Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball

Texas Tech Red Raiders
2023–24 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
University	Texas Tech University
First season	1925–26
Athletic director	Kirby Hocutt
Head coach	Grant McCasland (1st season)
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Location	Lubbock, Texas
Arena	United Supermarkets Arena (capacity: 15,300)
Nickname	Red Raiders
Student section	Raider Riot
Colors	Scarlet and black[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament runner-up
2019
NCAA tournament Final Four
2019
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
2018, 2019
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1961, 1962, 1976, 1996, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2022
NCAA tournament round of 32
1976, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
NCAA tournament appearances
1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1976, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996
Conference regular season champions
1933, 1934, 1935, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1985, 1995, 1996, 2019

The Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represents Texas Tech University in basketball. Texas Tech competes in NCAA Division I, and has been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference since its first season in 1996. The team previously competed in the Border Conference and Southwest Conference. The team was founded in 1925, having since won 13 regular season conference championship, and made 20 appearances in the NCAA tournament as of the 2023-2024 season. Since 1999, the Red Raiders have played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas.