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03/08/2010

Leach to deliver deposition in lawsuit against Texas Tech

Chat replay: Chuck Carlton answers your Big 12 questions

SportsDay's Chuck Carlton answered your questions on the Big 12 today.

Carlton: The good, the bad and the unexpected in the Big 12

Cowlishaw: Big 12 is nation's best

UT picked as host for Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

Blogs: Colleges

03/06/2010

Higgins helps Colorado beat Texas Tech, 101-90
The Colorado Buffaloes are surging as they head into the Big 12 Tournament.

03/04/2010

Baylor's Griner captures attention, but not kind she's used to

Baylor's Brittney Griner (right), pictured here in a Feb. 17 game vs. Texas Tech and Jordan Barncastle (left), was suspended two games for punching Barncastle in Wednesday night's game in Lubbock.

Baylor 6-8 freshman Brittney Griner stood a good chance to be an All-America selection this season. Now she's in the spotlight for the wrong reasons after punching a Texas Tech player, writes Chuck Carlton.

Baylor's Griner suspended two games

Video: Benches clear, punches thrown

Report: Surgery likely for Tech player who was punched

Blog: Colleges

With video: Punches thrown, benches clear in Tech women's loss to Baylor
Tempers flared in the Texas Tech women's basketball game against No. 14 Baylor Wednesday night in Lubbock.

03/03/2010

Women's basketball: Baylor 69, Texas Tech 60
Brittney Griner scored 21 points before getting ejected from the game to lead No. 14 Baylor past Texas Tech 69-60 on Wednesday night.

Baylor's Brittney Griner ejected after punching Tech player
Baylor's super freshman Brittney Griner was ejected from a game against Texas Tech after she punched an opposing player in the face.

Texas Tech's postseason hopes dim after loss to No. 21 Baylor
After losing to the No. 21 Baylor Bears, 86-68, Tuesday in Lubbock, Texas Tech men's basketball coach Pat Knight doubts his team will be playing in the NIT.

03/02/2010

Tweety Carter helps Baylor overcome slow start, beat Tech
Tweety Carter always seems to come up with what No. 21 Baylor needs.

02/28/2010

Women's basketball: No. 23 Oklahoma State 80, Texas Tech 70
Andrea Riley scored 21 points to help No. 23 Oklahoma State earn an 80-70 victory over Texas Tech on Sunday.

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02/27/2010

Men's basketball: Nebraska 83, Texas Tech 79 (2 OT)
Sek Henry scored seven of his 21 points in the second overtime and Nebraska ended a seven-game losing streak with an 83-79 victory over Texas Tech that put a dent in the Red Raiders' NIT hopes on Saturday.

Coach's fight a team effort
Sam Harrell, the longtime Ennis football coach and father of former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell, and Steve Betik are both battling multiple sclerosis, writes Kevin Sherrington. They hope to fly together in June to a clinic in Costa Rica.

02/24/2010

Scotty Young: 'If I didn't go to Texas Tech, I probably would've played baseball somewhere'
Scotty Young, who was named a Parade All-American in late January after passing for 4,500 yards and 64 touchdowns last season for Denton Ryan, said this week that he would’ve enjoyed playing college baseball at a school like Texas or Oklahoma if he decided playing college football at Texas Tech under new coach Tommy Tuberville didn't fit.

02/23/2010

Kansas State rolls over Texas Tech, 83-64
Jacob Pullen scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half to lead No. 6 Kansas State to its sixth consecutive victory, an 83-64 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night.

02/21/2010

Sherrington on ... Mike Leach
In Kevin Sherrington's weekly Sunday Brunch column, he writes: "Mike Leach has resettled his family in Key West, where, in 1996, he reportedly applied to be the high school coach. Wouldn't be surprised if he applies again someday."

02/20/2010

Inside job helps Texas hold off Texas Tech

Texas' Avery Bradley drives around Texas Tech's Mike Davis.

Texas wasn't about to quibble or nitpick about any win, let alone Saturday's 71-67 victory in Lubbock against a Texas Tech team that was equally desperate, writes Chuck Carlton.

Carlton: Big win, potential big loss for UT

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Wisconsin's Alvarez: UT nowhere in initial Big Ten study

Blog: Colleges

Texas Tech coach was a 1930s original
Lonnie "Primo" McCurry, who died last week at 90, was the last surviving member of Texas Tech's 1939 Cotton Bowl team, and, perhaps more important, writes DMN's Kevin Sherrington, one of the last to survive Pete Cawthon.

02/18/2010

Former Tech football star Lonnie McCurry dies at 90
Lonnie Dean "Primo" McCurry achieved football fame at Texas Tech that followed him into World War II.

02/17/2010

Women's basketball: Baylor 65, Texas Tech 48
Brittney Griner scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help No. 18 Baylor beat Texas Tech 65-48 on Wednesday night.

02/16/2010

Once-dominant Texas Tech's women's basketball program struggling to draw fans
Gary Blair's team had just lost to Texas Tech and he was angry.

Victory over Tech gives Baylor men third straight 20-win season

Baylor's LaceDarius Dunn goes up for two of his game-high 30 points.

Not long ago at Baylor, a 20-win basketball season was a rare occurrence worthy of a celebration, writes Chuck Carlton. That is no longer is shows how far the program has come.

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Ken Starr gets a Baylor welcome

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Texas A&M's Derrick Roland to apply for redshirt

Carlton: First-round NCAA loss for Texas wouldn't be surprising

Carlton: Big 12 will get seven spots in NCAA Tournament

Carlton: A big run by Baylor could drive Scott Drew out of Waco

Longhorns picked to host regional of 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

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