Andre Emmett will always be my favorite Texas Tech basketball player. That’s partly because we were students at Tech at the same time and the players that starred while you were in school have a special connection to your past.
But it’s also because he was one of the most fun Red Raiders to watch. It wasn’t just that he was the most prolific scorer the program has ever seen, it was because there was a goofy and child-like side of him that came shining through by way of an infectious smile.
That’s why his sudden death early Monday morning outside his home in Dallas rocked the entire Texas Tech community.