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The former Texas Tech star says her heart still bleeds "red and black"

Sheryl Swoopes took her seat behind press row in United Spirit Arena on Jan. 30. The game between Texas Tech and No. 1 Baylor wasn’t broadcast by Texas Tech TV, so Swoopes didn’t have to take her perch adjacent to the court to do color commentary. She was just there to watch. The 41-year-old eyed the 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner as she dazzled with 40 points and 15 rebounds, sealing the night with a two-handed dunk late in Baylor’s 90-60 victory. Swoopes hadn’t spoken to Griner, but she knew exactly what she wanted to tell her.

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Former A-J reporter remembers 1993 championship game 02/17/13 - 12:03am

Glass covered the team from the mid 1980s until 2000

When the final whistle sounded at the 1993 NCAA Women’s Championship Game between Texas Tech and Ohio State, Ray Glass went to work. While the Lady Raiders stormed the court and thousands of fans left their seats and cheered, Glass had little time to bask in what he had just seen. Glass was the assistant sports editor and Lady Raiders beat writer at the Avalanche-Journal during the 1992-1993 basketball season. He followed the team to the Southwest Conference tournament and to the NCAAs, eventually ending up in Atlanta.

Unifying the South Plains: The Lady Raiders' 1993 championship unified West Texas, brought national attention to the region 02/17/13 - 1:32am

Tech's triumph in the 1993 Final Four in Atlanta was big for Tech; it was also big for Lubbock, West Texas and women's basketball.

Marsha Sharp remembers driving down the streets of Lubbock almost 20 years ago. This was when Lubbock was still a city of about 190,000 people, before the Marsha Sharp Freeway was built and before the spacious United Spirit Arena housed rock concerts and sold out basketball games. But it was just after the 1993 national championship game between Texas Tech and Ohio State, an 84-82 Lady Raiders victory. Peppered among the many residential areas were basketball hoops set to varying heights. Some at the standard 10-foot variety, some much lower for the many youths in Lubbock.

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Ohio State coach recalls Swoopes as 'unstoppable' in title game 02/16/13 - 11:51pm

Tech beat Ohio State 84-82 in title game

There wasn’t much more Nancy Darsch could have done to slow down Sheryl Swoopes on April 4, 1993. The Ohio State coach tried to get her players to trap Texas Tech’s star all game to no avail. Swoopes went off for a championship-game record 47 points in Tech’s 84-82 victory. “I don’t know, maybe I should have tripped her when she ran by me,” Darsch said. “That’s about the only thing I think we could have done differently. She was unstoppable that day.”

Lady Raiders reunite for 20th anniversary of national championship 02/17/13 - 1:35am

Tech will commemorate its 1993 championship at halftime of the Tec-Texas game Sunday

They weren’t in their old arena, but Marsha Sharp and her 1993 NCAA Champions didn’t skip a beat when they reunited Saturday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their title. “It’s always so exciting,” said Sharp, former Lady Raider coach and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. “One of the things I’m always amazed about is how quickly they pick up. They check on each other, see what’s going on in each others’ worlds right now, but then they automatically go back to special moments and things that they remember about the championship.”

1993 team came mostly from West Texas, but it was Lubbock and Marsha Sharp that reeled them in 02/16/13 - 1:48am

Seven players on the 1993 team played in each game; here's how they made their way to Lubbock

Stephanie Gerber needed a sign. The year was 1989, and she was torn between attending Texas Tech and Texas A&M. Tech was a better basketball program, but she had family ties to College Station. Gerber, whose maiden name is Scott, found her sign in College Station. “There’s a ‘Lubbock’ street sign on A&M’s campus,” Gerber said. “I prayed for a sign and I looked up and saw that sign.” Gerber was in the Hub City the following year wearing scarlet and black.

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Lady Raiders from 1993 team find success as coaches 02/16/13 - 1:06pm

Former players say they learned how to treat players, run program from Sharp

Krista Gerlich doesn’t get much lip from her players at West Texas A&M. When she does, the head coach just has to utter a few words to get her players to listen. “‘Raise your hand if you’ve won a national championship,’” Gerlich says, “and my hand is the only one that goes up. That kind of gets them to shut up and go, ‘OK, all right,’ and they get back on track.” Gerlich, in her seventh season as head women’s basketball coach for the Lady Buffs, won an NCAA title with Texas Tech in 1993 when she was known as Krista Kirkland.

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20 Years Later: Texas Tech to honor 1993 National Title Team (Video) 02/14/13 - 11:52am

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Baylor keen on staying hungry as it makes run for back-to-back titles 02/14/13 - 1:47am

WACO — The lights dimmed and the four-sided jumbotron inside the Ferrell Center lit up at 6 p.m. Tuesday night. Green and gold graphics raced across the screen, intertwined with highlights from the defending national champions. A voice over of Baylor coach Kim Mulkey talking to her players about staying hungry after a 40-0 season joined the fray, as did clips of the Lady Bears working to get stronger. That video was made in the preseason, but its message still holds true.

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