It’s finals week at Texas Tech, which means the student athletes get a fun break from basketballing to go take several huge tests, then go back to the good stuff afterwards. When these finals are finished, most of the loudest subsection of Red Raider fans leave campus for six weeks.
During this stretch Tech basketball has many key out of conference games that will be critical when being viewed under the microscope of which teams make the big dance in the spring.
For the players, this month and a half long stretch can be grueling. Most of their friends have left them alone in Lubbock, and their rowdiest fans are missing in action until just before school returns.