Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball
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The Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represents Texas Tech University in basketball. Texas Tech competes in NCAA Division I, and has been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference since its first season in 1996. The team previously competed in the Border Conference and Southwest Conference. The team was founded in 1925, having since won 13 regular season conference championship, and made 20 appearances in the NCAA tournament as of the 2023-2024 season. Since 1999, the Red Raiders have played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas.
This article is about the Texas Tech men's basketball team. For Tech's women's basketball team, see Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders | ||||
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University | Texas Tech University | |||
First season | 1925–26 | |||
Athletic director | Kirby Hocutt | |||
Head coach | Grant McCasland (1st season) | |||
Conference | Big 12 Conference | |||
Location | Lubbock, Texas | |||
Arena | United Supermarkets Arena (Capacity: 15,300) | |||
Nickname | Red Raiders | |||
Student section | Raider Riot | |||
Colors | Scarlet and black[1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
2019 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
2019 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
2018, 2019 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1961, 1962, 1976, 1996, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2022 | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
1976, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1976, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1933, 1934, 1935, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1985, 1995, 1996, 2019 |
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