List of Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball seasons

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. Texas Tech has played its home games at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas since its opening in 1999.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[2] 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.[5] 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.

Contents

Seasons

Conference champion† Conference tournament champions‡ Postseason bid^ Shared standing T
Season Head coach Conference Season results[2] Tournament results[2][6][7][8][9] Final poll[A 1]
Overall Conference[A 2] Conference[A 3] Preseason and postseason AP Coaches'
Wins Losses Wins Losses Finish
Texas Tech Matadors
1925–26 Grady Higginbotham Independent 6 8 —
1926–27 Independent 8 10 —
1927–28 Victor Payne Independent 9 7 —
1928–29 Independent 9 8 —
1929–30 Independent 13 6 —
1930–31 W. L. Golightly Independent 11 9 —
1931–32 Dell Morgan Independent 9 14 —
1932–33 Border Conference 15 8 8 0 1st† —
1933–34 Border Conference 18 5 7 1 1st† —
1934–35 Virgil Ballard Border Conference 14 10 9 1 1st† —
1935–36 Berl Huffman Border Conference 10 10 8 6 3rd —
1936–37 Border Conference 18 7 8 6 2nd —
Texas Tech Red Raiders
1937–38 Berl Huffman Border Conference 9 13 7 7 T–5th —
1938–39 Border Conference 13 6 13 3 2nd —
1939–40 Independent 21 7 —
1940–41 Independent 19 6 —
1941–42 Border Conference 16 11 12 4 2nd NAIB Second round^
1942–43 Polk Robison Border Conference 13 10 9 7 5th —
1943–44 Independent 5 18 —
1944–45 Border Conference 10 14 7 6 5th —
1945–46 Border Conference 12 9 6 4 4th —
1946–47 Berl Huffman Border Conference 10 12 8 8 T–5th —
1947–48 Polk Robison Border Conference 16 12 10 6 2nd —
1948–49 Border Conference 21 9 11 5 2nd NAIB Elite Eight^ —
1949–50 Border Conference 14 12 8 8 5th — —
1950–51 Border Conference 14 14 10 6 3rd — — —
1951–52 Border Conference 14 10 9 5 3rd — — —
1952–53 Border Conference 12 10 9 5 3rd — — —
1953–54 Border Conference 21 5 11 1 1st† NCAA First round^ — —
1954–55 Border Conference 18 7 9 3 T–1st† — — —
1955–56 Border Conference 12 12 8 4 1st† NCAA First round^ — —
1956–57 Independent 12 11 SWC member elect — — —
1957–58 Southwest Conference 15 8 8 6 T–3rd — — —
1958–59 Southwest Conference 15 9 8 6 3rd — — —
1959–60 Southwest Conference 10 14 7 7 T–4th — — —
1960–61 Southwest Conference 14 11 11 3 1st† NCAA Sweet Sixteen^ — 18
1961–62 Gene Gibson Southwest Conference 19 8 11 3 T–1st† NCAA Sweet Sixteen^ — —
1962–63 Southwest Conference 6 17 6 8 T–4th — — —
1963–64 Southwest Conference 16 7 11 3 2nd — — —
1964–65 Southwest Conference 17 6 12 2 T–1st† — — —
1965–66 Southwest Conference 13 11 8 6 3rd — — —
1966–67 Southwest Conference 9 15 7 7 5th — — —
1967–68 Southwest Conference 10 14 5 9 T–7th — — —
1968–69 Southwest Conference 11 13 6 8 T–4th — — —
1969–70 Bob Bass[A 4] Southwest Conference 14 10 8 6 T–3rd — — —
1970–71 Southwest Conference 11 13 6 8 T–4th — — —
Gerald Myers[A 4]
1971–72 Southwest Conference 14 12 8 6 5th — — —
1972–73 Southwest Conference 19 18 12 2 1st† NCAA First round^ — —
1973–74 Southwest Conference 17 9 10 4 T–2nd — — —
1974–75 Southwest Conference 18 8 11 3 T–2nd — — —
1975–76 Southwest Conference 25 6 13 3 2nd Champion‡ NCAA Sweet Sixteen^ 16 —
1976–77 Southwest Conference 20 9 12 4 3rd Semifinals — — —
1977–78 Southwest Conference 19 10 10 6 4th Quarterfinals — — —
1978–79 Southwest Conference 19 11 9 7 T–4th Semifinals NIT First round^ — —
1979–80 Southwest Conference 16 13 8 8 T–4th Semifinals — — —
1980–81 Southwest Conference 15 13 8 8 T–4th Quarterfinals — — —
1981–82 Southwest Conference 17 11 8 8 6th Quarterfinals — — —
1982–83 Southwest Conference 12 19 7 9 6th Quarterfinals — — —
1983–84 Southwest Conference 17 12 10 6 4th Quarterfinals — — —
1984–85 Southwest Conference 23 8 12 4 1st† Champion‡ NCAA First round^ 17 16
1985–86 Southwest Conference 17 14 9 7 5th Champion‡ NCAA First round^ — —
1986–87 Southwest Conference 15 14 9 7 T–3rd Quarterfinals — — —
1987–88 Southwest Conference 9 19 4 12 T–7th First round — — —
1988–89 Southwest Conference 13 15 8 8 T–4th First round — — —
1989–90 Southwest Conference 5 22 0 16 9th — — — —
1990–91 Southwest Conference 8 23 4 12 T–7th First round — — —
1991–92 James Dickey Southwest Conference 15 14 6 8 5th Quarterfinals — — —
1992–93 Southwest Conference 18 12 6 8 5th Champion‡ NCAA First round^ — —
1993–94 Southwest Conference 17 11 10 4 T–2nd Quarterfinals — — —
1994–95 Southwest Conference 20 10 11 3 T–1st† Finals NIT First round^ — —
1995–96 Southwest Conference 28 1 14 0 1st† Champion‡ NCAA Sweet Sixteen^ 8 8
1996–97 Big 12 Conference 19 9 10 6 12th Quarterfinals — 21 —
1997–98 Big 12 Conference 13 14 7 9 T–7th First round — — —
1998–99 Big 12 Conference 13 17 5 11 11th First round — — —
1999–00 Big 12 Conference 12 16 3 13 11th First round — — —
2000–01 Big 12 Conference 9 19 3 13 12th First round — — —
2001–02 Bob Knight[A 5] Big 12 Conference 23 9 10 6 T–3rd Semifinals NCAA First round^ — —
2002–03 Big 12 Conference 22 12 6 10 T–7th Semifinals NIT Third place^ — —
2003–04 Big 12 Conference 23 11 9 7 T–5th Semifinals Preseason NIT Finals — —
NCAA Second round^
2004–05 Big 12 Conference 22 11 10 6 4th Finals NCAA Sweet Sixteen^ 24 16
2005–06 Big 12 Conference 15 17 6 10 T–7th First Round — — —
2006–07 Big 12 Conference 21 13 9 7 5th Quarterfinals NCAA First round^ — —
2007–08 Big 12 Conference 16 15 7 9 T–7th First Round Great Alaska Shootout Finals — —
Pat Knight[A 5]
2008–09 Big 12 Conference 14 19 3 13 11th First Round — — —
2009–10 Big 12 Conference 19 16 4 12 T–9th Quarterfinals NIT Quarterfinals^ — —
2010–11 Big 12 Conference 13 19 5 11 T–10th First Round — — —
2011–12 Billy Gillispie Big 12 Conference In progress

Notes

  1. ^ The Associated Press began men's basketball team rankings during the 1948–49 season. The Coaches' Poll began publishing its rankings during the 1950–51 season.[10]
  2. ^ Texas Tech was not in an athletic conference from the 1925 through 1931, 1939 through 1941, the 1943–44 season, and the 1956–57 season.[2]
  3. ^ The Border Conference did not hold a conference tournament. The Southwest Conference did not hold their conference tournament until the 1975–76 season.[11]
  4. ^ a b During the 1970–71 season, Bob Bass resigned after the 13th game and Gerald Myers coached the last 11 games.[2]
  5. ^ a b During the 2007–08 season, Bob Knight resigned after the 20th game and Pat Knight coached the last 11 games.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2009–10 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. http://www.big12sports.com/fls/10410/pdfs/mbasketball/0910guide/0910MBBCompleteGuide.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "2009–10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech University. http://www.texastech.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0910-complete-mediaguide.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  3. ^ Clark, Kyle; Siegrist, Nikki (2003-03-13). "Making Matadors: Spanish style architecture inspires Tech's first mascot". The Daily Toreador. http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2003/03/13/LifeLeisure/Making.Matadors-1276232.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 
  4. ^ "History of Masked Rider". Texas Techsan Magazine. Texas Tech University. 2006. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/spiritsquads/MR_History.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 
  5. ^ "A Look Back at the Southwest Conference". Texas Almanac. http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/swc/. Retrieved 2010-01-07. 
  6. ^ "NIT Season Tip-Off / Preseason NIT Results 1985–2008". CBS Interactive. http://www.nit.org/history/nit-preseason-all-time-results.html. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  7. ^ "Tournament Results (1970s)". CBS Interactive. http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1970s.html. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  8. ^ "Tournament Results (1990s)". CBS Interactive. http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1990s.html. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  9. ^ "Tournament Results (2000s)". CBS Interactive. http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-2000s.html. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  10. ^ "KU is AP's preseason No. 1 for first time since '56". Sports Illustrated. 2004-11-08. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/ncaa/11/08/bc.bkc.collegebkbpoll.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  11. ^ "Traditions". Texas Tech University. http://www.texastech.com/trads/hoh-ad.html. Retrieved 2010-01-07. 

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