12 - 10:27am

Since its introduction to college basketball 25 years ago, the 3-point shot has often been referred to as the great equalizer. On Saturday, it was the great separator. Missouri hit 12 of its season-high 16 3-pointers in the second half, turning a four-point edge at intermission into a 81-59 rout of Texas Tech at United Spirit Arena. “I’ve never seen anything like that,” Tech coach Billy Gillispie said. The Red Raiders finished the regular season with an 8-22 record and a program-worst 1-17 mark in the Big 12 Conference.

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Lewandowski set for final home game 03/03/12 - 1:35am

It can be difficult, at times, to gauge exactly how a coach feels about one of his players. After all, words spoken to the media do not always align with those being used behind closed locker-room doors. A coach’s emotions, though, paint a clearer picture. Billy Gillispie struggled to bottle his on Thursday afternoon inside United Spirit Arena, where his lone senior Robert Lewandowski, will play for the final time at 3 p.m. today against Missouri.

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Gotcher undergoes successful surgery 03/02/12 - 1:41pm

Texas Tech freshman guard Toddrick Gotcher underwent successful surgery on Thursday to have a screw inserted into his injured left foot. Gotcher suffered the injury during a Dec. 6 game against TCU, and he has appeared in only one game since then. Texas Tech expects Gotcher to be granted a hardship waiver (also known as a medical redshirt), which would allow him to maintain four years of eligibility after this season.

Baylor overwhelms Tech men from start in rout 02/28/12 - 1:31am

Coming off an emotional overtime loss to Texas just two days earlier, the Red Raiders were overwhelmed from the start against No. 9 Baylor in a 77-48 rout.

WACO — There was nothing left in the tank for Texas Tech on Monday night. Coming off an emotional overtime loss to Texas just two days earlier, the Red Raiders were overwhelmed from the start against No. 9 Baylor in a 77-48 rout inside the Ferrell Center. Tech's steady rise has made it a tough out during the second half of Big 12. Outside of a lopsided loss at Kansas, the Red Raiders had been in a position to win four of their last five games. That wasn't the case against the talented Bears, who rode the energy of an electric crowd on Senior Night.

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Tech tries to shake disappointment as it heads to Baylor 02/27/12 - 1:15am

The quickest turnaround of the Big 12 Conference season for Texas Tech may be coming at the best time. The Red Raiders have little time to ponder the what-ifs surrounding Saturday's heartbreaking 71-67 overtime loss to Texas. Instead Tech (8-20, 1-15 in Big 12) must focus attention on its final road game of the season, a matchup against No. 13 Baylor at 8 p.m. today inside the Ferrell Center in Waco. The prospect of competing again so soon may help soothe some of the sting of Saturday.

Tech men fall in overtime to Texas (Photo Gallery) 02/25/12 - 8:22pm

Tech men fall to Texas in overtime, 71-67 02/26/12 - 2:02am

The demons that have haunted Texas Tech all season long wreaked havoc at the worst possible time on Saturday. Tech led by six points with a little more than two minutes left in overtime against Texas at United Spirit Arena, but four straight turnovers — including two crippling miscues with less than 15 seconds left — doomed the Red Raiders in a 71-67 loss. This one stung. “We gave it away,” Tech forward Jaye Crockett said. “We worked so hard and we just didn’t finish.”

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Red Raider basketball: Veterans hope to end losing streak against Texas 02/24/12 - 10:26pm

It has been a while since the Texas Tech men's basketball team earned a win over Texas. So long, in fact, that nobody on this Red Raider team has been part of a victory against the Longhorns. The last time Tech beat its in-state rival was an 83-80 victory in Lubbock on March 1, 2008, the season before senior forward Robert Lewandowski arrived in Lubbock. That's seven in a row in the series for the Longhorns -- the latest a 74-57 triumph on Feb. 4 -- who have won 44 out of the last 55 games in the series dating back to the 1988-89 season.

Red Raiders aim to limit scoring droughts 02/25/12 - 1:35am

Texas Tech forward Jaye Crockett didn't realize how long his team had gone without a field goal in the second half against Iowa State on Wednesday until coach Billy Gillispie made his team aware of the cringe-worthy number in the locker room. Seven minutes, fifty-eight seconds. “That's a huge problem,” Crockett said. “It's something that we need to fix.”

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