 22 points in the opener against North Florida by going 9-for-11 from the field and has two games with nine rebounds (Grambling, Omaha) on his resume this season but was limited to a season-low four points and two rebounds at Providence College and seven points and three rebounds against Tennessee. An All-C-USA selection the past two seasons, he has made 697 baskets in his career.
Mylik Wilson missed the game against Arkansas State and Gonzaga due to injury and will miss a couple of weeks after minor knee surgery. He leads Tech with 3.7 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game this season where he is also adding 4.1 points and 1.9 rebounds. A transfer from Louisiana, Wilson has started five of eight games he played in and is 11th nationally with a 3.7 assist-to-turnover ratio with 26 assists and only seven turnovers. Wilson had a season-high seven assists in the season-opening win over North Florida and has four or more assists in four games this season. Wilson is a junior with three years of eligibility remaining after playing two seasons at Louisiana. He currently has 194 assists, 702 points and 324 rebounds through 63 games played in his collegiate career.
Obanor scored nine points and had four rebounds against Gonzaga after he approached his first double-double of the season with 10 points and seven rebounds in the overtime win over Tennessee. Obanor also scored 12 points with two 3-pointers at Providence College after scoring a season-high 20 points in the home win over Lamar. A senior from Houston who is in his first season at Tech after three years at Oral Roberts, Obanor has scored 1,401 points and has 730 rebounds through 96 games of his collegiate career. He is coming off a junior season where he had 15 double-doubles and averaged 18.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game at ORU where he recorded double-doubles in three NCAA Tournament games en route to the Sweet 16. Obanor has hit at least one 3-pointer in eight of 10 game this season and is currently 17-for-47 on 3-pointers (36.2 percent). He is averaging 9.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game coming into the matchup against Eastern Washington.
Davion Warren is averaging 11.1 points per game through 10 games as a Red Raider after going for 21.2 points per game as a senior at Hampton University last season. He's coming off a game against Gonzaga where he was had five points and five rebounds. He had 10 points and two steals against Tennessee. A Buffalo, New York native, Warren ranked 14th nationally in scoring last season and was the fourth leading returner. He scored a season-high 19 points in the win over Grambling in the second game of the season and has scored in double figures in five of eight games. Warren is currently 24 of 30 on free throws (80.0 percent) and has made 209 free throws in his career. After beginning his career with two seasons at Olney Central College, Warren played two seasons at Hampton where he earned his bachelor's degree. He currently has 988 points through 69 games at the NCAA level.
Marcus Santos-Silva is in his second season at Tech after playing three years at VCU. A super senior from Taunton, Massachusetts, he has produced 1,123 points and 849 rebounds through 136 games in his collegiate career. Santos-Silva is averaging 5.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for the Red Raiders this season with a high of 12 rebounds in the win over Lamar and 13 points in the opener against North Florida. Against Arkansas State he had six points and four rebounds in 17 minutes of play but his coming off being limited to one point against Gonzaga. Santos-Silva has 26 games in his career with double-digit rebounds after his 12-rebound performance against Lamar. He is seventh in the Big 12 with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game with a season-high five offensive rebounds in the win over Lamar. He had two or more offensive rebounds in each of the first seven games this season and 341 offensive rebounds in his career.
Tech's bench is deep with Daniel Batcho, Chibuzo Agbo, Clarence Nadolny, KJ Allen and Sardaar Calhoun poised to make impacts. Batcho is a freshman from Paris France who transferred from Arizona where he redshirted last season before deciding to transfer. He secured a career-high 11 rebounds in the win over Tennessee where he also scored four points and had two blocked shots and is now coming off going for five points and three rebounds against Arkansas State. Batcho had 10 rebounds and also scored six points in the win over Omaha after producing eight rebounds and eight points against Incarnate Word. The tallest Red Raider at 6-foot-11, Batcho is averaging 4.6 rebounds and 3.3 points per game after having four points and three rebounds against Gonzaga. Tech's only true freshman, Ethan Duncan, will redshirt this season after suffering an off-season shoulder injury that required surgery.
OUR LEADERS: Mark Adams is in his first season as the head coach at Texas Tech after working as the associate head coach for the program for five seasons. His 6-0 start was the best beginning to a season for a first-year head coach at Tech. Adams, who is the 18th head coach in program history, has won 561 games as a head coach and is in 26th season in a head coaching role with previous head coach experience at Howard College (2004-13), UTRGV (1992-97), West Texas A&M (1987-92), Wayland Baptist (1983-87) and Clarendon College (1981-82). Adams was named Tech's 18th head coach in program history on April 6, 2021 having already amassed a 554-244 overall record in the lead role. He led Howard College to the 2010 NJCAA National Championship and Wayland Baptist to the 1985 NAIA National Championship Finals with a runner-up finish. Adams coached Jae Crowder at Howard College. As an assistant under Chris Beard, Adams helped Little Rock to the NCAA Tournament before unprecedented success at Texas Tech where the Red Raiders advanced to the 2018 Elite Eight and 2019 NCAA National Championship Final. Tech advanced to the 2021 NCAA Tournament which is the first time the program has made three straight tournament appearances. Adams has been inducted to the Hall of Fame at Wayland Baptist, West Texas A&M, Howard College and the NJCAA. His defense was the top-ranked unit in Kenpom in adjusted defense. Adams has surrounded himself by an experienced staff that includes head coaching experience in Corey Williams (Stetson), Barret Peery (Portland State) and Sean Sutton (Oklahoma State).
POLLS: Texas Tech remains at No. 25 for the second straight week in the Associated Press Men's Basketball Top 25 along with moving back one spot to No. 25 in the Ferris Mowers USA TODAY Coaches Poll. Along with the polls, Tech is now at No. 21 overall in Kenpom, No. 10 in Kenpom adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 30 in the NCAA NET Rankings. Tech, which entered the polls last week for the first time this season, is now 1-2 against current top-25 teams with a win over Tennessee and losses to Providence College and Gonzaga. Baylor (10-0) is at No. 1 in the AP Poll for the second straight week followed by No. 2 Duke (10-1), No. 3 Purdue (10-1), No. 4 Gonzaga (9-2) and No. 5 UCLA (9-1) in the top-5. The Big 12 is also represented by No. 7 Kansas (8-1), No. 9 Iowa State (11-0) and No. 16 Texas (8-2) in the polls. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are each receiving votes. The Associated Press college basketball poll started on Jan. 20, 1949. The original poll had 20 teams, with Saint Louis the first school to hold the No. 1 ranking. The Red Raiders were ranked throughout the 2020-21 season, reaching as high as No. 7 and finishing at No. 21. It was the first time in program history a Tech team was ranked in the preseason poll and remained ranked throughout the year.
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