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Texas Tech basketball: Players we are happy to see leave the Big 12

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 02: General view of a basketball and Big 12 logo taken before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns on January 02, 2016 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech won the game 82-74. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 02: General view of a basketball and Big 12 logo taken before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns on January 02, 2016 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech won the game 82-74. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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Lindy Waters III #21 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys makes a three-point basket over Tariq Owens #11 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
Lindy Waters III #21 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys makes a three-point basket over Tariq Owens #11 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

Oklahoma State: Lindy Waters

Oklahoma State guard Lindy Waters was one of those players, much like Davide Moretti, that forced opposing fans to hold their breath every time he shot the ball.  Thankfully, the long-range bomber, who played high school ball in the shadow of OSU’s biggest rival at Norman North High School, is now out of eligibility.

For his career, Waters was a 39% shooter from 3-point range.  However, he would have easily been over 40% had he not seen his numbers take a dive this year.  After shooting 44% from deep last year, he managed to hit only 31.7% of his outside attempts as a senior.

In seven games versus Tech, Waters was a pain in the read as he hit double-digits five times.  That included a massive 26-point effort in 2019 as OSU nearly pulled off a stunning upset in Lubbock.

As the last-place Cowboys tried to derail what would eventually be a Big 12 regular-season title run for the Red Raiders, Waters almost single-handedly kept his team in the game by splashing away from beyond the arc.  That night, he was 7-10 from deep including two daggers in the final minute of regulation to send the game to OT.

Waters wasn’t a perfect college player.  In fact, his game was rather limited.  He was a one-trick pony.  But when that trick was working, it was a heck of a trick for his team.  Fortunately, it’s one we don’t have to see him perform ever again in Lubbock.  We saw all of it we ever would want to last year.

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