List of Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball seasons

The Texas Tech Red Raiders college basketball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, representing Texas Tech University in the South Division[1] of the Big 12 Conference.[2] Texas Tech has played its home games at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas since its opening in 1999.[3]

Former Red Raiders head coaches Bob Knight (center right) and Pat Knight (far right)

Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate men's basketball team during the 1925–26 season. The school's athletics teams were known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus.[4] In 1932, Texas Tech was admitted to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Border Conference. In the team's first season of conference play, Texas Tech went undefeated, winning the first of three consecutive Border Conference championships. At the beginning of the 1937–38 season, Texas Tech's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially with "Red Raiders", the nickname the team has today.[5] Texas Tech received their first postseason bid in 1942 to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) tournament. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won five conference championships and one co-championship.

In 1957, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference (SWC), in which it experienced similar success as it had in the Border Conference. In the regular season, the Red Raiders won four conference championships and three conference co-championships. At the end of the 1976 regular season, the Southwest Conference began an annual conference tournament known as the SWC Classic.[3] Texas Tech won five SWC Classic titles in their six appearances in the conference tournament championship game. The university remained in the SWC until the conference ceased operations in 1996, when the Red Raiders ended the 1995–96 season ranked #8 in both the AP (Associated Press) Poll and Coaches' Poll.[6] Following the dissolution of the SWC, the university became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference. Since joining the Big 12 Conference, the Red Raiders did not receive a bid to postseason play until 2002, when Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight was hired. During Knight's six-year tenure, Texas Tech received five postseason bids, participating in four NCAA tournaments and one National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Red Raiders won the third place playoff in the 2003 NIT tournament, the farthest a Red Raiders basketball team has advanced in postseason play before Chris Beard lead the team to 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game.

Seasons

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Grady Higginbotham (Independent) (1925–1927)
1925–26Grady Higginbotham6–8
1926–27Grady Higginbotham8–10
Victor Payne (Independent) (1927–1930)
1927–28Victor Payne9–7
1928–29Victor Payne9–8
1929–30Victor Payne13–6
W. L. Golightly (Independent) (1930–1931)
1930–31W. L. Golightly11–9
Dell Morgan (Independent) (1931–1932)
1931–32Dell Morgan9–14
Dell Morgan (Border Conference) (1932–1934)
1932–33Dell Morgan13–94–01st
1933–34Dell Morgan18–57–11st
Virgil Ballard (Border Conference) (1934–1935)
1934–35Virgil Ballard15–99–11st
Berl Huffman (Border Conference) (1935–1939)
1935–36Berl Huffman14–68–63rd
1936–37Berl Huffman18–711–52nd
1937–38Berl Huffman9–137–7T–3rd
1938–39Berl Huffman13–613–52nd
Berl Huffman (Independent) (1939–1941)
1939–40Berl Huffman21–7
1940–41Berl Huffman19–6
Berl Huffman (Border Conference) (1941–1942)
1941–42Berl Huffman16–1112–42nd
Polk Robison (Border Conference) (1942–1946)
1942–43Polk Robison13–114–53rd
1943–44Polk Robison5–180–32nd
1944–45Polk Robison10-147–65th
1945–46Polk Robison15–107–43rd
Berl Huffman (Border Conference) (1946–1947)
1946–47Berl Huffman10–128–8T–5th
Polk Robison (Border Conference) (1947–1956)
1947–48Polk Robison16–1210–62nd
1948–49Polk Robison21–911–5
1949–50Polk Robison14–128–8
1950–51Polk Robison14–1410–63rd
1951–52Polk Robison14–109–53rd
1952–53Polk Robison12–109–54th
1953–54Polk Robison20–511–11stNCAA first round
1954–55Polk Robison18–79–3T–1st
1955–56Polk Robison13–128–41stNCAA first round
Polk Robison (Independent) (1956–1957)
1956–57Polk Robison12–11
Polk Robison (Southwest Conference) (1957–1961)
1957–58Polk Robison15–88–6T—3rd
1958–59Polk Robison15–98–63rd
1959–60Polk Robison10–147–7T–4th
1960–61Polk Robison15–1011–31stNCAA University Division Sweet Sixteen
Gene Gibson (Southwest Conference) (1961–1969)
1961–62Gene Gibson19–811–3T–1stNCAA University Division Sweet Sixteen
1962–63Gene Gibson6–176–8T–5th
1963–64Gene Gibson16–711–32nd
1964–65Gene Gibson17–612–2T–1st
1965–66Gene Gibson13–118–63rd
1966–67Gene Gibson9–157–75th
1967–68Gene Gibson9–155–9T–7th
1968–69Gene Gibson11–136–8T–4th
Bob Bass (Southwest Conference) (1969–1971)
1969–70Bob Bass14–108–6T–3rd
1970–71Bob Bass
Gerald Myers
16–10[Note A]9–5[Note A]T–3rd
Gerald Myers (Southwest Conference) (1971–1991)
1971–72Gerald Myers14–128–65th
1972–73Gerald Myers19–812–21stNCAA University Division first round
1973–74Gerald Myers17–910–42nd
1974–75Gerald Myers18–811–3T–2nd
1975–76Gerald Myers25–613–32ndNCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
1976–77Gerald Myers20–912–43rd
1977–78Gerald Myers19–1010–64th
1978–79Gerald Myers19–119–7T–4thNIT first round
1979–80Gerald Myers16–138–8T–4th
1980–81Gerald Myers15–138–8T–4th
1981–82Gerald Myers17–118–86th
1982–83Gerald Myers12–197–96th
1983–84Gerald Myers17–1210–64th
1984–85Gerald Myers23–812–41stNCAA Division I first round
1985–86Gerald Myers17–149–75thNCAA Division I first round
1986–87Gerald Myers15–149–7T–3rd
1987–88Gerald Myers9–194–12T–7th
1988–89Gerald Myers13–158–8T–4th
1989–90Gerald Myers5–220–169th
1990–91Gerald Myers8–234–12T–7th
James Dickey (Southwest Conference) (1991–1996)
1991–92James Dickey15–146–85th
1992–93James Dickey18–126–85thNCAA Division I first round
1993–94James Dickey17–1110–4T–2nd
1994–95James Dickey20–1011–3T–1stNIT first round
1995–96James Dickey30–2[Note B]14–01stNCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
James Dickey (Big 12 Conference) (1996–2001)
1996–97James Dickey19–9[Note C]10–6[Note C]T–3rd
1997–98James Dickey13–147–9T–7th
1998–99James Dickey13–175–1111th
1999–00James Dickey12–163–1312th
2000–01James Dickey9–193–1312th
Bob Knight (Big 12 Conference) (2001–2008)
2001–02Bob Knight23–910–6T–3rdNCAA Division I first round
2002–03Bob Knight22–136–10T–7thNIT Third Place
2003–04Bob Knight23–119–7T–5thNCAA Division I second round
2004–05Bob Knight22–1110–64thNCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2005–06Bob Knight15–176–10T–7th
2006–07Bob Knight21–139–75thNCAA Division I first round
2007–08Bob Knight
16–15[Note D]7–9[Note D]T–7th
Pat Knight (Big 12 Conference) (2008–2011)
2008–09Pat Knight14–193–1311th
2009–10Pat Knight19–164–12T–9thNIT Quarterfinal
2010–11Pat Knight13–195–11T–10th
Billy Gillispie (Big 12 Conference) (2011–2012)
2011–12Billy Gillispie8–231–1710th
Chris Walker (Big 12 Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–13Chris Walker11–203–159th
Tubby Smith (Big 12 Conference) (2013–2016)
2013–14Tubby Smith14–186–129th
2014–15Tubby Smith13–193–1510th
2015–16Tubby Smith19–139–97thNCAA Division I first round
Chris Beard (Big 12 Conference) (2016–2021)
2016–17Chris Beard18–146–12T–7th
2017–18Chris Beard27–1011–7T–2ndNCAA Division I Elite Eight
2018–19Chris Beard31–714–4T–1stNCAA Division I Runner-up
2019–20Chris Beard18–139–9T–3rdNo postseason held
2020–21Chris Beard18–119–8T–6thNCAA Division I second round
Mark Adams (Big 12 Conference) (2021–2023)
2021–22Mark Adams23–812–63rdNCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2022–23Mark Adams16–165–139th
Grant McCasland (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24Grant McCasland23–1111–7T–3rdNCAA Division I first round
Total:1,508–1,162

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

^A. Bass resigned after the first 13 games of the 1970–71 season, going 8–5 and 1–0 in conference. Gerald Myers was named interim head coach for final 13 games, going 8–5 and 8–5 in conference.
^B. Texas Tech vacated its 1996 NCAA tournament appearance due to ineligible players; official record is 28–1.
^C. Texas Tech forfeited its entire 1996–97 conference slate due to ineligible players, but Dickey was ruled not to have been affected.
^D. Bob Knight resigned after 20 games, going 12–8 and 3–3 in conference. Pat Knight took over, going 4–7 and 4–6 in conference.

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