Tonight, the Texas Tech basketball team faces Wyoming at United Supermarkets Arena. This is a game that came about because of a coaching move that the Red Raiders made in the offseason.
When Grant McCasland hired former Wyoming head coach Jeff Linder away from the Cowboys to join McCasland's coaching staff in Lubbock, there was a substantial contract buyout that Texas Tech was responsible for paying. As part of a negotiated agreement with Wyoming, Tech was allowed to pay only a portion of Linder's buyout in exchange for paying Wyoming to come to Lubbock for games this season and next.
Over four seasons with the Cowboys, Linder went 63-59 overall. Prior to that, he had an 80-50 record in four seasons as the head coach at Northern Colorado.
In 2022, he led Wyoming to the NCAA Tournament as part of a 25-9 season. Now, leading the Cowboys is a coach with one of the best names in college sports, Sundance Wicks.
A former assistant at Wyoming under Linder, he was the head coach at Green Bay last season. This year, he's got his team off to a 2-0 start thanks to double-digit wins over Concordia-St. Paul and Tennessee State.
This will be the best team the Red Raiders have played so far. The Cowboys are a competitive team in a strong Mountain West Conference.
Tonight, Tech will need to slow down senior guard Obi Agbim, Wyoming's leading scorer on the season. He's averaging 24.5 points and 4.5 assits per game while shooting 65.5% from the floor thu far.
So let's look at all that Texas Tech fans need to know for this game. And we'll start with the broadcast information.
Texas Tech vs. Wyoming broadcast information
Tip: 7 p.m. Central
TV: ESPN+
Radio: Texas Tech Sports Network
Streaming: Varsity Network App
Texas Tech vs. Wyoming series history
Texas Tech all-time record: 5-7
Most recent meeting: 2002, Wyoming 67-62 in Casper, Wyoming
Texas Tech vs. Wyoming odds
All odds courtesy of FanDuel.com.
Favorite | Moneyline | Over/Under |
|---|---|---|
Texas Tech -20.5 | Wyoming +1600 | 144.5 |
Texas Tech vs. Wyoming game notes
All game notes courtesy of TexasTech.com.
- The Red Raiders have started the season with a 2-0 record for the ninth straight time and won 32 straight non-conference home games after rolling through Bethune-Cookman and Northwestern State during the opening week of the college basketball season.
- The Red Raiders have not dropped a non-conference home game since an overtime
loss to Kentucky back on January 25, 2020, which snapped a 54-game winning streak in non-conference home games.
- JT Toppin leads the Red Raiders by averaging 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game after going off for 25 points and seven rebounds in the win over Northwestern State.
- The Cowboys are averaging 94.5 points per game with four players in double figures and two at 9.5 per.
- Tech remains unranked in the AP Top 25 and USA TODAY Coaches Poll but is just outside of both... The team is 27th in the AP Poll and 26th in the Coaches Poll with the most votes not in the poll.