Anytime a team loses its second-leading scorer, leading rebounder, leading shot blocker and best defender, the reverberations will be felt throughout the program. Such is the situation facing Texas Tech basketball in the wake of Zhaire Smith’s decision to remain in the NBA Draft and hire an agent.
The only way to find a player capable of doing everything Zhaire Smith did for Texas Tech would be to have the geneticists on campus clone him. While that is not going to happen, there are ways Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard can reshape his roster to ensure Texas Tech can build off of this season and remain a factor in college basketball.