PREVIEW: Tech, TCU to open Big 12 play on New Year's Eve in Fort Worth

LUBBOCK, Texas – Round 1 of the Big 12 fight begins for Texas Tech against No. 18 TCU at 11 a.m. on Saturday inside the Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth.

The Red Raiders (10-2) enter conference play on a six-game winning streak and having scored over 100 points in three straight games, while the Horned Frogs (11-1) are on a nine-game winning streak following a 103-57 win over Central Arkansas on Wednesday night. TCU is 7-1 at home this season and Tech will be playing its first true road game.

"They are a very experienced and well-coached team," Texas Tech coach Mark Adams said. "We are going to have to attack in different ways and get back on defense. They like to attack like we do. They are a very physical team, and we'll have to put a focus on rebounding. It's a new season. There are 18 of these games and they are all going to be tough. It's an 18-round fight and we are going to have to be ready every game. This is round one. It's hard to win on the road in this conference. We'll go there ready to play and try to get the win. We'll have to play well and be efficient. We have to be the tougher team."

Tech will host No. 4 Kansas at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3 at the United Supermarkets Arena in its first home game of the conference slate.

Kevin Obanor leads Tech with 16.6 points per game and is averaging 21.4 points in the past five games after contributing 24 points and nine rebounds in the win over South Carolina State. Tech's entire starting lineup is averaging in double figures, including Daniel Batcho providing 13.3 points and a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game. De'Vion Harmon is now at 12.2 points per game in addition to leading Tech in assists and steals, while Pop Isaacs is scoring 10.3 ppg. and Jaylon Tyson is adding 10.2 per game. Tech is scoring 81.7 points per game this season – 95.6 in the past five games. The Red Raiders are coming off a season-high 14 3-pointers against South Carolina State after making 13 in the win over Houston Christian.

Mike Miles leads TCU with 18.1 points per game, while Emmanuel Miller is at 14.0 ppg. and Damion Baugh is adding 11.3 ppg. to give the Horned Frogs three players averaging in double figures. Micah Peavy is at 9.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game to begin his junior season. Peavy played at Tech as a freshman during the 2020-21 season. Miles was named the Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year and is coming off 21 points against Central Arkansas. Eddie Lampkin leads TCU with 7.4 rebounds per game to go along with scoring 7.1 ppg. while Chuck O'Bannon is the only TCU player to have started all 12 games and is now averaging 9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. TCU plays at Baylor next Wednesday after hosting Tech.

TTU and TCU will be meeting for the 140th time in the series history where the Red Raiders own an 86-53 all-time advantage. Tech has won 7 of the last 10 in the series after the programs split last season with the home teams securing victories. The Red Raiders are currently 33-32 all-time against TCU in Fort Worth. The only loss of the season for TCU came with a 64-63 defeat to Northwestern State on November 14. Tech topped Northwestern State by a 73-49 margin in its season opener the week before.

The Red Raiders were 12-6 in Big 12 play last season, including going a perfect 9-0 in conference play at home and 3-6 on the road. The team finished third in the Big 12 standings and would advance to the Big 12 Championship finals before falling to Kansas and then to Duke in the NCAA Sweet 16. Tech is coming off a 2022 conference campaign where it swept Texas, Baylor and West Virginia while splitting with the other six teams.

The Red Raiders are 1-0 against TCU all-time in Big 12 openers with a 62-53 win to begin the 2013 conference schedule. Tech is 11-15 all-time in Big 12 openers, including dropping two in a row after falling last season at Iowa State after dropping a one-point game to Kansas to open the previous conference slate.

The Big 12 double round-robin format will conclude on Saturday, March 4, heading into the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship to be contested March 8-11 in Kansas City's T-Mobile Center. Teams will step out of conference play on Saturday, January 28 for the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Big 12 has captured the last two national championships with Baylor winning the crown in 2021 followed by Kansas bringing home the 2022 title.

RED RAIDER NOTABLES
• Mark Adams is in his second season leading the Texas Tech program where he is now 37-12 overall and 26-0 at home… A 1979 Tech graduate, Adams led the Red Raiders to a 27-10 overall record, 12-6 conference mark, to the Big 12 Championship final and the NCAA Sweet 16 in his first season as the head coach… He was named the Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year… His 27 wins last season were the most by a first-year Tech head coach
• Tech is currently on a season-best six-game winning streak… It started the season with three straight wins before falling against Creighton in Maui
• Tech returned only one starter (Kevin Obanor) and three lettermen (Daniel Batcho, KJ Allen and Obanor) from last year's team while welcoming in five transfers (D'Maurian Williams, Fardaws Aimaq, Jaylon Tyson, De'Vion Harmon, Kerwin Walton) and five true freshmen (Lamar Washington, Pop Isaacs, Elijah Fisher, Robert Jennings, CJ Williams)
• The Red Raider starters for the first seven games this season was Obanor, Batcho, Isaacs, Tyson and Harmon… The five started against South Carolina State… They come into the start of Big 12 play with a 6-2 record as a starting unit
• Tech had not scored 100+ points in three straight games since the 1965-66 season… Tech had not scored over 100 points in two straight games since 1996 in a 111-101 win over Fresno State and a 122-105 loss to New Mexico State… The Red Raiders are now 70-4 all-time when scoring over 100 points… The 111 points against HCU were just outside the top-10 scoring performances in program history… The most points scored in a game is 128 against Texas in 2004
• Tech is coming off a season where it did not lose back-to-back games under Adams
• Tech is hitting 51.0 percent of its shots this season; opponents are being limited to 39.6 percent… The Red Raiders limited Louisville to only 22.4 percent shooting and also held Northwestern State to only 28.4 in their best defensive efforts of the season
• Tech has shot over 60 percent in the past two games, including a season-high 64.4 percent on Tuesday against South Carolina State
• The 14 3-pointers by Tech against South Carolina was the most since they hit a program-best 16 against Kansas in 2019… Tech made 13 3s against Jackson State for a previous season-high
• Tech forced a season-high 30 turnovers from Jackson State and scored 47 points off those turnovers… Tech had 19 steals in the game led by Obanor who had four while Isaacs, Washington and Williams had three steals each… The program record for steals in a game is 24 against Nicholls in 2002… The 19 matched the second-most ever for a Red Raider team
• The 50-point win over JSU was the 14^th time in program history a Tech team has won by 50 or more
• Tech has won six games by 20 or more points this season, including the 50-point win over JSU, topping HSU by 44, winning by 39 over SC State and a 34-point win over Louisville in Maui… The Red Raiders have held five opponents under 60 points, two under 50 and one under 40 with Louisville scoring only 38 points
• Tech is currently scoring 81.7 points per game and is limiting opponents to 62.3 ppg… The Red Raiders are averaging 95.6 ppg. in their last five games
• Tech overcame an 11-point deficit against Nicholls for its largest comeback this season
• Creighton won by 11 for Tech's only double-digit loss this season
• Tech is currently 90-of-244 (36.9 percent) on 3-pointers… Isaacs leads the team with 26 3-pointers (26-for-63 / 41.3%) while Tyson is shooting 50.0 percent (16-for-32)
• Tech is 204-of-282 (72.3 percent) at the free-throw line after going 20-for-33 at the line against SC State… Tech had a season-high 29 free-throws made against Nicholls… Tech has made 20 or more free throws in 4 of 12 games this season
• Before going 13-for-28 on 3s against JSU, Tech had made a season-best eight 3-pointers against Georgetown; The Red Raiders made seven 3s in wins over Nicholls, Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State
• As a program, Tech is coming off a season where it reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the sixth time in program history and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight time – a new Tech record… The Red Raiders advanced to the 2018 Elite 8, 2019 Championship Final, 2021 Second Round and 2022 Sweet 16… Tech has an 11-4 record over the past four tournaments… The program has made the Sweet 16 in three of the past four tournaments
• The Red Raiders finished No. 1 in defensive efficiency for the second time in four seasons last year… Tech also topped the Kenpom.com category in 2019 and were No. 9 in 2020
• Corey Williams returned as an assistant coach for his second season at Tech while Steve Green and Al Pinkins joined the staff as assistant coaches during the offseason… Pinkins returned to Tech after four seasons at Florida following working at Tech from 2016-18… He was the interim head coach at Florida in the 2022 NIT… Green was at South Plains College for the past 23 seasons where he was a national champion… Adams has built a staff that also includes: Rick Cooper (chief of staff), Taylor Sinclair (director of operations), Sean Sutton (advisor), Darryl Dora (player personnel), Matt Scherbenske (director of recruiting), George Neilson (director of scouting), Darby Rich (strength & conditioning), John Bloom (assistant strength & conditioning), Luke Adams (player development), Cooper Anderson (coordinator of operations), Jamaal Scott (academics) and Briana Whitaker (executive associate)
• Tech's last home loss came on February 9, 2021, against No. 14 West Virginia in an 82-71 defeat… The Red Raiders were ranked No. 7 in the nation in that game
• Tech went 18-0 at home last season, including 9-0 in Big 12 play… The team is scheduled to play 17 home games this season and is currently 8-0
• Tech's program record is 35 straight home victories… That streak started with four wins at the end of the 1993-94 season before a pair of 13-0 runs (1994-95 and 1995-96) and then five home wins to start the 1996-97 season
• Tech finished with an 18-0 record at home in 2021-22 season which was only matched by Kentucky going 18-0 at Rupp Arena… Tech outscored opponents 79.7 to 58.8 per game with opponents shooting 39.1 percent… 16 of the 18 home wins were by double-digits with the only ones not by 10 or more being victories over Kansas (75-67, +8) and Kansas State (73-68, +5)
• The matchup against Creighton was the third of five regular-season games on a Monday for the Red Raiders with the final two coming in the Big 12 schedule... Tech is currently 2-1 on Mondays… The final game of the NCAA basketball season is on Monday, April 3 in Houston, Texas
• The Red Raiders had a sell-out (15,098) for their 2022-23 season-opener against Northwestern State after they finished 11th nationally in average attendance last season with 13,973 fans per game and 251,515 total... Tech had five sell-outs last season and established a new program record by exceeding capacity at 15,300 fans in attendance against Texas… There were 12 games of 14,000+ in attendance and all 18 exceeded 12,000… Tech is averaging 13,052 fans through its eight homes this season

ROSTER REPORT
• Kevin Obanor has started all 49 games since he joined the Red Raiders last season and is leading the team with 16.6 points per game after going for 24 points and nine rebounds against South Carolina State after posting 22 points and nine rebounds in the win over Houston Christian last week… He is averaging 21.4 points and 7.4 rebounds in the past five games after going 5-for-8 on 3-pointers in the last game against SC State… Obanor has now scored in double figures in 11 straight games, 100 in his career and is shooting 68-of-126 (54.0 percent) from the field this season… Obanor scored a season-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Eastern Washington for his first double-double of the season and then scored 16 against Jackson State in his hometown of Houston... He went 8-for-8 at the free-throw line and was 8-for-15 shooting in his highest scoring performance at Tech in the win over EWU and then hit a season-high three 3-pointers against JSU… It was his first double-double of the season and the 36th in his career... The performances followed him scoring 20 points against Nicholls where he was 7-for-13 from the field with two 3-pointers… He now has 569 points as a Red Raider and 1,875 points through 135 games in his career... He had a previous season-high 19 points against Ohio State and 15 against Louisville in Maui… Obanor has scored in double figures in 11 straight games after having nine points in the season-opener against Northwestern State… He finished last season with double-doubles in each of the three NCAA Tournament games against Montana State (10 points/11 rebounds), Notre Dame (15/15) and Duke (10/10)… Obanor, who is a Houston native, started his college career with three seasons at Oral Roberts before transferring to Tech last season… Obanor earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection last season and is on the All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention list along with the Julius Erving Award Watch List to start this year… Last season, he scored a season-high 23 points and also had 13 rebounds in the home win over Baylor before going for 15 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Notre Dame to reach the Sweet 16.
• Daniel Batcho returned after missing two games due to injury to record a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Houston Christian before following it with 17 points and seven rebounds in the win over South Carolina State this week… His 12/10 performance against HCU was his third double-double of the season and the fourth game with 10 or more rebounds this season… A 6-foot-11 sophomore from France, Batcho recorded a career-high 13 rebounds and his second career double-double with 15 points against Georgetown before having 14 points and nine rebounds against Nicholls… Batcho, who has led Tech in scoring in three games and in rebounding in seven, has scored in double figures in five straight games for the first time in his career… He had a career-high 21 points against Ohio State where he was 7 of 10 from the field and 6 of 7 at the free-throw line in Maui… He also added six rebounds in the game after he had established a previous career-high with12 rebounds in the win against Louisville along with having nine points, three blocks and three steals… He is averaging 13.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game through 10 games played… He had scored a career-high 17 points against Creighton in Maui where he was 7-for-12 from the field in 24 minutes on the court before his 21-point performance against the Buckeyes… Batcho recorded a career-high six blocks in the win over LA Tech where he also added nine points and seven rebounds in the team's last home game… His six blocks in a game are tied for the third most in program history with Tariq Owens owning the single-game record with eight in a win over Memphis in 2018 and Will Flemons second with seven against Texas A&M in 1990… A reserve in 33 games last season at Tech, he came into this season with a career-high 11 rebounds in the overtime win over Tennessee last season at Madison Square Garden in the 2021 Jimmy V Classic… He would go off for four blocked shots, six points and three rebounds against West Virginia for his best Big 12 game.
• De'Vion Harmon went for a season-high 22 points and had a career-high nine assists in the win over Houston Christian last week and is coming off 14 points and seven assists in the win over SC State… Harmon is averaging 13.6 points and 5.0 assists in the past five games… He has scored in double figures in four straight games for the first time this season and now leads the Red Raiders with 4.2 assists per game… A senior in his first season at Tech, Harmon was coming off a season-high 19 points and career-best six steals in the win over EWU before hitting 8 of 10 shots with two 3-pointers for his 22 against HCU… In 103 career games, he has scored 1,074 points after also scoring 18 in the win over Georgetown where he also had four steals and two assists… He had matched his previous career-best with six assists against Ohio State in Maui and has had three or more assists in 8 of 12 games… Through 12 games, he's averaging 12.2 points, a team-high 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals… Harmon, a Denton, Texas native who was a Class 6A All-State performer at Guyer HS, has played in 103 games in his college career where he also now has 236 assists… Harmon averaged 10.8 points per game and had 71 assists last season for the Ducks after averaging 12.9 points per game for the Sooners as a sophomore… Harmon started 34 of 35 games last year and a season-high 21 points coming against Stanford… His career-high 23 points came in his first game as a freshman at Oklahoma against UTSA on November 5, 2019, and then again as a sophomore for the Sooners against Oklahoma State on February 27, 2021.
• Jaylon Tyson has scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time in his career after going for 13 points with three 3-pointers in the win over SC State… He had gone for 11 points in the previous two games against Jackson State and Houston Christian and is now averaging 10.2 points, 1.3 steals and 4.5 rebounds per game… He had a career-high 18 points against Georgetown where he was 4-for-5 on 3-pointers… A starter in 11 of 12 games, Tyson transferred to Tech at midterm last season but did not play in a game for the Red Raiders… Tyson is currently 16-for-32 (50 percent) on 3-pointers and has made at least one 3-pointer in 9 of 11 games played… Against Northwestern State, Tyson made his first collegiate start and was 3-for-4 from the field, including going 2-for-3 on 3-pointers to finish with eight points… His 3-pointer on Tech's second possession of the season-opener was the first basket this season for the Red Raiders… He began his career at the University of Texas where he played in eight games with freshman season-high 11 points coming against Houston Christian last season.
• Pop Isaacs is averaging 10.3 points, 3.0 assists and 1.3 steals as a starter in all 12 games to begin his freshman season… Isaacs is coming off contributing 14 points and three assists in the win over SC State where he was 4-of-5 on 3-pointers after he had a career-high six assists and four steals in the win over Houston Christian while also scoring six points… A freshman from Las Vegas, he scored a career-high 24 points and five 3-pointers in the win over Nicholls… His 24 points were the most by a Red Raider in a game this season before Obanor went for his 25 against EWU… Isaacs has now scored in double figures in six games and has 15 assists in the past five games… Isaacs had a previous career-high four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 13 points against Creighton… He has made at least one 3-pointer in 10 of 12 games … He comes into the matchup against TCU shooting 26-for-63 (41.3 percent) on 3-pointers this season.
• Robert Jennings had started three straight games before having a career-high six rebounds as a reserve on Tuesday night against SC State…He was coming off matching his career-highs with eight points and five rebounds against Houston Christian… A freshman from Desoto, he established his career-high with eight points against Louisville in Maui after he went 3-for-5 from the field and also hit two free throws in 15 minutes of work… He's currently averaging 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.
• Lamar Washington established a career-high with 12 points and five assists in the win over Nicholls after going 12-for-17 from the free-throw line… He is currently averaging 4.2 points, 2.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.9 rebounds per game after providing eight points, three steals and three assists in the win over SC State … Washington is averaging 7.8 points and 3.0 assists in the past five games… He matched his season-best with three steals against Houston Christian and also scored seven points… A freshman from Portland, Oregon, his career-best 12 points against Nicholls was the first time he scored in double figures and came with him going 0-for-1 from the field shooting… Washington was the 2021 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year while playing at Jefferson High School as a junior before playing at Compass Prep in Arizona last season as a senior... He produced 2,135 points, 705 rebounds and 823 assists during his high school career.
• KJ Allen went off for a career-high 15 points in the win over Jackson State by shooting 7-for-10 from the field before scoring six against Houston Christian… A junior from Los Angeles, Allen had a season-high seven rebounds and scored five points in the win over EWU in 18 minutes off the bench… In his second season at Tech, Allen is currently averaging 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game this season… He had a previous season-high five rebounds against Creighton in the first game in Maui… Allen contributed four points and four rebounds in the win over Texas Southern after he had two points in 11 minutes against Northwestern State in the opener… He played in 19 games as a reserve last season for the Red Raiders with a season-high six points coming in games against Kansas State and Omaha… Allen added a career-high eight rebounds in the conference game against Kansas State… He finished his first season in Lubbock by going 16-for-30 from the field… Allen was featured on the Netflix documentary Last Chance U while playing at East Los Angeles College where he averaged 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game… He was Adams' first signee.
• D'Maurian Williams hit five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 17 points in the win over Jackson State with all 17 coming in the second half… A junior from Arizona, Williams made his first start at Tech against Nicholls in place of Tyson who was injured… He played against JSU as a reserve, going 5-for-7 on 3-pointers after coming into the game with only three made 3-pointers through eight games played… Williams scored a previous season-high 10 points against Louisville after hitting two 3-pointers and going 4-for-5 at the free-throw line… He is currently averaging 4.6 points this season after scoring three in the win over SC State… Williams now has 782 points, 142 assists, 64 steals and 237 rebounds through 68 games in his career… He is in his first season at Tech after transferring from Gardner-Webb where he played the past two seasons…Williams won a national championship after high school at Putnam Science Academy (Connecticut)… He averaged in double-figures both seasons at Gardner-Webb, going for 10.8 points per game as a freshman before averaging 14.5 points per game last season as a sophomore.
• Kerwin Walton had scored eight points in the two games against Houston Christian and Jackson State before hitting one 3 and finishing with three points against SC State… He is averaging 3.5 points through 11 games played as a Red Raider reserve… He did not appear in the game against EWU but would respond by going 2-for-4 from beyond the arc in the games against JSU and HCU… Walton led the Tech bench with nine points and four rebounds against Northwestern State in the season-opener and had five points against TSU and LA Tech… He had not scored in the previous five games before his eight against JSU and HCU… Walton played the last two seasons at North Carolina before transferring to Tech during the summer… He has made 88 3-pointers through 71 games in his career with a career-high five 3-pointers made in a game against Louisville in his freshman season… Walton is 88-for-226 (38.9 percent) from beyond the arc for his career, including making a UNC freshman 3-point percentage record with 58 3-pointers where he started 20 games during his first season in Chapel Hill… Walton, a Hopkins, Minnesota native, averaged 8.2 points per game as a freshman for the Tar Heels with a career-high 19 points coming in that game against Louisville… He experienced the Final Four last season as a member of UNC which finished as the national runner-up.
• Elijah Fisher scored a season-high eight points after going 3-for-4 from the field against Jackson State before scoring five points in each of the wins over SC State and HCU… He is now averaging 3.4 points per game with a previous season-best seven points coming against Texas Southern in the second game of the season… A reserve in all 12 games, he is 16-for-31 (51.6 percent) from the field this season… Along with his eight points, Fisher added a career-best three rebounds in the win over Jackson State in Houston… His first-year resume also includes scoring three points and having two rebounds in the loss to Ohio State… A Toronto, Ontario, Canada native, Fisher averaged 28 points and 13 rebounds during his junior season… Fisher was a consensus five-star recruit and ranked No. 15 by ESPN for the 2023 class… He reclassified to play this season and enrolled at Tech a year early.
• CJ Williams scored his first career points against Louisville with a pair of free throws and his first bucket with a layup against South Carolina State… A freshman guard, he has played in five games this season after making his debut in the opener against Northwestern State… He is the son of Tech assistant coach Corey Williams
• Fardaws Aimaq is an All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention selection and is also on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List for the top center in college basketball. … Aimaq is a key part to the Tech roster this season but has been sidelined with a foot injury and has no official timetable for his return… A transfer from Utah Valley, Aimaq has recorded 1,056 points, 918 rebounds, 99 blocked shots and 41 double-doubles in his career… His 41 double-doubles are the fifth most for an active player in the nation… He earned the 2020-21 WAC Player of the Year honors as a sophomore after leading the nation with 15.0 rebounds to go along with 13.9 points per game and is coming off a junior season where he went for 18.9 points and 13.6 rebounds per game… He was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year the previous two seasons… During his career, he's averaged 11.1 rebounds per game which is the third best career mark nationally.

RANKINGS
• Tech fell out of the AP Top 25 in the 11/28 rankings after its losses in Maui and has remained unranked the past four weeks… The Red Raiders have received votes each week
• Tech had moved up two spots in the AP Poll (11/21) for the second straight week and was at No. 21 entering the Maui Invitational
• The Red Raiders were No. 23 in the first release of the season (11/14) after a No. 25 preseason ranking
• Tech entered the season at No. 24 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll
• Tech has now earned a preseason ranking three times in program history
• Tech is currently 0-1 against ranked opponents this season with its loss to No. 10 Creighton… The Bluejays moved up to No. 7 in the 11/28 poll but have since dropped out
• Tech was 3-2 against Top-10 teams last year in the regular season… The Red Raiders dropped a 69-55 game to No. 5 Gonzaga last December in Phoenix before earning wins over Baylor which was at No. 1 (65-62 in Waco) and No. 7 (83-73 in Lubbock) at the time of the victories and also a 75-67 home win over Kansas when it was No. 6
• Tech has beat a top-10 opponent in eight straight seasons, a top-5 opponent in seven straight and has 27 wins over top-10 teams in program history
• Tech went 7-5 last season against Top 25 opponents, including a 57-52 overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee on December 7 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden… The Red Raiders were 1-1 against Top 25 teams in their non-conference schedule with the loss to Gonzaga following the win over the Vols
• The Red Raiders opened the 2019-20 season at No. 13 after reaching the Final Four for their highest preseason ranking and were No. 14 to begin the 2020-21 season
• Tech was unranked to begin last season before entering the polls at No. 25 following an overtime win over Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic
• It took Tech five weeks before it earned the ranking last season but remained ranked for the rest of the season
• Tech was as high as No. 9 during February and finished the season at No. 14
• Tech's highest AP ranking in program history came at No. 6 in February of 2018 (16th Week Poll)… The 2018-19 team was No. 8 in the final week of the regular season and No. 7 throughout the postseason that led to the 2019 National Championship Final

DOMINATING THE PAINT
Texas Tech has started this season by outscoring 11 of 12 opponents in the paint and by a 450-274 combined margin… Nicholls is the only team to outscore Tech inside the paint this season. (TTU 48 – SCST 36; TTU 56 – HCU 24; TTU 42 – JSU 18; TTU 40 – EWU 18; NIC 30 – TTU 26; TTU 38 – GU 16; TTU 34-OSU 28; TTU 70-LOU 38; TTU 38-CU 30; TTU 26-LT 24; TTU 42 – TSU 30; TTU 28 – NWST 8)… The Red Raiders outscored 35 of 37 opponents inside the paint last season by a combined 1,230-654 scoring advantage.

OFF AND RUNNING
• Tech has now won 23 straight season openers and is 71-27 in the first game of a season all-time after its win over Northwestern State on November 7 in Lubbock
• This year was the 25th straight season Tech opened its season at home
• Tech's last loss to begin a season came against Indiana on November 19, 1999… That game was the first-ever in the USA which was then known as United Spirit Arena

RED RAIDER 20-WIN SEASONS (16 in 97 seasons)
1939-40: 21-7 - Berl Huffman
1948-49: 21-9 - Polk Robison
1953-54: 21-5 - Polk Robison
1975-76: 25-6 - Gerald Meyers
1976-77: 20-9 - Gerald Meyers
1984-85: 23-8 - Gerald Meyers
1994-95: 20-10 - James Dickey
1995-96: 30-2 - James Dickey
2001-02: 23-9 - Bob Knight
2002-03: 22-13 - Bob Knight
2003-04: 23-11 - Bob Knight
2004-05: 22-11 - Bob Knight
2006-07: 21-13 - Bob Knight
2017-18: 27-10 - Chris Beard
2018-19: 31-7 - Chris Beard (most wins in a season)
2021-22: 27-10 - Mark Adams

2022-23 AWARDS/WATCH LIST
Kevin Obanor: Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention; Julius Erving Award Watch List
Fardaws Aimaq: Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List
Daniel Batcho: Maui Jim Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team

LOOKING BACK | 2021-22 AWARDS / WATCH LISTS
Mark Adams: Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year; Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List
Bryson Williams: All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 All-Newcomer Team; Associated Press All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 Newcomer of Week (1/31, 2/21)
Kevin McCullar: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist; Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)
Kevin Obanor: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/24)
Adonis Arms: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Terrence Shannon: Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)
Marcus Santos-Silva: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)
Clarence Nadolny: Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)

LEGACY
Texas Tech spent the first and second day of October in Stanton, Texas at its annual team retreat working to continue building strong bonds for the season. The Red Raiders were at the Circle 6 Camp for two days with a theme of legacy that was designed to connect the past with the current team. Adams, shown holding up boxing gloves, talked with the current team about past players who helped build the program and also about how each of the current players owes it to themselves and the program to work hard every day to continue building the legacy that many have worked to build. The team opened up to each other through discussion and also had fun with multiple team-building activities.

RED RAIDERS IN THE NBA / G-LEAGUE
Adonis Arms: Grand Rapids Gold
Jarrett Culver: 2-Way (Atlanta Hawks/College Park Skyhawks)
Mac McClung: Delaware Blue Coats
Norense Odiase: Greensboro Swarm
Jahmi'us Ramsey: Oklahoma City Blue
Davion Warren: College Park Skyhawks
Bryson Williams: Ontario Clippers

TEXAS TECH FEATURE LINKS
Define Yourself – Video Series
Harmon - Feature
Aimaq - Feature
Pop Isaacs - Feature
Tyson - Feature
Obanor - Feature
Big 12 Media Day – Four Journeys
Formative Conversation – Players
Formative Conversation - Coaches

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Players Mentioned

Fardaws Aimaq

KJ Allen

Adonis Arms

Daniel Batcho

Elijah Fisher

De'Vion Harmon

Pop Isaacs

Robert Jennings

Kevin McCullar

Clarence Nadolny

Kevin Obanor

Marcus Santos-Silva

Jaylon Tyson

Kerwin Walton

Davion Warren

Lamar Washington

Bryson Williams

CJ Williams

D'Maurian Williams