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Billy Gillispie Could Be Answer to Texas Tech's Problems

Pat Knight, the prognosticator: "This being my third year, this is either a 'get an extension' or a 'get fired' kind of year.'' Few would disagree with this sentiment, which was related by Knight at this year's Big 12 media days. Texas Tech (5-5), after reaching the NIT quarterfinals a year ago, have had a difficult...

Baylor a Team No One Wants to Face

Once a doormat in the Big 12, Baylor has become the team this season every conference coach hates to see coming. Just look at the Bears' work so far against the league's top three teams. They pushed the Kansas Jayhawks to the limit before succumbing to an 81-75 defeat at Allen Fieldhouse Jan. 20. Last Tuesday, they...

Michael Crabtree Will Miss Those Saturday Night Lights

NEW YORK -- He doesn't want to talk about his foot, really. He's been asked about it so much that he can feel the question coming, and he heads it off with a tsk, a shake of the head and a practiced response."I've got a brand-new set of wheels, man," Michael Crabtree said Thursday night. "That's the way I look at it."The...

Texas Tech Fills Offensive Line Coaching Vacancy

When Jack Bicknell Jr. left Lubbock to become the offensive line coach at Boston College, it left Texas Tech scrambling to fill the void. It now appears that Red Raiders have secured Bicknell's replacement. Mike Leach has hired Matt Moore who spent last season as offensive line coach at Troy. Moore is one of Leach's former...

Texas Tech Holds 'Passing of the Guns' Ceremony to Honor Retiring Student Mascots

Tyler Bridge and Kari Rodgers have served their school anonymously as they manned Texas Tech mascot Raider Red's costume. On Sunday the pair was unmasked as their role in the Texas Tech tradition was honored. As part of the ceremony Bridge and Rodgers passed Raider Red's guns to the incoming mascots, whose identities will...