2026–27 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
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The 2026–27 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team will represent Texas Tech University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders were led by fourth-year coach Grant McCasland, and will play their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena located in Lubbock, Texas.
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Headcoach
- Grant McCasland (4th season)
Assistant coaches
- Achoki Moikobu (4th season)
- Jeff Linder (3rd season)
- Chris Nottingham (2nd season)
- Rem Bakamus (2nd season)
- Toddrick Gotcher (2nd season)
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| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 Big 12) |
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| Home arena | United Supermarkets Arena |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2027 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Red Raiders finished the 2025–26 season 23–11, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. Texas Tech entered as the No. 4 seed of the Big 12 tournament, held at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, they lost to Iowa State in the quarterfinals, 53–75.[1] Texas Tech earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region. In the first round, they defeated No. 12 seed Akron, 91–71.[2] The Red Raiders were eliminated with an 65–90 loss to No. 5 seed Alabama.[3]
Preseason
The Big 12 preseason coaches poll will be released in October, 2026. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.
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Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll
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Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| October 23, 2026* 6:00 p.m., SECN+ |
at Kentucky | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | |||||||||
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| November 2, 2026* TBD, TBD |
Jackson State | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| November 5, 2026* TBD, TBD |
Bethune–Cookman | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| November 10, 2026* TBD, TBD |
Illinois | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| November 14, 2026* TBD, TBD |
Stonehill | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| November 18, 2026* TBD, TBD |
LSU | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| November 24, 2026* 7:00 p.m., ESPN |
vs. Louisville Players Era 16 Bracket 1 First Round |
Michelob Ultra Arena/T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV | |||||||||
| November 26, 2026* TBD, TBD |
vs. Oregon/St. John's Players Era 16 |
Michelob Ultra Arena/T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV | |||||||||
| November 27, 2026* TBD, TBD |
vs. TBA Players Era 16 |
Michelob Ultra Arena/T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV | |||||||||
| November 28, 2026* TBD, TBD |
vs. TBA Players Era 16 |
Michelob Ultra Arena/T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV | |||||||||
| December 8, 2026* TBD, TBD |
Omaha | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| December 13, 2026* 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
vs. USC Coast-to-Coast Challenge |
Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||
| December 15, 2026* TBD, TBD |
Incarnate Word | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| December 21, 2026* 6:00 p.m., Prime Video |
vs. Duke | Madison Square Garden New York City, NY | |||||||||
| December 28, 2026* TBD, TBD |
Mississippi Valley State | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| Big 12 regular season | |||||||||||
| January 2, 2027 TBD, TBD |
at Cincinnati | Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH | |||||||||
| January 6, 2027 TBD, TBD |
Baylor | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| January 9, 2027 1:00 p.m., TNT |
at TCU | Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||
| January 12, 2027 TBD, TBD |
Arizona State | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| January 16, 2027 TBD, TBD |
Iowa State | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| January 19, 2027 TBD, TBD |
at Houston | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
| January 22, 2027 TBD, TBD |
Arizona | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| January 27, 2027 TBD, TBD |
at Oklahoma State | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK | |||||||||
| January 30, 2027 TBD, TBD |
UCF | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| February 2, 2027 TBD, TBD |
at Colorado | CU Events Center Boulder, CO | |||||||||
| February 6, 2027 11:00 a.m., ABC |
at Kansas | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
| February 13, 2027 TBD, TBD |
West Virginia | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| February 15, 2027 8:00 p.m., ESPN |
Houston | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| February 20, 2027 TBD, TBD |
at UCF | Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL | |||||||||
| February 24, 2027 TBD, TBD |
at Kansas State | Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS | |||||||||
| February 27, 2027 TBD, TBD |
Cincinnati | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| March 2, 2027 TBD, TBD |
at Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
| March 6, 2027 TBD, TBD |
BYU | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| Big 12 tournament | |||||||||||
| March 9–13, 2027 TBD, ESPN+/ESPN |
vs. TBD First Round |
T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
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