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Texas Tech men's basketball & football, high schools & features for @RaiderSports , @LoneStarVarsity and @lubbockonline .

Joined October 2012
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You knew the case was about to be solved and everything was going to be OK when this guy showed up on SVU.
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Texas Tech's defense the last 7 days: * held Iowa State 20 points below its season average * held Kansas to its season-low point total * held Baylor 20 points below its season average.
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Texas Tech has 18 wins after today. Same number of wins the last two Tech teams have had the whole season.
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World Series champion Josh Jung out here supporting Texas Tech soccer.
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Zhaire Smith in the house
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The entire Texas Tech basketball team is outside United Supermarkets Arena giving out Raising Canes to the students camping out for tomorrow's Texas game.
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Asked what KyeRon Lindsay's status is with the team, this was Grant McCasland's response.
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3 years
Plainview was the unwitting host to Texas' coup of Chris Beard, and Chris Del Conte has the AUDACITY to bad mouth my city afterwards. Not on my watch! MY COLUMN
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Warren Washington has taken the floor for warm-ups
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Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams is a big fan of Clarence Nadolny.
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From the pool report of the Tech locker room, in case somebody asks.
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Becky Lynch, Asuka and Bianca Belair closed #WWEAmarillo with a great triple threat match.
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Tariq Owens is being the voice of reason to the students right now, urging them not to throw anything on the court or get any technicals.
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Warren Washington can still dunk, everyone.
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Pop Isaacs is here to say hi to former Tech assistant, current Trinity assistant Sean Sutton.
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Darrion Williams just broke the record for most makes without a miss in Texas Tech history (if he doesn't shoot again. He's 12 for 12 from the field and has 30 points.
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The banner that touted a 2019-20 NCAA Tournament "bid" no longer hangs in United Supermarkets Arena rafters.
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Robert Jennings, totally unprompted, shouts out the Texas Tech seniors after tonight's game.
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Texas Tech fans: highly engaged on social media.
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Red Raiders are now officially guaranteed to get a first-round bye in the Big 12 tournament. They're tied four fourth in the standings right now, ahead of Kansas because of the head-to-head win.
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"That wasn't going to happen again." "We not having that this year." "The city of Lubbock deserved more." Returning players clued in their new teammates on Texas Tech's disastrous campaign a year ago. Together, they made a pact to turn things around.
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"No doubt in my mind." Devan Cambridge doesn't want to start over. He's looking forward to putting on a Red Raider uniform again. For now, he's turned his focus to being the best teammate, best version of himself he can be.
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Texas (4) is the highest ranked team Texas Tech has beaten on the road EVER. Just the 11th road win over a ranked team in program history.
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Joey McGuire with the pregame pep talk for the student section.
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"They've all had my back." Pop Isaacs on his last few weeks.
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How does Texas Tech keep pulling off these comebacks? Let Chance McMillian tell you.
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Darrion Williams: "I'm expecting to play. I'm still taking it day by day but I'm anticipating playing."
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โ€œCoach pulled us aside after he scored the school record and said, โ€˜Do you guys want him to keep going?โ€™ and it was a unanimous yes because we love J.J. We just want him to succeed. All of us were on board.โ€
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On his radio show, prompted by @GeoffHaxton talking about how fast things have gone since he was hired last spring, Grant McCasland said, "I pray to God that's the last introductory press conference I ever get to do."
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Grant McCasland provides updates on Darrion Williams and Warren Washington.
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Grant McCasland thinks tomorrow's @TexasTechFB player dunk contest at halftime should be a fun one. Also said Marcus Ramon-Edwards should be the favorite, calling him the 1A of the attempts he's seen.
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Grant McCasland, unprompted: "We're gonna beat Oregon on Saturday, by the way."
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2 months
With one week to go, the top 6 Big 12 tournament seeds as of today: 1. Houston (13-3) 2. Iowa State (12-4) 3. Baylor (10-6) 4. Texas Tech (9-7) 5. BYU (9-7) 6. Kansas (9-7) Tiebreaker: Kansas lost to both Texas Tech & BYU and Tech beat BYU.
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Kevin Obanor is in the house tonight and just received a nice ovation when shown on the big screen.
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DJ Burns Jr. tried to hide from the media when NC State's locker room opened up. It didn't work too well.
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Grant McCasland shouts out Texas Tech trainer Mike Neal for the work he does with the team, including getting Darrion Williams ready for today's game.
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Texas Tech didn't just suddenly become bad and lose three in a row. It is the same team at 16-6 and it was at 16-3, as it would've been at 19-3. Opinions of the team shouldn't change because some close ones have gone the other way. Let me explain why.
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Grant McCasland asked about Pop Isaacs' civil lawsuit and the allegations against him.
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Chance McMillian on where this win ranks in a season full of good ones for Texas Tech.
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Current student situation. Estimated about 2500-3000 waiting to get in.
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Grant McCasland provides the latest mandatory Warren Washington update before Texas Tech takes on BYU tomorrow morning.
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Per a Texas Texas spokesman, Jaylon Tyson has not yet entered the transfer portal.
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Air Raiders moving on
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Another @TexasTechFB signee, @carr_kaden on finally making it official. @FootballLCP
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Feb. 13, 2023: Texas Tech gets its 14th win of the season and 3rd Big 12 win in the same game. Jan. 13, 2024: Texas Tech gets its 14th win of the season and 3rd Big 12 win in the same game.
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Grant McCasland on his radio show says he's not looking at what number of wins Texas Tech would need for an NCAA Tournament bid. "Let's not look at minimums. Let's look at maximums."
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This entire sequence was a thing of beauty from Texas Tech. 7 passes in 16 seconds with at least three open 3s given up to get Joe's wide-open 3. Had UNI's defense scrambling so much that Pop's wide open on the other wing too.
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Chance McMillian, when asked how Texas Tech was going to deal with DJ Burns inside, "... you're just going to have to see that tomorrow."
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Grant McCasland on the Texas Tech fans sticking with the team even in the rough first half.
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PSA: Texas Tech has had this kind of roster changeover since the portal began in 2018, long before NIL existed. This isn't new.
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"It's unacceptable. It's not good enough in this building." Grant McCasland after his first home loss as Texas Tech's head coach.
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ESPN+ was NOT ready for how fast Tech moved on that drive, completely missing the touchdown.
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Grant McCasland comments on Drew Steffe entering the transfer portal.
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Toussaint finds the crease to tie it up. FT gives Tech the lead. 30.8 left
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Joe Toussaint with a quick word for the crowd.
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Based on Texas Tech's recent success against the Longhorns, don't be surprised if Grant McCasland's first trip to Austin as the Red Raiders' leading man is also his last.
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General consensus between ESPN and CBS Sports is Texas Tech going to Phoenix to play Maryland in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. It's no Duke's Mayo Bowl but whateves.
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Keeping up with tradition: there's a fox on the loose in Jones AT&T Stadium.
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Sophomore Peyton Parsons puts it through to end it. Texas Tech advances to the third round beating Princeton 4-3 on PKs.
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2 years
Frenship, Lubbock-Cooper and Monterey have accounted for Texas Tech's touchdowns today.
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If you need a Darrion Williams update, he's one of the Texas Tech players we're going to get in the athlete press conference in a few minutes.
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Grant McCasland given a nice tribute video and recognition before the contest.
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"The moment you make it about anything other than your team, you're losing, and I love to win." Texas Tech and Grant McCasland are putting their pasts away together. They're living in the moment and moving forward in every sense. STORY:
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Texas A&M's Wade Taylor IV: "I definitely thought it was a road game."
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New Tech receiver Josh Kelly on how the demise of the Pac-12 and Washington State's limbo status contributed to him hitting the transfer portal to become a Red Raider.
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The Dog House is now home to Danny Wrenn Court.
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FINAL: No. 20 Texas Tech 85, No. 11 Oklahoma 84. Red Raiders will stay in sole possession of first place in the Big 12 standings, pick up their second win over a ranked team on the road and got a career-high 27 from Chance McMillian.
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Texas Tech head football coach Joey McGuire threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Here's how it went.
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Tariq Owens is back
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Pop Isaacs is a second-team all-Big 12 selection from the AP, which is voted on my conference beat writers. Grant McCasland received two votes for coach of the year, which went to Houston's Kelvin Sampson.
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Texas Tech played bad basketball for 33 minutes and got blown out. Then the Red Raiders played 7 minutes of great basketball and had a chance to win at Iowa State. That was the difference on Saturday. MORE
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As promised, here's the video of the sequence. Pop Isaacs on the pressure against Wade Taylor.
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Pop Isaacs hits the go-ahead bucket and A&M turns it over (I'll post the video later). Tech leads 84-82, 24.2 seconds left.
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For at least 24 hours, Texas Tech is in sole possession of first place in the Big 12 standings.
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It may not be the bowl Texas Tech fans hoped for, but the Red Raiders are playing December football for the third year in a row, the first time in over a decade. That should be considered a successful season. Postgame column:
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You would think this would be a mismatch. It's not.
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Exclusive look at Marcus Santos-Silva showing off his pass catching ability.
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His roommate Chance McMillian has seen it up close. Teammates like Robert Jennings have noticed it, too. Darrion Williams has been locked in as of late, taking his game to another level at the perfect time for Texas Tech.
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Officially that was Texas Tech's fourth announced sellout of Big 12 play. No team since at least the 2010-11 season had five in a season, and Texas is in town for perhaps the last time next week.
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Red Raiders are ready.
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"The togetherness was at a high level tonight for sure." Pop Isaacs and Joe Toussaint kn what it took for Texas Tech to come back from a 10-point deficit.
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A look at some more from Texas Tech's practice in PPG Paints Arena.
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๐ŸšจNEWS: Starting Jan. 3, I will be joining @lubbockonline as the new sports reporter focusing on features. I'm very excited to get to work with the @RaiderSports , @LoneStarVarsity , and @amarilloglobe crews to tell even more stories in the South Plains and Panhandle.
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FINAL: Texas Tech 89, Texas A&M 84. Too bad it doesn't count.
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Grant McCasland wanted to see how mature his Texas Tech team could be while Baylor made a comeback and three starters were in foul trouble. The Red Raiders didn't disappoint, coming away with what Chance McMillian called a "special win" against Baylor.
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Consolation? Texas Tech won the rebounding battle 31-30, its fifth straight game winning the battle of the boards.
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Grant McCasland is out mingling with the students who have made it into the arena 90 minutes before tip.
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Crowd noise probably won't be too much of a factor tonight.
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Grant McCasland said Drew Steffe has been away from the team for "family reasons" and is welcomed back whenever he's ready. Steffe, who is on track for a redshirt year this year, was not at tonight's game.
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Davide Moretti's little brother is portaling.
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NEWS: Illinois' Niccolo Moretti will enter the transfer portal, a source told ESPN. The 6'2 Italian point guard and NBA Global Academy graduate has three years of eligibility remaining. Will have a good market due to his pace, feel and pick and roll creativity.
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Elon TE transfer Johncarlos Miller II on what he was looking for in the transfer portal before choosing Texas Tech.
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Tight end Mason Tharp assesses the other 3 Texas Tech QBs who will see more action the rest of spring with Behren Morton being shut down.
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When I talked to Davide last summer, he said Niccolo "wanted to come to Tech very, very, very bad" but he was making his decision during the coaching transition from Adams to McCasland.
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@NathanGiese Will we target him?
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And Rodney Terry's perspective
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This is Grant McCasland's update on Darrion Williams for next week's NCAA Tournament. Williams tried to be out there but just couldn't do it.
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Andy Reid is here supporting BYU. Texas Tech only has one counter punch to make here.
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John Roberson holds the single-season assist record at Texas Tech with 212. Elijah Hawkins had 247 last season at Minnesota. Roberson was also the last Tech players to average 5 assists or more per game. Hawkins has been at 5.6 or above all 3 years in college.
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Officially โœ Help us welcome Elijah Hawkins to the Red Raider family! #TTW
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This man is all business
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We're here at Texas Tech's selection show viewing party, where the first order of business as fans trickle in is watching former Red Raider Terrence Shannon Jr.'s Illinois team try to finish off a Big Ten tournament title.
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