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University	Texas Tech University Texas Tech University Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
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Head Coach	Billy Gillispie Billy Gillispie Billy Clyde Gillispie , also known by his initials BCG, is an American college basketball coach. Since 2011, he has been the current head coach of the men's basketball team at Texas Tech University... (1st season)
Arena	United Spirit Arena United Spirit Arena United Spirit Arena is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The 15,020-seat arena opened in 1999 and is home to the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball, Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball and Texas Tech Red Raiders women's volleyball teams... (Capacity: 15,020)
Nickname	Red Raiders Texas Tech Red Raiders The Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 15 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
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Uniforms

The Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represents Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...

in Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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Division I men's basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

competition (the school's women's basketball team is known as the "Lady Raiders".) The team is currently coached by Billy Gillispie

Billy Gillispie

Billy Clyde Gillispie , also known by his initials BCG, is an American college basketball coach. Since 2011, he has been the current head coach of the men's basketball team at Texas Tech University...

. Prior to Gillispie being named coach, the coach was Pat Knight

Pat Knight

Patrick "Pat" Knight is an American college basketball coach for Lamar University. He became the coach of the Lamar Cardinals basketball team on April 5, 2011. He was previously the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team until March 7, 2011...

who succeeded his father, Hall of Famer

Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide...

Bob Knight. The Red Raiders currently compete in the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2007

2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball season...

1925–1935

Texas Tech's basketball program was founded the same year the school opened its doors in 1925. The inaugural game was a 37–25 loss to Daniel Baker College

Daniel Baker College

Daniel Baker College was founded April 5, 1889 in Brownwood, Texas and was named in memory of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Baker, a Presbyterian circuit-riding minister, who helped organize the first presbytery in Texas in 1840 and Austin College in 1849....

. Tech would lose two more games before finally clinching their first ever victory—35–21 at Sul Ross University.

Grady Higginbotham

Grady Higginbotham

Roswell Grady Higginbotham was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team. Leading it to a 14–18–0 record from 1925 to 1927....

was the first coach, earning a 14–18 record over two seasons. Until Pat Knight

Pat Knight

, Higgenbotham was the only Tech basketball coach to garner an overall losing record (.438) during his stay. Following Higgenbotham's departure, Victor Payne

Victor Payne

Victor Payne was a head college basketball and football coach. He was the head football coach at Abilene Christian College and Simmons University...

led the Matadors (as the school's teams were known until 1936) from 1927

1927 in sports

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to 1930

1930 in sports

-American football:NFL championship* Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10–3–1College championship* College football national championship – Alabama Crimson Tide and Notre Dame Fighting Irish...

. His final tally stood at 32 wins and 20 losses. W. L. Golightly

W. L. Golightly

-Texas Tech:Golightly coached the Texas Tech Matadors basketball team during the 1930–31 season. His record with the team is 11–9. Golightly also served as an assistant football coach at Texas Tech under Pete Cawthon during the 1930 season.-References:...

coached only one season, bringing in an 11–9 record. Dell Morgan

Dell Morgan

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held the head coaching job from 1931

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to 1934

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, chalking up 42 wins to 29 losses. He was followed by Virgil Ballard

Virgil Ballard

Virgil Ballard was the fifth head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team during the Matador's 1934–35 season. He garnered a 15–9 record, including the team's 100th win, a one-point victory over House of David. Ballard also served as an assistant football coach under Texas Tech head...

. 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.

1935–1971

Berl Huffman

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was twice the head basketball coach at Texas Tech—first from 1935

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to 1942

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and then from 1946

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to 1947

1947 in sports

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. During his total of eight seasons, he garnered a record of 121–67. Polk Robison

Polk Robison

Polk Robison was an American collegiate basketball and football coach and college athletics administrator who served as the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team from 1942 to 1946 and again from 1947 to 1961...

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

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. At a total of 18 seasons, his stay is the second longest of any Red Raiders basketball coach, behind Gerald Myers

Gerald Myers

Gerald Myers is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team....

. He departed after leading his teams to 254 wins, 195 losses, and the first two NCAA tournaments

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

in school history.

Gene Gibson

Gene Gibson

Gene Gibson coached the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team from 1961-1969. A former all-conference player for Texas Tech, during his first year as coach, he led the team to the second round of the NCAA tournament...

followed Robison into the position. In his eight seasons, he chalked up the second best conference record in Texas Tech history and lead the Raiders to a Southwest Conference Championship in 1962. HeBob Bass

Bob Bass

Bob Bass is a former basketball coach and executive who worked in the NCAA, American Basketball Association, and the National Basketball Association....

led the program to a 22–15 record over a season-and-a-half before returning to professional basketball coaching duties.

1971–2001

Gerald Myers

Gerald Myers is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team....

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

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), #700 (SMU

SMU Mustangs

The SMU Mustangs is the name of the athletic teams representing Southern Methodist University. The Mustangs participate in the NCAA's Division I as a member of Conference USA. In 2005, SMU accepted an invitation to the Western Division of Conference USA, and left the Western Athletic Conference...

), #800 (at SMU), and #900 (Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball

The Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college basketball. The Aggies play home games at Reed Arena, a 12,500-capacity arena in College Station, Texas on the campus of Texas A&M University....

). 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

Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The Southwest Conference was an NCAA athletic conference that existed from 1915 to 1996, and held its postseason basketball tournament, also called the "SWC Classic," starting in 1976.-Tournament champions by year:-Championships by school:- References :...

titles, and four NCAA Tournament

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

berths. Myers served as the school's athletic director from 1996 to 2011.

James Dickey

James Dickey (basketball coach)

James Allen Dickey is an American college basketball coach and the current head basketball coach at the University of Houston. He previously served as the head men's coach at Texas Tech from 1991 to 2001, where he led the Red Raiders to the NCAA Tournament in 1993 and again in 1996.-Early...

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.

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

1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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. Texas Tech finished the 1994/95 season with a 20–10 record, sharing the SWC regular season championship with Texas

Texas Longhorns men's basketball

The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference....

and earning a berth in the 1995 National Invitation Tournament

1995 National Invitation Tournament

-Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Penn State 66, Canisius 62...

. 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"

1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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in the NCAA Tournament, and finishing #8 in the AP Poll and #10 in the Coaches' Poll.

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

Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

The Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament of four rounds, with the top four seeds getting byes in the first round...

, 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. 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.

2001–2008 (Bob Knight era)

Bob Knight served as the Texas Tech men's basketball head coach from 2001

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–2008

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.

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

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

nor achieved a winning record since 1996. Knight led the Red Raiders to three NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT

National Invitation Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...

appearance in his first four years at Texas Tech, including an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen

2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at the Edward Jones Dome in St...

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. During the 2005-06 season, the ESPN reality TV show centering around Knight and the Red Raiders, Knight School
Knight School (TV series)
Knight School is a television documentary produced by ESPN about a group of sixteen Texas Tech students trying to make coach Bob Knight's Red Raiders men's basketball team as a non-scholarship player for the 2006/07 NCAA season. The documentary chronicles their progress and gives insight into Bob...

, was filmed. 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

2007 in sports

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, 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

2007-08 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team is led by first-year head coach Mark Turgeon, who replaced Billy Gillispie in April 2007...

, 68–53. Knight won two more games as head coach—against Missouri

Missouri Tigers

The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri, United States...

and Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball

The Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represents Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Cowboys currently compete in the Big 12 Conference.Since 1938, the team has played its home games in Gallagher-Iba Arena...

—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

Pat Knight

, the head coach designate since 2005, was immediately named as his successor. The younger Knight stated that, after many years of coaching, his father was exhausted and ready to retire.

Bob Knight finished with an overall win-loss record of 138–82 at Texas Tech.

2008–2011 (Pat Knight era)

After assuming the heading coaching role midseason, Pat Knight

Pat Knight

's initial two games were defeats on the road. The first was an 80–74 loss to Baylor

Baylor Bears men's basketball

The Baylor Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Scott Drew....

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

Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball

The Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represents Kansas State University in college basketball competition. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The current head coach is Frank Martin....

, 84–75, at United Spirit Arena

United Spirit Arena

United Spirit Arena is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The 15,020-seat arena opened in 1999 and is home to the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball, Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball and Texas Tech Red Raiders women's volleyball teams...

. Going into the game, KSU was in sole possession of first place in the Big 12

Big 12 Conference

. On March 1, 2008, the Red Raiders again defeated the top team in the conference by beating #5 Texas

Texas Longhorns men's basketball

The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference....

, 83–80, ending a month-long, eight-game winning streak for the Longhorns.

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

2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City from March 13 until March 16, 2008. It was the 12th Big 12 tournament in the series...

, they added another loss—to Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball

—in the first round. The team did not receive an invitation to play at either the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

or at the National Invitation Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

. Texas Tech did get an invitation to the inaugural College Basketball Invitational

College Basketball Invitational

The College Basketball Invitational is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI selects 16 teams that are not selected for the NCAA Tournament...

, but declined the offer.

In the third game of the 2008–09 season

2008–09 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team plays in the Big 12 Conference at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas...

, Tech defeated Division II opponent East Central University

East Central University

East Central University is a four year public university in Ada, Oklahoma, located in the south central region of the state. The university also has courses available in McAlester, Shawnee, Ardmore, and Durant....

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

Texas Longhorns men's basketball

The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference....

on February 20, 1994. The combined total of 282 points also became a new record.

On March 7, 2011, Texas Tech terminated Knight's position as head coach. He left with an overall record of 50–61, becoming the second coach in the school's history to depart with more losses than wins.

2011–present (Billy Gillispie era)

Billy Gillispie

became the head coach of the team on March 20, 2011.

Home arenas

The Red Raiders play their home games at United Spirit Arena

United Spirit Arena

located on the university campus. The Red Raiders previously played at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum until United Spirit Arena was constructed opened in 1999. The university's first team, then known as the Matadors, did not have a home court but instead played at the Livestock Judging Pavilion

Agricultural Pavilion

The Agricultural Pavilion is a contributing property to the Texas Technological College Historic District on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The Agricultural Pavilion was one of the original buildings on campus and opened in 1926...

until a wood and stucco barn was constructed the following season.

Players

Retired jerseys

Retired basketball jerseys
Number	Player	Seasons
1	Polk Robison Polk Robison Polk Robison was an American collegiate basketball and football coach and college athletics administrator who served as the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team from 1942 to 1946 and again from 1947 to 1961...	1930-1977
22	Gerald Myers Gerald Myers Gerald Myers is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team and the Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team....	1957-2010

Although "retired jersey" banners appear in the United Spirit Arena

United Spirit Arena

, the jersey numbers are still in use.

Individual awards

Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award
Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award
The Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award is presented to a men's college basketball player who is a senior and who has demonstrated personal character both on and off the court, similar to the fictional Chip Hilton character depicted by Hall of Fame coach Clair Bee in the classic Chip Hilton series...

Ronald Ross, 2004–05

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award is an annual college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter–than–average players who excel on the court despite their size. The award, named in honor of James Naismith's daughter–in–law, was established for men in 1969 and for women in 1984...

Bubba Jennings, 1984–85

Head coaches

External links

Texas Tech Athletics - Official Site

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