Buckle up Texas Tech basketball fans. The bumpy ride that is Big 12 play has finally arrived. Today in Lubbock, Chris Beard and his Red Raiders will begin their defense of last seasons regular-season conference co-championship with a tricky game against Oklahoma State.
“I don’t know if ‘excited’ is the word,” Beard said on Thursday when asked about beginning conference action. “Anxious. Just feel like we had a good non-conference but until you get into the league you never know. We got great respect for this first opponent, Oklahoma State. Surely one of the best stories in college basketball that nobody’s talking about.