Maybe the key for the Texas Tech baseball team is to enter the Big 12 Tournament with its backs against the wall. That was the case this week as, in order to feel comfortable about earning a birth in the NCAA Tournament next week, Tech needed to perform well in an event that has long been a nightmare for the program.
For most of the 2023 season, this team has been rather frustrating. Unable to put together consistent pitching and prone to games of offensive ineptitude despite fielding one of the top lineups in the Big 12, Tim Tadlock’s team entered the back half of May in an unusual position; squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble.