SB Nation User Blog: Seth C

Recruiting on the High Seas :: DE Dartwan Bush

Seth C — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:54:30 -0000

Recruiting is truly heating up as Brazoswood HS (Freeport, TX) DE Dartwan Bush (6-1/245) gave the Texas Tech coaching staff a verbal commitment yesterday.

The Measurables:

via media.scout.com

Dartwan Bush
Position: DE
Rivals Profile
Scout Profile
ESPN Profile 77 Grade
Ht: 6'1"
Wt: 245 lbs
Forty: 4.89
High School: Brazoswood (Freeport, TX)

Follow me after the jump for a more on Dartwan, including a link to some free film and just to tease you a bit, Dartwan may be the quickest defensive end I've seen get down the line of scrimmage, especially considering his size.

The Player Speaks

Bush wasn't available for comment, but his high school coach, Dean DeAtley, was available and had some very complimentary things to say about Texas Tech and what type of player Bush is. Per LAJ's Don Williams:

"A couple of (reasons) he said were he liked his host, and he really felt at ease with the players,’’ DeAtley said. "And there’s a quarterback from Friendswood (Tech freshman Jacob Karam) who we’ve played from this area, and he said he was a real upbeat, positive guy. That helped a little bit, too.’’

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"I think he liked coach Leach,’’ DeAtley said. "He spoke with him a week or so ago, and it wasn’t a hard sell. It was a pretty enjoyable conversation. I don’t think it was too much of a hard sell on the recruiting visit. It was real enjoyable, all the conversations he had. There wasn’t a whole lot of pressure on him.’’

The Scouting Report

Brazoswood has a website with a player page for Dartwan and there is some free film available. The other interesting thing is that on Bush's high school page, he's listed as running a 4.60 40-yard dash. The recruiting websites say differently, but watching that film, I think he's closer to 4.60 than 4.89. Bush gets down the line of scrimmage incredibly quick, one of the quickest accelerations for a defensive end that I've seen.

I'm just a tad bit excited.

The article linked above has a bit on Bush from his coaches and from the Brazoria County's The Facts' Joel Luna. DeAtley had this to say about the type of player that Bush is:

"He’s a real speed guy — a lot of quickness, a lot of explosiveness,’’ DeAtley said. "He really works with his hands well. I think he’ll be successful on the next level, and he’s a great kid, too, a high character kid and a lot of fun to be around.’’

And in the Luna article, DeAtley said that if Bush was just a bit taller, he would have had offers from all over the place:

"We knew he was a great talent and I am very happy for him," DeAtley said. "I know that he is a good kid with great character and good things happen to good people. I also know that if he would have been 6-foot-3 or 6-foot-4, somebody would have picked him up a year ago.

"He did all the little things and was a great pass rusher for us," DeAtley said. "He used his hands real well and we hope he continues to grow."

Sometimes, it's not about the height or weight, but rather about production on the field, and Bush had this stat line for his senior season:

81 tackles
30 tackles for loss
15 sacks
5 forced fumbles
1 fumble recovery

The 2010 Recruiting Class

Position	Commitment
QB	Scotty Young (6-3/185)
RB	Aaron Spikes (5-10/185) Delans Griffin (5-10/180)
WR	Shawn Corker (6-1/189) Kadron Boone (6-1/197) Ben McRoy (5-9/165)
OL	Beau Carpenter (6-7/260) James Polk (6-7/290) Denton Simek (6-4/260) Javius Townsend (6-2/300) Eric Lawson (6-6/320)
DL	Kedrick Dial (6-5/215) Jackson Richards (6-4/240) Coby Coleman (6-3/280) Lawrence Rumph (6-4/270) Donald Langley (6-2/295) Scott Smith (6-7/275) Dartwan Bush (6-1/245)
LB	Zac Winbush (6-2/200) Fred Harvey (5-11/230)
DB	Desmond Martin (6-0/173) Russell Polk (5-11/200) Brandon Smith (6-1/175) Urell Johnson (6-0/180) Tre'Vante Porter (6-1/185)

Dartwan, welcome to Texas Tech and Git Your Guns Up!!

Post Game Thoughts :: Stanford Cardinal 87, Texas Tech Red Raiders 100

Seth C — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:49:10 -0000

More photos » by Geoffrey McAllister - AP

Texas Tech's D'walyn Roberts, right, defends Stanford's Jarrett Mann during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Geoffrey McAllister). Who else thinks this is a funny picture?

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SB Nation Box Score

The Result :: A Good Rebound Win: The game was tight through much of the first half, with the Texas Tech Red Raiders taking a four point lead into halftime against the Stanford Cardinal. After halftime, the team truly responded and the game seemed in-hand for most of the second half. Part of the reason the game was in hand was that the Red Raiders shot an astounding eFG% of 60.9% (this is really off the charts) and held Stanford to 45.3% (again, pretty good defense). All in all, it's nice to see how the Red Raiders have been able to put away three Pac-10 teams in non-conference play and as this team continues to build a resume, next Tuesday is perhaps this team's biggest challenge to this very young season: New Mexico Lobos.

The Storylines ::

Well Played: There are so many statistics that you could point to which would lead you to the conclusion that the Red Raiders, despite giving up 87 points, played an excellent game on both ends of the floor. Here's the evidence: The Red Raiders made 58.3% of their three-point shots, out-rebounded the Cardinal by five (40 to 35), had only 10 turnovers with 18 assists, and shot 48 free throws for the game. Typically, if you have one of those things happen, the team ends up winning, but in this case, the Red Raiders were playing really well for a good part of the game.

More storylines after the jump.

Falling in Love With the Three: I really want SF Brad Reese to be a big part of this team, but I also want him to ease up a bit on the three-point shot. Last night Reese was 2 of 5 from beyond the arc and right now, Reese is only 10 of 31 for the year. Reese has a lot to offer this team, and it seems as if he wants to be a three-point shooter first and a mid-range guy second. Personally, I think Reese will have cleaner looks in and around the basket if he works on his mid-range game and then the defense will be a bit on their heels and the three-point shot should open up a bit.

Tairu is Incredibly Efficient: I keep talking about it thinking that I'm going to jinx Tairu, but I don't know that I've seen a more efficient scorer than G David Tairu. Last night, Tairu took only 7 shots, made 4, made 9 of 10 free throws and finished with 17 points. With G Nick Okorie injuring his shoulder last night, Tairu should get even more time and personally I think this is a good thing. It will be interesting to see whether or not Tairu starts next Tuesday and if he does, I think it could really work in Texas Tech's favor.

Four Factors, Player Impact and Game Flow: I love these graphs from StatSheet and I hope you do too:

Four Factors:

College Basketball

Player Impact:

NCAA Basketball

Game Flow:

College Basketball

The Offensive MVP :: SF Mike Singletary: Singletary returned to form with an excellent rebound game. Singletary shot incredibly well (9-12) and finished with 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and ZERO turnovers. There were a number of times when Singletary was bringing up the ball on a fast break and I was nervous about a potential turnover, but perhaps it's just a matter of Singletary focusing a bit more.

The Defensive MVP :: Perimeter Players: It would be really tough to just single out just one player, but I thought the perimeter players, which would include Roberson, Okorie (until he was injured), Tairu, Reese, and Jenkins all did an excellent job of switching on the outside. The Cardinal still shot 38.9 above their season average on three-point shots, but it just seemed that the length of the team was a problem for Stanford.

Double-T Nation Daily Diatribe :: 12.23.09

Seth C — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:38:30 -0000

Lots to Get To: There's lots to get to this morning (including post game thoughts on the Stanford win and if I have the time, a look at the football team's newest recruit), but this will probably be my last DTN DD until this weekend or Monday. I certainly want to wish you guys and gals a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays. Travel safe and you'll have to tell me about all of the great Texas Tech gifts that you received.

Things to Think About, Part I: This is to add a bit to the question of whether or Missouri's possible move to the Big Ten would affect recruiting in Texas, as a large number of players come from Texas and CT's Dave Matter asked this question of Missouri's LB Sean Weatherspoon (who is from Texas):

I posed that question — Could Missouri recruit Texas kids to play in the Big Ten? — to Tigers linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, a native of Jasper, Texas. He leaned toward doubtful for two reasons. "If you look at that conference, you think of it as being cold all the time," he said. "And you think of never really getting the chance to come down south so your parents can see you play or family members that you want to see you play."

Things to Think About, Part II: Have you ever thought that ESPN college football analyst Todd McShay has no idea what he's talking about? Well, the NFL Advisory Committee (the folks that let underclassmen know if where they will be drafted) agrees, per ProFootballTalk:

"That's the problem," the source opined. "McShay is clueless. Up until three weeks before the 2008 draft, he said that [Kentucky's] Andre Woodson would be a first-round pick. He went in the sixth and is out of the league."

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"The problem I have with people like McShay saying stupid things is parents and others who 'advise' these kids think McShay knows what he is talking about," the source said. "And they believe him before they believe the Advisory Committee. Then, when the kids go a lot lower than projected they are pissed and/or depressed. . . . This stuff happens every year and we have to deal with the broken hearts because people who don't know what they are talking about put visions of grandeur into young players' heads."

Red Raiders Take Down Cardinal: LAJ's Courtney Linehan has the story from last night in Texas Tech's 100-87 win over Stanford. Head coach Pat Knight had this to say about the team at halftime:

"They weren’t happy at halftime, they know we weren’t playing well, but I told them you have to feed off that last play," Knight said. "I didn’t think we played with good energy, we played lethargic the first half, with no emotion. We didn’t play athletic. They got it going the last play when Brad made the block, and they really fed off that. It got us going the second half."

I was able to watch almost all of the second half and the team did tend to take care of business after a somewhat close first half. SF Mike Singletary agrees:

"It was good to come back here, take care of business and get the win," Singletary said, "even though it was kind of ugly."

Notebook: LAJ's Courtney Linehan's notebook has additional info about last night's game . . . G Nick Okorie injured his shoulder last night, MRI is scheduled for today . . . PG John Roberson scored his 1,000th point last night and PK had this to say about his point guard:

"The kid’s going to leave here being one of the best guards who ever played at Texas Tech," Knight said, "and we still have him another year and a half."

. . . over 13,000 fans showed up last night (good for the folks at the game) . . .

Moving to San Antonio: LAJ's Don Williams writes that the team and staff had one last practice yesterday in Lubbock and then after the holiday, the team will start working in San Antonio. We've already been down this road, but Leach talked about starting QB Taylor Potts:

"He’s played well, and at some point we need to get consistent at that position," Leach said. "He’s played real well down the stretch, so we’re going to put the reps in him and let him play the best he can. He played real good against Oklahoma, and I thought he played well against Baylor.

"I don’t think we played well as an offense against Baylor (in a 20-13 win). I thought he did. He didn’t have a lot of help."

Wideout Wave: LAJ's Don Williams writes that the coaching staff is excited about the next wave of redshirt freshmen receivers (Aaron Fisher, E.J. Celestie, Derrick Mays and Eric Ward) and captain Mike Leach is excited:

"We’ll find out,’’ Leach said this week, "but we have a young group that’s enthusiastic, that works extremely hard and works well together. I don’t see all those (returnees) holding them off. I really don’t. We’ll play the best eight, but I don’t see all the faces that played this year holding off all the young guys.’’

Williams also mentions where these guys are lining up offensively:

Since they came aboard in the summer, split end Eric Ward, flanker Derrick Mays, "Y’’ inside receiver Aaron Fisher and "H’’ inside receiver Ernest Celestie have built coaches’ anticipation.

And wide receivers coach Lincoln Riley likes what he sees:

"Mays and Fisher both can really run,’’ inside receivers coach Lincoln Riley said this week. "They run better than anybody we’re playing with right now. Fisher does it as a big body. Mays is the fastest person on this team.

"Ward is the most physical receiver right now in the program, more than anybody we’re playing with. As much as we emphasize blocking in playing at (split end) … that’s going to give him a chance.

"Celestie’s probably the most steady of all of them. He shows up every day and does what he needs to do. Guys like that have always had success here, especially at that position.’’

You'll want to go read the whole thing.

Finishing Strong: SAEN's Jerry Briggs writes that the Red Raiders are wanting to finish strong and CB Jamar Wall thinks the team is focused:

"I personally think we have worked harder for bowl preparation than we have in any of my four years here," Tech senior cornerback Jamar Wall said.

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"We usually take it kind of easy," Wall said. "But, I mean, seeing that we took it kind of easy last year and weren't successful, the (coaches) kind of changed things up."

Notebook: LAJ's Don Williams has a notebook of information . . . offensive line coach Matt Moore will be keeping the same starting lineup, although LT Terry McDaniel is close to returning and will be a backup against Michigan St. . . . Moore also talks about how he wants Mickey Okafor and Deveric Gallington to win the right guard spot next year and more on Joel Gray's move to center. . . seven players graduated in December: CB Brent Nickerson, CB Nathan Stone, LT Chris Olson (graduated early), RG Brandon Carter, C Shawn Byrnes, DT Victor Hunter and S LaShawn Vation, congrats to all seven gentlemen!

Miscellaneous Links: The Rivalry Esq.'s Graham Filler with Air Raid basics . . . FWST's Jimmy Burch with post season awards . . .

Open Game Day Thread :: Stanford Cardinal vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders

Seth C — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:01:32 -0000

INFORMATION:	Detail
OPPONENT:	Stanford Cardinal (5-5, 0-0)
LOCATION:	United Spirit Arena : Lubbock, Texas
DATE:	December 22, 2009
TIME:	7:00 p.m. CST
TV:	None
RADIO:	Affiliates
GAME CAST:	Fox Sports

GO RAIDERS . . .

Game Preview :: Stanford Cardinal vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders

Seth C — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:56:51 -0000

INFORMATION:	Detail
OPPONENT:	Stanford Cardinal (5-5, 0-0)
LOCATION:	United Spirit Arena : Lubbock, Texas
DATE:	December 22, 2009
TIME:	7:00 p.m. CST
TV:	None
RADIO:	Affiliates
GAME CAST:	Fox Sports

Stanford: The Cardinal are struggling both offensively and defensively and aren't particularly effective on offense or defense. Stanford is ranked 314th in the nation in offensive rebounding percentage and if there was ever a time for the D`Walyn Roberts and the Red Raiders to crash the boards tonight's game may be it.

Texas Tech: The Red Raiders continue to perform reasonably well on offense and defense. Perhaps this is an indication of the defense continuing to make improvements, the Red Raiders are 28th in the nation in defensive turnover percentage, 24.8%, which is really good. Essentially, the Red Raiders are forcing a turnover on almost 25% of their opponents' possessions, which is really good.

Stanford: G/F Landry Fields (6-7/210) is the stud player for the Cardinal. Fields is averaging 23 points a game, 8.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.3 steals. Fields is the guy for the Cardinal and fellow G Jeremy Green is averaging 15.5 points and 4.0 rebounds a game. The Cardinal start two 6-9 players, Andrew Zimmermann and Jack Trotter and I'll be interested to see how Roberts and Cohadarevic match up with these taller players and if Pat Knight plays his bigger lineup, which includes Lewandowski.

Texas Tech: I don't know if I'm giving G David Tairu enough credit for how he's played and shot for most of the year. Just to clarify, Tairu is shooting 59.5% from the field and an eFG% of 66.8%, which is just off the charts for a guard. Perhaps the most frustrating on Tairu's end is his minutes as he's averaging 22 minutes a game, but it seems as if he could steal minutes away from PG John Roberson, but PK seems to play Roberson heavy minutes early in the season which may hinder Roberson's play late in the year.

Stanford: The Cardinal have struggled on the road and on neutral courts thus far this season, losing both of their away games (San Diego 64-77 and Northwestern 62-70). The Cardinal also lost at home to Oral Roberts, on a neutral floor to Kentucky, and at home to Oklahoma St. Stanford has quite a few close games, but away from the comforts of home, the Cardinal are struggling.

Texas Tech: I have no doubt that both SF Mike Singletary and Pat Knight understand the turnover situation. At some point his offensive play will not out-weigh his need to be on the court if he is a defensive liability and turns the ball over at his current 26.4%. I love what Singletary brings to the table on a lot of fronts, but this is certainly a situation to watch

Double-T Nation Daily Diatribe :: 12.22.09

Seth C — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:05:58 -0000

Game Tonight:
#23 Texas Tech Red Raiders (9-1) vs. Stanford Cardinal (5-5)
Television: None
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: United Spirit Arena : Lubbock, Texas
Preview: 10:00 a.m. post :: Game Day Thread: 6:00 p.m. post

Rebound Game: Its becoming somewhat frustrating as the local Lubbock papers don't seem to be giving significant ink to the basketball or football team (maybe I'm up too early?). We as DTN'ers must push forward and if there is a preview by the LAJ I'll try and post a FanShot during work.

In any event, the LAJ's Courtney Linehan has an article about some of the players reacting to the drop in the rankings after the loss to Wichita St. and head coach Pat Knight wants to continue the good start:

"People ask how come teams are ranked higher with two or three losses, and we only have one," Knight said after his radio show on Monday. "It’s all about how you start out."

And SF Mike Singletary wants to continue to raise up in the rankings:

"People were saying how we hadn’t beaten anybody that was really good, so now we’re No. 23, which is good but not where we want to be," Singletary said. "We’ve got to keep getting better so we can move back up in the rankings."

No Television: Per the official site, there's no mention that the game is even remotely on television. This is also frustrating and it seems that two teams from major conferences should be on some sort of television.

Fehoko Update: V.J. Fehoko (the #4 ranked inside linebacker in the country) and some other potential commitments visited Texas Tech this weekend and ESPN's Greg Biggins has a fairly detailed update regarding where he stands:

"Texas Tech is definitely the team to beat right now," Fehoko said. "I had a perfect visit, it was just an incredible time. First off, my host was my brother Sam and it was great to see him again. We're really close and growing up, he was like my idol so it was just a great experience to be around him again.

"I love the coaching staff and they were my first offer so they have always been high on my list. I visited unofficially before but this visit was way different. All the coaches were great and never pressured me the entire visit. Other schools I've talked with kind of put on a hard sell to me and tried to get me to commit but that's not really my style and the Tech coaches were just so easy to be around.

"I spent a lot of time with Coach (Mike) Leach along with Coach (Brian) Mitchell, who's my recruiting coach and Coach (Ruffin) McNeil, who's the defensive coordinator. They're all great guys and I have such a great comfort level with them. Coach Mitchell is a family friend and they told me they have big plans for me in that defense so that's exciting to hear."

Don't get too excited just yet, but it sounds as if V.J. had a good time this weekend.

Pre-Spring Discussion: Head on over to TR where dedficsher is projecting the pre-spring starters and it's hard to argue with any of his picks. As an aside, I figure DTN will delve into the spring positional depth charts, recruiting and things of that nature after the bowl game.

Part II: Why the Big 12 Needs to do Everything It Can to Keep Missouri - Bring On The Cats

Seth C — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:54:59 -0000

Part II: Why the Big 12 Needs to do Everything It Can to Keep Missouri - Bring On The Cats

Here's where you can find Part I.

Post Game Thoughts :: Texas Tech Red Raiders 83, Wichita St. Shockers 85

Seth C — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:04:08 -0000

SB Nation Box Score

The Result :: Disappointing, But Lots of Fight: I didn't get to watch the game (I think you could only watch if you lived in Kansas) but losses are going to happen, but the difference between last year's version and this year's version is being competitive each and every game. Nothing would make me happier than to see a win each and every game, but that's not likely to happen with this team. Through the first nine games last year, this team had already lost to Sam Houston St., Butler and Centenary. Granted, there's a lot to play for with Stanford and New Mexico being the next two games, but the lack of a bad loss (and I would not include a loss to Wichita St. at their place as a bad loss) thus far this year is at the very least encouraging.

Follow me after the jump for storylines, stats and some video highlights of the game.

The Storylines ::

Singletary = Turnover Machine: The one stat-line that jumped out at me was SF Mike Singletary's 9 turnovers in 37 minutes of play. To get to the nitty gritty, Singletary had a turnover rate of 56% which I think means that of every possession by Singletary, he's turning the ball over 56% of the time against Wichita St. To put it nicely, Singletary was a complete liability last night and the fact that he got 37 minutes while players like Brad Reese and Theron Jenkins each received less than 12 each. It would be one thing if Singletary was scoring at a high rate, but he only had 7 field goals for the entire game. I know that Singletary can be this team's best low-post scorer, but he can also be this team's biggest liability. As of this morning, Singletary has 25% of this team's total turnovers. At some point, PK will have to make a decision about Singletary being so careless with possessions.

The Difference: Looking at the team statistics for the game, it seems like this game should have been a win. Texas Tech out-shot WSU (47.5% to 42.6) were close on rebounds (35 to 40) and were overall close on turnovers (17 to 16). The difference in the game was the free throws, where Wichita St. got to the line 34 times and made 28 free throws (that's 82.4%). The Red Raiders on the other hand only got to the line 25 times and only made 18, good for 72.0%. Perhaps this is a situation where a key player doesn't the turn the ball over as much and the team makes one or two free throws and you're talking about a different game, perhaps even a win. Free throws and turnovers make just about every coach, player and fan go crazy.

Where's the Bench: One of the big reasons why the Red Raiders were able to upset Washington was because of the play of the bench, in particular Brad Reese, David Tairu and Theron Jenkins making impacts and receiving significant minutes. Tairu did make an impact, scoring 11 points on 5 of 8 from the floor, but it seems as if PK is relying less and less on his bench as this team gets closer to conference play. I understand PK wanting to rely on the guys that have been around the program like Roberts and Singletary, but Reese and Jenkins are significant upgrades in talent and athleticism and on Saturday night they only got 11 and 12 minutes during the game, scored a total of 5 points and had no rebounds. I think this is going to need to be a two-way street, but Reese and Jenkins must be better at the small things, like rebounding, playing good defense and not falling in love with the 3-point shot. On the other side of the street, PK must learn to trust his players and there's no reason why Singletary can have 9 turnovers in a game and still be rewarded with 37 minutes.

We're Still Okay: Despite my complaining in the previous three paragraph, I'm still pretty happy with this team. Sure there are things to fix, but that's true with just about any team. The Oklahoma St. Cowboys have lost by 20 to Tulsa; the Missouri Tigers have lost to Richmond, Vanderbilt and Oral Roberts; the Iowa St. Cyclones have lost to Northwestern, Northern Iowa and California; and the Oklahoma Sooners have lost to Virginia Commonwealth, San Diego and Houston. Those are just some examples of some of our Big 12 brethren. Obviously, teams like Texas and Kansas are the head of the class and teams like the Kansas St. Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies and Baylor Bears are playing about as well as Texas Tech. Right now, the Red Raiders are still in the top quarter or third of the Big 12 and this isn't an exercise to make anyone feel better, but the truth of the matter is that this team is still playing good basketball, but must keep up the good work this week.

Four Factors, Player Impact and Game Flow: I love these graphs from StatSheet and I hope you do too:

College Basketball

NCAA Basketball

College Basketball

I didn't get to see the game, so this is just based on observations from the box score.

The Offensive MVP :: PG John Roberson and SG Nick Okorie: John Roberson led the team in scoring (24 points, but he had to take 16 shots to get there). He also had 5 assists and 5 turnovers. As goes Roberson, so goes the team. Also nice to see Okorie finally get on track a bit as he had 16 points and 4 rebounds in 25 minutes on 13 shots.

The Defensive MVP :: G David Tairu: Tairu has been especially solid this year and he's also shooting lights out, 59.5%, despite playing a guard position. Seems like he should get more shots. For the game, Tairu only had 11 points, but he also had 9 rebounds, which included 7 offensive rebounds, 2 assists and no turnovers.

Michigan State's football depth chart shuffled to cover suspensions | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Seth C — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:39:29 -0000

Michigan State's football depth chart shuffled to cover suspensions | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tech coach Pat Knight said after the game that he knew the non-conference road trip could pose a...

Seth C — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:59:48 -0000

Tech coach Pat Knight said after the game that he knew the non-conference road trip could pose a problem, but he hopes the experience helps later this season.

"A lot of schools would schedule somebody you never heard of at home," Knight said. "We put our guys into the fire by playing Wichita State at their place. If I schedule weak teams at home just to stay ranked, that doesn’t do anything for us."

Tech suffers first loss of season against Shockers, 85-83 | Red Raiders

I'm busy this morning so no morning notes, but I'll post some post-game thoughts tonight. The thing that stands out the most is the nine turnovers by Mike Singletary and had a turnover rate yesterday of 56%.