List of Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball seasons

Former Red Raiders head coaches Bob Knight (center right) and Pat Knight (far right)

The Texas Tech Red Raiders college basketball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, representing Texas Tech University in the South Division[1] of the Big 12 Conference. Texas Tech has played its home games at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas since its opening in 1999.[2]

Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate men's basketball team during the 1925–26 season. The school's athletics teams were known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus.[3] In 1932, Texas Tech was admitted to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Border Conference. In the team's first season of conference play, Texas Tech went undefeated, winning the first of three consecutive Border Conference championships. At the beginning of the 1937–38 season, Texas Tech's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially with "Red Raiders", the nickname the team has today.[4] Texas Tech received their first postseason bid in 1942 to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) tournament. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won five conference championships and one co-championship.

In 1957, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference (SWC), in which it experienced similar success as it had in the Border Conference. In the regular season, the Red Raiders won four conference championships and three conference co-championships. At the end of the 1976 regular season, the Southwest Conference began an annual conference tournament known as the SWC Classic.[2] Texas Tech won five SWC Classic titles in their six appearances in the conference tournament championship game. The university remained in the SWC until the conference ceased operations in 1996, when the Red Raiders ended the 1995–96 season ranked #8 in both the AP (Associated Press) Poll and Coaches' Poll.[5] Following the dissolution of the SWC, the university became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference. Since joining the Big 12 Conference, the Red Raiders did not receive a bid to postseason play until 2002, when Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight was hired. During Knight's six-year tenure, Texas Tech received five postseason bids, participating in four NCAA tournaments and one National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Red Raiders won the third place playoff in the 2003 NIT Tournament, the farthest a Red Raiders basketball team has advanced in postseason play.

Seasons

Conference champion Conference tournament champions Postseason bid^ Shared standing T
Season Head coach Overall[2] Conference[A 1] Postseason[A 2] Final poll[A 3]
W L Conf. Finish CW CL AP Coaches'
1925–26 Grady Higginbotham 6 8 Ind.
1926–27 8 10 Ind.
1927–28 Victor Payne 9 7 Ind.
1928–29 9 8 Ind.
1929–30 13 6 Ind.
1930–31 W. L. Golightly 11 9 Ind.
1931–32 Dell Morgan 9 14 Ind.
1932–33 15 8 Border 1st 8 0
1933–34 18 5 Border 1st 7 1
1934–35 Virgil Ballard 14 10 Border 1st 9 1
1935–36 Berl Huffman 10 10 Border 3rd 8 6
1936–37 18 7 Border 2nd 8 6
1937–38 9 13 Border T–5th 7 7
1938–39 13 6 Border 2nd 13 3
1939–40 21 7 Ind.
1940–41 19 6 Ind.
1941–42 16 11 Border 2nd 12 4 NAIB Second round^
1942–43 Polk Robison 13 10 Border 5th 9 7
1943–44 5 18 Ind.
1944–45 10 14 Border 5th 7 6
1945–46 12 9 Border 4th 6 4
1946–47 Berl Huffman 10 12 Border T–5th 8 8
1947–48 Polk Robison 16 12 Border 2nd 10 6
1948–49 21 9 Border 2nd 11 5 NAIB Elite Eight^
1949–50 14 12 Border 5th 8 8
1950–51 14 14 Border 3rd 10 6
1951–52 14 10 Border 3rd 9 5
1952–53 12 10 Border 3rd 9 5
1953–54 21 5 Border 1st 11 1 NCAA First round^
1954–55 18 7 Border T–1st 9 3
1955–56 12 12 Border 1st 8 4 NCAA First round^
1956–57 12 11 Ind.
1957–58 15 8 SWC T–3rd 8 6
1958–59 15 9 SWC 3rd 8 6
1959–60 10 14 SWC T–4th 7 7
1960–61 14 11 SWC 1st 11 3 NCAA Sweet Sixteen^ 18
1961–62 Gene Gibson 19 8 SWC T–1st 11 3 NCAA Sweet Sixteen^
1962–63 6 17 SWC T–4th 6 8
1963–64 16 7 SWC 2nd 11 3
1964–65 17 6 SWC T–1st 12 2
1965–66 13 11 SWC 3rd 8 6
1966–67 9 15 SWC 5th 7 7
1967–68 10 14 SWC T–7th 5 9
1968–69 11 13 SWC T–4th 6 8
1969–70 Bob Bass 14 10 SWC T–3rd 8 6
1970–71 Bob Bass (3–8) 11 13 SWC T–4th 6 8
Gerald Myers (8–5)
1971–72 Gerald Myers 14 12 SWC 5th 8 6
1972–73 19 18 SWC 1st 12 2 NCAA First round^
1973–74 17 9 SWC T–2nd 10 4
1974–75 18 8 SWC T–2nd 11 3
1975–76 25 6 SWC 2nd 13 3 SWC Champion 16
NCAA Sweet Sixteen^
1976–77 20 9 SWC 3rd 12 4 SWC Semifinals
1977–78 19 10 SWC 4th 10 6 SWC Quarterfinals
1978–79 19 11 SWC T–4th 9 7 SWC Semifinals
NIT First round^
1979–80 16 13 SWC T–4th 8 8 SWC Semifinals
1980–81 15 13 SWC T–4th 8 8 SWC Quarterfinals
1981–82 17 11 SWC 6th 8 8 SWC Quarterfinals
1982–83 12 19 SWC 6th 7 9 SWC Quarterfinals
1983–84 17 12 SWC 4th 10 6 SWC Quarterfinals
1984–85 23 8 SWC 1st 12 4 SWC Champion 17 16
NCAA First round^
1985–86 17 14 SWC 5th 9 7 SWC Champion
NCAA First round^
1986–87 15 14 SWC T–3rd 9 7 SWC Quarterfinals
1987–88 9 19 SWC T–7th 4 12 SWC First round
1988–89 13 15 SWC T–4th 8 8 SWC First round
1989–90 5 22 SWC 9th 0 16
1990–91 8 23 SWC T–7th 4 12 SWC First round
1991–92 James Dickey 15 14 SWC 5th 6 8 SWC Quarterfinals
1992–93 18 12 SWC 5th 6 8 SWC Champion
NCAA First round^
1993–94 17 11 SWC T–2nd 10 4 SWC Quarterfinals
1994–95 20 10 SWC T–1st 11 3 SWC Finals
NIT First round^
1995–96 28 1 SWC 1st 14 0 SWC Champion 8 8
NCAA Sweet Sixteen^
1996–97 19 9 Big 12 T–3rd 10 6 Big 12 Quarterfinals 21
1997–98 13 14 Big 12 T–7th 7 9 Big 12 First round
1998–99 13 17 Big 12 11th 5 11 Big 12 First round
1999–00 12 16 Big 12 11th 3 13 Big 12 First round
2000–01 9 19 Big 12 12th 3 13 Big 12 First round
2001–02 Bob Knight 23 9 Big 12 T–3rd 10 6 Big 12 Semifinals
NCAA First round^
2002–03 22 12 Big 12 T–7th 6 10 Big 12 Semifinals
NIT Third place^
2003–04 23 11 Big 12 T–5th 9 7 Big 12 Semifinals
NCAA Second round^
2004–05 22 11 Big 12 4th 10 6 Big 12 Finals 24 16
NCAA Sweet Sixteen^
2005–06 15 17 Big 12 T–7th 6 10 Big 12 First Round
2006–07 21 13 Big 12 5th 9 7 Big 12 Quarterfinals
NCAA First round^
2007–08 Bob Knight (12–8) 16 15 Big 12 T–7th 7 9 Big 12 First Round
Pat Knight (4–7)
2008–09 Pat Knight 14 19 Big 12 11th 3 13 Big 12 First Round
2009–10 19 16 Big 12 T–9th 4 12 Big 12 Quarterfinals
NIT Quarterfinals^
2010–11 13 19 Big 12 T–10th 5 11 Big 12 First Round
2011–12 Billy Gillispie 8 23 Big 12 10th 1 17 Big 12 First Round
2012–13 Chris Walker 11 20 Big 12 9th 3 15 Big 12 First Round
2013–14 Tubby Smith 14 18 Big 12 9th 6 12 Big 12 First Round

Notes

  1. Texas Tech was not in an athletic conference from the 1925 through 1931, 1939 through 1941, the 1943–44 season, and the 1956–57 season.[2]
  2. The Border Conference did not hold a conference tournament. The Southwest Conference did not hold their conference tournament until the 1975–76 season.[2]
  3. The Associated Press began men's basketball team rankings during the 1948–49 season. The Coaches' Poll began publishing its rankings during the 1950–51 season.[6]

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