Last Sunday, Tariq Owens turned 24 years old and later this week, he will take the court as a member of the Phoenix Suns’ summer league team. As the former Red Raider begins to work towards earning a job in the NBA, we can’t help but think back to the impact he made on the Texas Tech basketball program in just one season.
Last year at this time, almost no one in Lubbock knew who the 6-foot-11 forward was as he transferred in from St. John’s. It was his third stop as a college basketball player after spending his freshman season at Tennessee and his sophomore and junior campaigns with the Red Storm.