LUBBOCK, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 27: An introduction video plays before the college basketball game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns at United Supermarkets Arena on February 27, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
Texas Tech basketball fans want nothing more than for the Red Raiders to find the next Tariq Owens. The problem is that ultra-athletic 6-foot-11 players who can block shots from seemingly anywhere on the court don’t just fall out of the sky.
But one player who might remind Tech fans of Owens is EJ Onu, a 6-foot-11 center from the NAIA ranks who has recently entered the transfer portal and who has reportedly heard from the Red Raiders (according to Jonathan Givony of Draft Express).