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Texas Tech Basketball: Why Red Raiders will be better than Kansas in 2019-20

By Jason Kinander

AMES, IA - MARCH 9: Texas Tech Red Raiders Tariq Owens #11, Davide Moretti #25, Deshawn Corprew #3, Kyler Edwards #0 run off the court after defeating the Iowa State Cyclones 80-73 in the second half of play at Hilton Coliseum on March 9, 2019 in Ames, Iowa. The Texas Tech Red Raiders won 80-73 over the Iowa State Cyclones. (Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images)
AMES, IA - MARCH 9: Texas Tech Red Raiders Tariq Owens #11, Davide Moretti #25, Deshawn Corprew #3, Kyler Edwards #0 run off the court after defeating the Iowa State Cyclones 80-73 in the second half of play at Hilton Coliseum on March 9, 2019 in Ames, Iowa. The Texas Tech Red Raiders won 80-73 over the Iowa State Cyclones. (Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – APRIL 08: Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men’s Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – APRIL 08: Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men’s Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Texas Tech Basketball beat all odds last season en route to breaking Kansas’ record of consecutive regular-season Big 12 Championships. Here is why it’ll happen again.

Heading into the 2019-20 season, Texas Tech Basketball and Kansas Basketball come in on very different notes.

For the Red Raiders, this season will be played with a much different looking roster. This current Red Raider squad will return just one starter from last season’s Championship Game team but also brings in a great recruiting class and a pair of impact transfers.

For the Jayhawks, they return most of a pretty disappointing 2018-19 squad, however, this time adding a pair of players who missed mostly all of last season, as well as one of the country’s top transfers.

However, it is Kansas that is getting all of the attention. Several major media outlets have the Jayhawks as the preseason number one team thanks to a starting five that features big names such as Devon Dotson, Udoka Azubuike and Silvio de Souza.

It seems as if the Red Raiders work better when the spotlight is off of them. They seemingly came out of nowhere to win the Big 12 last season, still being underseeded in the tournament before coming up a Jarrett Culver three-pointer away from winning the National Championship.

Things might look a little different in Lubbock, but I still like the way that they look, and that is why I think that the Red Raiders will be better than the Jayhawks this upcoming season. Want exact reasoning? Here are three reasons why.

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