Texas Tech basketball: The all-time Gerald Myers era team

The reserve guards

Finding guards for Myers to bring off the bench wouldn’t be too difficult.  During this tenure, he seemed to specialize in finding versatile guards, many of whom were able to lead their teams in rebounding and even blocks.

Long before he was the head coach at North Texas or the interim head coach at LSU, Tony Benford averaged 8.4 points, 3.2 assists, and 2.3 rebounds for the Red Raiders from 1982-1986. Also from Hobbs, the 6-foot-4 guard was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1986 SWC Tournament, his team’s second-straight SWC Tournament title.

Benford averaged 14.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.6 assists as a senior.  After that season, he was drafted in the fourth round of the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.

Another fantastic Red Raider great who was unknown to me until this piece was Greg Lowery.  The 6-foot-2 guard averaged an impressive 19.7 points per game from 1969-72 including 24.5 p.p.g. as a senior, his only year playing for Myers.  That remains the most any player in Tech history has averaged over the course of an entire season.

Finally, there is Kent Williams.  The 6-foot-5 native of…you guessed it…Hobbs…was a Red Raider from 1976-80.

Averaging at least 10.2 points per game in his final three seasons as a Red Raider, he was a do-it-all player for Myers.  He managed to dish out five assists per game as a senior while also being able to score when needed as evidenced by his 13.6 p.p.g. as a sophomore.  That type of versatility would make him a coach’s dream to have as a backup.