Texas Tech Basketball: 2019-20 season recap for Red Raiders

Key players of the season

The loss of three players to the NBA definitely hurt the Texas Tech Red Raiders in their quest to mirror a National Championship run. Jarrett Culver and his 18.5 points per game were drafted 6th overall. The other two players who left for an NBA career (Matt Mooney and Tariq Owens) combined with Culver accounted for almost 38 points per game.

Unfortunately, the Red Raiders did not see any player take the spot of Culver. However, freshman Jahmi’us Ramsey showed promise and averaged 15 points per game, 4 rebounds per game and 2.2 assists per game in his first collegiate season. Davide Moretti, an alternate scorer last year, picked up the slack to become the teams’ second-leading scorer at 13 points per game while trying to fill some big shoes from stars past.

Ramsey, a 6’4’’ guard, showed his prowess from three-point range by making 2.2 three’s per game on 5.2 attempts (42.6% success rate). Only a freshman, and a solid shooter, Ramsey will surely see his free-throw percentage improve (64.1%) by next year. More importantly, Ramsey functioned as one of the top three offensive and defensive players for the Red Raiders. In offensive win shares, Ramsey only trailed Moretti. Defensively, Ramsey only trailed Kyler Edwards in the win share category.

Sophomore Kyler Edwards also made a name for himself. Edwards, in almost every offensive category, improved. Interestingly enough, his success rate from three-point range pulled an Irish Goodbye and disappeared without telling anyone. Edwards experienced a 12% drop from three-point range while attempting three more shots per game.

You can tell Edwards put the work in during the offseason and the three-point debacle may work itself out with one more year at Texas Tech. Edwards improved his free throw percentage by 11% from 66% to 77%. Head Coach Chris Beard will be full of joy if Edwards continues to improve.