Red Raiders Blogs

The mind does wander, doesn’t it? A bowl agreement between the Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences is less than 24 hours old and already, depending on which direction you point your ear or web browser, you can hear that this is the dawning of four super-conferences or that Notre Dame must drop its independence or that it might even be the end of the NCAA. The truth is, nobody inside the multi-billion dollar college sports industry knows how this will play out or, much more importantly, what it’ll mean in two or five years. The truth is, for our purposes in and around Kansas City, we can ......

Texas Tech players were back on the field Saturday morning for the second session of spring practice. Just like Friday, it was overcast, and it was even more chilly than the day before with 40-degree weather and intermittent mist. "It doesn't bother the players," Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. "They're running full speed. They're not cold at all. "I'd rather have this with no wind than 65 degrees and the wind blowing 30 miles an hour. We can get a lot more done. That's the reason we need an indoor workout area when the wind starts blowing. "That's one of the reasons I go early (with ......

Texas Tech on Wednesday finally announced its spring signing class, adding nine new players to the seven that were signed in the early period in the fall. Five high school players and four junior college talents comprise the spring group, and all are expected to make an immediate impact next season. They're going to have to, not only because this year's team is underachieving but because Tech expects to lose several juniors to the MLB Draft. The most notable name on the spring signing group is Howard College LHP Logan Ehlers. A native of Nebraska City, Neb., Ehlers played at Nebraska as ......

ESPN's Mechelle Voepel put together this story about Texas coach Gail Goestenkors, Texas Tech coach Kristy Curry and Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson, all of whom have teams on the bubble this year. Here's a snippet about Curry: Meanwhile, Texas Tech coach Kristy Curry has seen this season slide into the nightmare realm. The Lady Raiders were unbeaten in nonconference play, with their best win coming against Penn State. But Big 12 play turned sour for Tech after two victories. Tech lost its next five in a row, and now has won just three of its last 13. Tech didn't make the NCAA tournament ......

Two more players are set to transfer from the Texas Tech basketball program. Guards Terran Petteway and DeShon Minnis had their names added to CBSSports.com's list of nationwide transfers over the weekend, and the Avalanche-Journal has learned that both players are taking visits to other schools this week. Minnis was set to visit Providence this week and reportedly has a visit set up with Rhode Island, as well. Minnis, who averaged 3.1 points per game as a freshman, is from the Philadelphia area. Petteway, a Galveston native who also averaged 3.1 points per contest, had a scheduled ......