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TCU is thrilled to be a member of the Big 12 Conference, and now might be even better for the Horned Frogs than when they were denied charter membership in 1996. They’ve strengthened themselves right as the Big 12 is stabilizing, TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte told a Texas Tech audience Wednesday morning.

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Tech Sports Roundup: Cal edges Tech tennis in NCAA second round 05/14/12 - 5:18am

BERKELEY, Calif. — Tim Siegel could barely describe the heartbreak he and his 22nd-ranked Texas Tech men’s tennis team were feeling after a 4-3 loss to No. 14 California in the second round of the NCAA tournament Sunday. “All the losses of my 20 years can’t add up to the pain that we’re feeling here,” Siegel said. “These three seniors did so much and battled right to the end.” A win would have put Tech in the round of 16 for the first time since 2005. Instead, the Red Raiders fell in the second round for the fourth time in five years.

Tech officials: Bowlsby means stability for Big 12 05/05/12 - 5:51am

Texas Tech officials are confident the Big 12 tabbed the right commissioner to stabilize and enhance the beleaguered conference. The league announced Thursday that Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby would be the Big 12’s fourth commissioner in 16 years. He will start his new job June 15. “The vote was not only unanimous, it was enthusiastically unanimous,” Tech president Guy Bailey said of the hire. Bailey said conference stability and negotiating television contracts were the chief issues affecting the university when making the hire.

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Tech exploring TV options 05/02/12 - 1:34pm

Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt discusses Tech's third-tier programming options.

Texas Tech has spent months seeking a broadcast partner for its third-tier sports programming and assessing how much and what type of Red Raiders programming to produce and distribute. Last year, as the University of Texas was making headlines with the Longhorn Network, Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said other universities had the opportunity to form networks of their own, be it digitally over the internet or through television. In September, Hocutt said Tech was researching its third-tier programming options “as we speak.”

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Texas Tech sports roundup: Raiders take third at Big 12 golf meet 04/30/12 - 5:23am

TRINITY — Texas Tech didn’t look like one of the favorites going into the Big 12 Conference men’s golf championships. The Red Raiders had two players suspended recently, finished ninth in their last tuneup at the 10-team Aggie Invitational and were seeded sixth in the conference tournament. But Tech finished third Sunday at Whispering Pines in what coach Greg Sands said was one of his team’s best performances of the year. Freshmen Clement Sordet and Matias Dominguez posted top-10 finishes and junior Finley Ewing IV tied for 11th in the 50-player field.