2022–23 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:2022–23
Prev Year:2021–22
Next Year:2023–24
Team:Texas Tech Red Raiders
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:16–16
Conf Record:5–13
Head Coach:Mark Adams
Hc Year:2nd
Hc Games:regular season games
Head Coach2:Corey Williams
Hc Games2:Big 12 Tournament
Asst Coach1:Corey Williams
Ac1 Year:2nd
Asst Coach2:Al Pinkins
Ac2 Year:1st
Asst Coach3:Steve Green
Ac3 Year:1st
Arena:United Supermarkets Arena

The 2022–23 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders were led by second-year coach Mark Adams. They played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. They finished the season 16–16, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for last place. As the No. 9 seed the Big 12 tournament, they lost to West Virginia in the first round.

The day after the Red Raiders' final regular season game, Mark Adams was suspended for what the school called an "inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment" that he had made the previous week.[1] On March 8, 2023, Adams resigned.[2] On March 31, the school named North Texas head coach Grant McCasland the team's new head coach.[3]

Previous season

The Red Raiders finished the 2021–22 season 27–10, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. In the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Iowa State and Oklahoma to advance to the championship game where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the West region. There they defeated Montana State and Notre Dame to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to Duke.

Offseason

Departures
1 G 6’6” 215 lbs Junior Transferred to Illinois
Davion Warren 2 G 6’6” 205 lbs Super-Senior Graduated
11 F 6’8” 240 lbs Super-Senior Graduated
Mylik Wilson 13 G 6’3” 175 lbs Junior Transferred to Houston
14 F 6’7” 250 lbs Super-Senior Graduated
15 G 6’6” 210 lbs Junior Transferred to Kansas
Chibuzo Agbo 23 G 6’7” 220 lbs Sophomore Transferred to Boise State
25 G 6’5” 200 lbs Super-Senior Graduated
Incoming Transfers
D'Maurian Williams 3 G 6’5” 195 lbs Junior Gardner-Webb
11 F 6’11” 245 lbs Junior Utah Valley
20 G 6’7” 185 lbs Freshman Texas
23 G 6’2” 192 lbs Senior Oregon
Kerwin Walton 24 G 6’5” 210 lbs Junior North Carolina

Recruiting classes

2022 recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=|Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=|Big 12 tournamentSource[4] Source[5]

Rankings

See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Texas Tech announces suspension of Mark Adams . TexasTech.com.
  2. Web site: Press • • . Dave Skretta Associated . Texas Tech Coach Mark Adams Resigns After Suspension for Racially Insensitive Comments . 2023-04-04 . NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2023-03-31 . Texas Tech hires UNT's McCasland as new coach . 2023-04-04 . ESPN.com . en.
  4. Web site: Red Raiders to Host Georgetown in Big 12-Big East Battle. texastech.com. June 2, 2022.
  5. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule. texastech.com. September 4, 2022.