TAMPA, Fla. — The theme for the Texas Tech basketball team's 2025-26 season was established months before the Red Raiders had an official game. Fresh off his run as an assistant coach with the Team USA FIBA U19 World Cup in Switzerland, Grant McCasland returned to his post in Lubbock, took one look around and realized things had gone off the rails in his absence. "... We had literally only six guys that could practice," McCasland said. McCasland told general manager Kellen Buffington the Red Raiders "need some players to practice with." That led to the team's September addition of walk-on big man LaTrell Hoover. His arrival gave Texas Tech at least a warm body to put up against JT Toppin in...
