Texas Tech basketball: Key recruiting targets to monitor this fall

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The basketball goes in the hoop during the first half of the college basketball game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the West Virginia Mountaineers on January 29, 2020 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /

2022 guard Brenden Hausen from Amarillo could be the Texas Tech basketball program’s next sharpshooter.

Though the 2022 class is still over a year from putting pen to paper, Tech fans should already be monitoring Amarillo’s Brendan Hausen. That’s because he already has an offer from the Red Raiders and he could be the next Red Raider sharpshooter.

The 6-foot-5 prospect is currently unranked by 247Sports but that’s not unusual for many 2022 prospects, especially those that don’t reside in basketball hotbed or who don’t play for elite national high school programs. But make no mistake, the Amarillo High School product will be one of the top shooters in his class and his recruitment will pick up.

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He already holds offers from A&M, TCU, OU, Tulsa, Ole Miss, and Houston in addition to Tech. But it seems like the Red Raiders are in a great spot in this recruiting battle.

"“I like the program a lot,” Hausen told Bradley Fernandez of Inside the Red Raiders. “Being in my own backyard and having family close would be a plus but also to show kids in West Texas that it’s possible to be next. I like what they have going, what they have built up but I’m definitely open to everything right now and just taking it slow.”"

Hausen was in Lubbock for an official visit back in March and his proximity to Lubbock has to be a huge edge for the Red Raiders. That’s such a rarity given the geographic isolation of West Texas so it is going to be imperative for Beard to keep this local product at home.

It is easy to draw comparisons between Hausen and Davide Moretti given how well both shoot the ball from deep. But as you can see in the highlights below, there’s more to Hausen’s offensive game than the 3-point shot as he appears more than comfortable beating defenders off the dribble.

By finding Moretti in Italy, Beard has proven that he will go to the ends of the Earth in search of shooters. But in the class of 2022, he has to just go 120 miles north to Amarillo to find a player that might be the best shooter in Texas, if not the entire nation.

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Players in the class of 2021 can sign their letters of intent either in the early window, which is from November 11-18, or in the standard window, April 14 – May 19, 2021. Of course, the current global pandemic has put on hold campus visits and has thrown a wrench in most recruits’ plans. Still, keep an eye on these names over the next few months because there’s a chance that some may decide to make their college decisions in the next couple of months and we can expect Texas Tech to be in the fight for all of them.

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