Redraiders.com · Aug 11, 2016
Coaching change leaves Texas Tech team uncertain in offseason
9 January 2015: Texas Tech Red Raiders guard Justin Gray (5) blocks Kansas Jayhawks guard Wayne Seldon Jr. (0) during a game in the United Supermarkets Arena at Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by Zackary Brame/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)A month prior, the Red Raiders were the picture of exuberance.
On April 14, in the same arena were Texas Tech celebrated its first NCAA Tournament berth in nine years, a usually jovial bunch was dead quiet.
With all the momentum trending upward for the Red Raiders — with wins over multiple ranked teams and road victories for the first time in more than a year — everything shifted to neutral.