List of Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball seasons

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Former Red Raiders head coaches Bob Knight (center right) and Pat Knight (far right)

The Texas Tech Red Raiders college basketball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, representing Texas Tech University in the South Division[1] of the Big 12 Conference.[2] Texas Tech has played its home games at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas since its opening in 1999.[3]

Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate men's basketball team during the 1925–26 season. The school's athletics teams were known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus.[4] In 1932, Texas Tech was admitted to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Border Conference. In the team's first season of conference play, Texas Tech went undefeated, winning the first of three consecutive Border Conference championships. At the beginning of the 1937–38 season, Texas Tech's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially with "Red Raiders", the nickname the team has today.[5] Texas Tech received their first postseason bid in 1942 to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) tournament. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won five conference championships and one co-championship.

In 1957, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference (SWC), in which it experienced similar success as it had in the Border Conference. In the regular season, the Red Raiders won four conference championships and three conference co-championships. At the end of the 1976 regular season, the Southwest Conference began an annual conference tournament known as the SWC Classic.[3] Texas Tech won five SWC Classic titles in their six appearances in the conference tournament championship game. The university remained in the SWC until the conference ceased operations in 1996, when the Red Raiders ended the 1995–96 season ranked #8 in both the AP (Associated Press) Poll and Coaches' Poll.[6] Following the dissolution of the SWC, the university became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference. Since joining the Big 12 Conference, the Red Raiders did not receive a bid to postseason play until 2002, when Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight was hired. During Knight's six-year tenure, Texas Tech received five postseason bids, participating in four NCAA tournaments and one National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Red Raiders won the third place playoff in the 2003 NIT tournament, the farthest a Red Raiders basketball team has advanced in postseason play before Chris Beard lead the team to 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game.

Seasons[edit]

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Grady Higginbotham (Independent) (1925–1927)
1925–26 Grady Higginbotham 6–8
1926–27 Grady Higginbotham 8–10
Victor Payne (Independent) (1927–1930)
1927–28 Victor Payne 9–7
1928–29 Victor Payne 9–8
1929–30 Victor Payne 13–6
W. L. Golightly (Independent) (1930–1931)
1930–31 W. L. Golightly 11–9
Dell Morgan (Independent) (1931–1932)
1931–32 Dell Morgan 9–14
Dell Morgan (Border Conference) (1932–1934)
1932–33 Dell Morgan 13–9 4–0 1st
1933–34 Dell Morgan 18–5 7–1 1st
Virgil Ballard (Border Conference) (1934–1935)
1934–35 Virgil Ballard 15–9 9–1 1st
Berl Huffman (Border Conference) (1935–1939)
1935–36 Berl Huffman 14–6 8–6 3rd
1936–37 Berl Huffman 18–7 11–5 2nd
1937–38 Berl Huffman 9–13 7–7 T–3rd
1938–39 Berl Huffman 13–6 13–5 2nd
Berl Huffman (Independent) (1939–1941)
1939–40 Berl Huffman 21–7
1940–41 Berl Huffman 19–6
Berl Huffman (Border Conference) (1941–1942)
1941–42 Berl Huffman 16–11 12–4 2nd
Polk Robison (Border Conference) (1942–1946)
1942–43 Polk Robison 13–11 4–5 3rd
1943–44 Polk Robison 5–18 0–3 2nd
1944–45 Polk Robison 10-14 7–6 5th
1945–46 Polk Robison 15–10 7–4 3rd
Berl Huffman (Border Conference) (1946–1947)
1946–47 Berl Huffman 10–12 8–8 T–5th
Polk Robison (Border Conference) (1947–1956)
1947–48 Polk Robison 16–12 10–6 2nd
1948–49 Polk Robison 21–9 11–5
1949–50 Polk Robison 14–12 8–8
1950–51 Polk Robison 14–14 10–6 3rd
1951–52 Polk Robison 14–10 9–5 3rd
1952–53 Polk Robison 12–10 9–5 4th
1953–54 Polk Robison 20–5 11–1 1st NCAA first round
1954–55 Polk Robison 18–7 9–3 T–1st
1955–56 Polk Robison 13–12 8–4 1st NCAA first round
Polk Robison (Independent) (1956–1957)
1956–57 Polk Robison 12–11
Polk Robison (Southwest Conference) (1957–1961)
1957–58 Polk Robison 15–8 8–6 T—3rd
1958–59 Polk Robison 15–9 8–6 3rd
1959–60 Polk Robison 10–14 7–7 T–4th
1960–61 Polk Robison 15–10 11–3 1st NCAA University Division Sweet Sixteen
Gene Gibson (Southwest Conference) (1961–1969)
1961–62 Gene Gibson 19–8 11–3 T–1st NCAA University Division Sweet Sixteen
1962–63 Gene Gibson 6–17 6–8 T–5th
1963–64 Gene Gibson 16–7 11–3 2nd
1964–65 Gene Gibson 17–6 12–2 T–1st
1965–66 Gene Gibson 13–11 8–6 3rd
1966–67 Gene Gibson 9–15 7–7 5th
1967–68 Gene Gibson 9–15 5–9 T–7th
1968–69 Gene Gibson 11–13 6–8 T–4th
Bob Bass (Southwest Conference) (1969–1971)
1969–70 Bob Bass 14–10 8–6 T–3rd
1970–71 Bob Bass
Gerald Myers 		16–10[Note A] 9–5[Note A] T–3rd
Gerald Myers (Southwest Conference) (1971–1991)
1971–72 Gerald Myers 14–12 8–6 5th
1972–73 Gerald Myers 19–8 12–2 1st NCAA University Division first round
1973–74 Gerald Myers 17–9 10–4 2nd
1974–75 Gerald Myers 18–8 11–3 T–2nd
1975–76 Gerald Myers 25–6 13–3 2nd NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
1976–77 Gerald Myers 20–9 12–4 3rd
1977–78 Gerald Myers 19–10 10–6 4th
1978–79 Gerald Myers 19–11 9–7 T–4th NIT first round
1979–80 Gerald Myers 16–13 8–8 T–4th
1980–81 Gerald Myers 15–13 8–8 T–4th
1981–82 Gerald Myers 17–11 8–8 6th
1982–83 Gerald Myers 12–19 7–9 6th
1983–84 Gerald Myers 17–12 10–6 4th
1984–85 Gerald Myers 23–8 12–4 1st NCAA Division I first round
1985–86 Gerald Myers 17–14 9–7 5th NCAA Division I first round
1986–87 Gerald Myers 15–14 9–7 T–3rd
1987–88 Gerald Myers 9–19 4–12 T–7th
1988–89 Gerald Myers 13–15 8–8 T–4th
1989–90 Gerald Myers 5–22 0–16 9th
1990–91 Gerald Myers 8–23 4–12 T–7th
James Dickey (Southwest Conference) (1991–1996)
1991–92 James Dickey 15–14 6–8 5th
1992–93 James Dickey 18–12 6–8 5th NCAA Division I first round
1993–94 James Dickey 17–11 10–4 T–2nd
1994–95 James Dickey 20–10 11–3 T–1st NIT first round
1995–96 James Dickey 30–2[Note B] 14–0 1st NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
James Dickey (Big 12 Conference) (1996–2001)
1996–97 James Dickey 19–9[Note C] 10–6[Note C] T–3rd
1997–98 James Dickey 13–14 7–9 T–7th
1998–99 James Dickey 13–17 5–11 11th
1999–00 James Dickey 12–16 3–13 12th
2000–01 James Dickey 9–19 3–13 12th
Bob Knight (Big 12 Conference) (2001–2008)
2001–02 Bob Knight 23–9 10–6 T–3rd NCAA Division I first round
2002–03 Bob Knight 22–13 6–10 T–7th NIT Third Place
2003–04 Bob Knight 23–11 9–7 T–5th NCAA Division I second round
2004–05 Bob Knight 22–11 10–6 4th NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2005–06 Bob Knight 15–17 6–10 T–7th
2006–07 Bob Knight 21–13 9–7 5th NCAA Division I first round
2007–08 Bob Knight
 16–15[Note D] 7–9[Note D] T–7th
Pat Knight (Big 12 Conference) (2008–2011)
2008–09 Pat Knight 14–19 3–13 11th
2009–10 Pat Knight 19–16 4–12 T–9th NIT Quarterfinal
2010–11 Pat Knight 13–19 5–11 T–10th
Billy Gillispie (Big 12 Conference) (2011–2012)
2011–12 Billy Gillispie 8–23 1–17 10th
Chris Walker (Big 12 Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–13 Chris Walker 11–20 3–15 9th
Tubby Smith (Big 12 Conference) (2013–2016)
2013–14 Tubby Smith 14–18 6–12 9th
2014–15 Tubby Smith 13–19 3–15 10th
2015–16 Tubby Smith 19–13 9–9 7th NCAA Division I first round
Chris Beard (Big 12 Conference) (2016–2021)
2016–17 Chris Beard 18–14 6–12 T–7th
2017–18 Chris Beard 27–10 11–7 T–2nd NCAA Division I Elite Eight
2018–19 Chris Beard 31–7 14–4 T–1st NCAA Division I Runner-up
2019–20 Chris Beard 18–13 9–9 T–3rd No postseason held
2020–21 Chris Beard 18–11 9–8 T–6th NCAA Division I second round
Mark Adams (Big 12 Conference) (2021–2023)
2021–22 Mark Adams 23–8 12–6 3rd NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2022–23 Mark Adams 16–16 5–13 9th
Grant McCasland (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Grant McCasland 23–11 11–7 T–3rd NCAA Division I first round
Total: 1,508–1,162

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

^A. Bass resigned after the first 13 games of the 1970–71 season, going 8–5 and 1–0 in conference. Gerald Myers was named interim head coach for final 13 games, going 8–5 and 8–5 in conference.
^B. Texas Tech vacated its 1996 NCAA tournament appearance due to ineligible players; official record is 28–1.
^C. Texas Tech forfeited its entire 1996–97 conference slate due to ineligible players, but Dickey was ruled not to have been affected.
^D. Bob Knight resigned after 20 games, going 12–8 and 3–3 in conference. Pat Knight took over, going 4–7 and 4–6 in conference.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2009–10 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  2. ^ "Texas Tech Red Raiders Index".
  3. ^ a b "2009–10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved January 4, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Clark, Kyle; Siegrist, Nikki (March 13, 2003). "Making Matadors: Spanish style architecture inspires Tech's first mascot". The Daily Toreador. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
  5. ^ "History of Masked Rider". Texas Techsan Magazine. Texas Tech University. 2006. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
  6. ^ "A Look Back at the Southwest Conference". Texas Almanac. November 29, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

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