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13 - 12:38am

Athletic director says Walker will be "strongly considered" for position

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Texas Tech players left the press-conference podium Wednesday night following their thrilling 71-69 win against West Virginia, Jordan Tolbert stopped behind Chris Walker and proceeded to wipe the glistening sweat of his coach’s head. The move may not make a poster for proper sanitary practices, but it symbolized the work Walker put in during his season as the interim coach of the Red Raiders. Now he awaits a decision on his future.

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Texas Tech's season ends with 91-63 loss to Kansas in Big 12 tourney quarterfinals 03/15/13 - 12:35am

Second-half explosion by the Jayhawks too much for the Red Raiders to overcome

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Texas Tech walked out of the Sprint Center and into a world of uncertainty on Thursday afternoon, its season over after a 91-63 loss to Kansas in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament. The Red Raiders (11-20), who completed a fourth consecutive season with at least 16 losses, tried to play the role of giant killers coming off an emotional first-round win against West Virginia. But Tech didn’t have enough stones to hurl at the mighty Jayhawks (27-5).

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Walker, Texas Tech learn from late-game situations (Runnin' with the Raiders blog) 03/14/13 - 11:39am

The situation was eerily similar. After grabbing the rebound off a missed free throw in a game against West Virginia, the final seconds ticking away, Chris Walker called a timeout. Rewind to Feb. 16. Tech was pushing the ball up the court with about 10 seconds left when Walker called time, the Red Raiders trailing by two points. It appeared as if Tech may have had numbers, but Walker said he didn't want to see the game end with his team turning the ball over, having been unable to get off a final shot.

VIDEO: Keys for Texas Tech against top-seeded Kansas 03/14/13 - 10:10am

Red Raiders have to limit transition baskets in order to hang with 'Hawks

Texas Tech notes: The Jayhawks await 03/14/13 - 1:02am

Tech's reward for its first-round win against West Virginia is a quarterfinal clash with top-seeded Kansas

The Jayhawks await Under normal circumstances, Texas Tech may have taken some time to celebrate a win like the one it earned Wednesday night, 71-69 against West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament. But with a game against top-seeded Kansas only 18 hours on the horizon, the Red Raiders knew Wednesday night they had to immediately change gears.

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Kravic's buzzer-beating put back leads Texas Tech to win in Big 12 tourney 03/14/13 - 9:49am

Jaye Crockett led five Tech scorers in double figures with 18 points

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dejan Kravic didn’t look like he had just made the biggest shot of his life. There he was, Canada Cool, just minutes after his put-back layup with 0.4 seconds gave Texas Tech a 71-69 victory against West Virginia on Wednesday night in a thrilling first-round game of the Big 12 Tournament at the Sprint Center. He answered questions as if it was just another game. But he knew it wasn’t. “I let all my emotions out in the locker room,” Kravic said. “I don’t have any more emotion.”

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What to watch for in the Big 12 men's basketball tournament 03/13/13 - 12:45am

The Avalanche-Journal breaks down some of the storylines that will take place in this week's tourney

Rejoice, college basketball fans. The Madness of March is here. For teams in the Big 12 Conference, that starts with the league’s tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., which kicks off today with a pair of first-round games. To get you ready, the Avalanche-Journal takes a look at some of the tournament’s biggest storylines. The one who needs it most: While an automatic bid is guaranteed to the winner of the tournament, there is one team in the field that can still earn an at-large bid: Baylor.

Texas Tech enters Big 12 tournament with nothing to lose 03/13/13 - 12:44am

The Red Raiders face West Virginia in the first round at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.

Even Cinderella herself thinks Texas Tech has a monumental journey ahead. The Red Raiders begin the Big 12 tournament at 6 p.m. today against West Virginia at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., with a pretty simple formula: Win and you get to play one more basketball game, delaying at least for one more day an uncertain future. Suffer a defeat and the long offseason begins. “We have nothing to lose,” Tech forward Jaye Crockett said.

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Free-throw shooting woes perplexing to the Red Raiders 03/12/13 - 12:46pm

Texas Tech followed a trend Saturday of struggling at the line in close games

As Texas Tech players replayed the anguish of an overtime loss to Texas on Saturday, their minds kept drifting back to the free-throw line. It’s a place the Red Raiders calmly knock down shots with regularity in practice, but during a game in which every point was vital, they watched 17 shots clank of the rim on the way to a 71-69 defeat. They began wondering if there was something supernatural at play.

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