Intro Here come the BBQ judge Hocutt contract; two year extension (out to 8/31/27), compensation increased to $1.5M annual, 3% increases annually. Been with Tech 8 seasons now. “Numerous programs have experienced unprecedented success and become national powers in several sports, and the athletics program as a whole has seen tremendous growth in facilities and financial support…2017-2018 athletic season was one of the best in school history, with six programs - baseball, men’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s tennis and men’s track and field (indoor and outdoor) all finishing in the top 8 in the country in their respective sports. In all, Texas Tech has claimed 13 Big 12 titles under Hocutt.” Red & Black Gala (formerly TECHspys), recognizes outstanding performance from the 2018-2019 academic year Top Team GPA: Women’s Tennis Women’s COTY: Adrian Gregory (Softball 38-13, 8-10; 31-28 in 2018, 19-36 in 2017) Men’s COTY: Chris Beard Women’s Fearless Champion Award: Zarriea Willis (T&F) Men’s Fearless Champion Award: Jarrett Culver Jeannine McHaney Award: Jessica Hartwell (softball) JT & Margaret Talkington Leadership Academy Award: Travis Bruffy (football) Good Citizen Award: Volleyball Female Team of the Year: Softball Male Team of the Year: Men’s Basketball More categories: Big 12 Dr Gerald Lage Award, Strength & Conditioning Workhorse (one selection from every team), Texas Tech Athletics Teammate Award, Athletic Administrator of the Year Award, and Spirit & Sportsmanship Award   Baseball 34-14; 14-7, #2 in Big 12, #10 in D1 Baseball Top 25, #9 in RPI     Wins Losses Games Back Remaining Baylor 14 6 - @OSU Texas Tech 14 7 0.5 vs TCU OSU 10 8 3 OU**, vs BU WVU* 11 10 3.5 @KSU OU* 8 10 5 OSU, @UT TCU* 8 10 5 vs KU, @TTU KU* 8 10 5 @TCU, vs KSU KSU* 7 11 6 vs WVU, @KU UT* 6 14 8 vs OU *Eliminated from Big 12 regular season title **OU & OSU played non conference game on 3/26 in Stillwater; Bedlam series gm 1 in Tulsa, 2 in Oklahoma City, 3 in Norman Did you know Skip Johnson and Tim Tadlock played on the same little league team in Denton?? Swept OU; first series win in Norman since 1999; third sweep of OU under Tadlock won last 8 Big 12 games (going back to gm 1 vs Baylor, 11-10 11 inning loss), 3rd straight Big 12 series Hitting was storyline of the weekend: 17 extra base hits, 13 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HRs; Warren named Big 12 player of the week (led the conference in hitting, slugging and OBP for the week; hit .583, 4 of his 7 hits were extra base hits Friday Cam Warren 4-4, 4R, 4 RBI (65 (through 6 in gm1 vs FIU), leads team and conference), 2 HR (13); .343/.663/.443, 1.106OPS Josh Jung 3-4, 4R; .359/.641/.491 1.132 OPS Scored 3 runs in 7th Micah Dallas started, Hunter Dobbins gets the win, Taylor Floyd gets the save Saturday Gabe Holt 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI; .328/.434/.417 Cam Warren 2-3, 1 R, 2 BB (30, 4th on team) Scored 4 runs in 7th Killian started, Connor Queen gets the win, Dane Haveman finished game with bases loaded, up 7-3 Sunday Gabe Holt 3-4; stole likely RBI extra base hit in 3rd with 2 runners on Josh Jung 4-5 Cody Masters 3-5, 2 RBI, .309/.495/.373 Bryce Bonnie started and got the win; threw 6 shutout innings, 2 hits Midweek series (Tuesday double header) vs FIU; both games on Texas Tech TVGame 1 moved up to 11am due to inclement weather with game 2 being canceled Keith, DInger Derby: Tech has the resume of a Top 8 national seed; 15-6 against RPI Top 25, 27-12 vs RPI Top 100 (more Top 100 wins available on the schedule with TCU); HUGE drop for Oregon State who was projected as #6 seed - RPI dropped to 23 Basketball Jahmius Ramsey got his 5th star (Rivals) NCAA produced tourney highlight video of Tech’s run and it brought back all the heartache Assistant coaches salary pool increase; from $820k to $1.1M John Reilly (S&C) salary $100k - $160k Football John Scott III discharged from UMC Matt Wells working the local scene Transfers OUT QB McLane Carter (Rutgers), OL Giovanni Pancotti, LB Ja’Quay Pough, DL Joe Wallace IN WR McLane Mannix 5’10 180, Junior (Nevada, career stats in 2 seasons: 107 receptions, 1,653 yards, 13 TDS) WR Reginald Turner II, 6’2 205, Senior (also listed as RJ Turner, ULM; career stats in 3 seasons: 90 receptions, 1,662 yards, 10 TDS) RB Armand Shyne 5’11 210 Senior (Utah, American River College; career stats (2016 & 2018 RS in 17): 198 carries, 885 yards, 9 TDS, 4.5 ypc; 4 receptions, 16 yards LB Evan Rambo, 6’4 210 possibly junior with 2 seasons left (Cal, career stats: 34 tackles, 1 interception, 2 passes deflected, 2 sacks) DB Zech McPherson, 5’11 190 (Penn State, career stats in 24 games: 16 tackles, 3 passes deflected, 1 fumble recovery) Mannix can play immediately Kingsbury, Brady and Mayfield at the Derby Amendola won $100k off Brady on drunk bet https://www.golocalprov.com/sports/video-brady-amendola-make-100k-bet-following-kentucky-derby Questions What We Learned Don’t Shoot at Tornadoes: https://kkam.com/a-reminder-do-not-shoot-at-tornadoes/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.