When the Texas Tech basketball team’s season began, we all wondered how Chris Beard would balance the playing time on a roster that featured seven newcomers and five true freshmen. What made that thought so intriguing is that this year’s team was not only bringing in an unusually high number of freshmen, it was that each one of those first-year players would have been among the best players in virtually any other Red Raider recruiting class.
But now, with one game left until Big 12 play arrives, we are starting to see Beard’s rotation taking shape. That’s because in the last two games, he’s shortened his bench quite a bit.