Comments on: Red Raiders win, beat Islanders 66-59 http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/ Texas Tech University Sports presented by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:08:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: freddie http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27188 freddie Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:49:51 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27188 Be careful about comparing KU's schedule to Tech's! Granted, KU has a cupcake or two but they also have Memphis, UCLA, Michigan, Cal, Temple, and Tennessee. Tech has TCU and Stanford but also, McNeese State, Northwestern State, SF Austin, Sanford, New Mexico, and Wichita State. You don't get respect for your program by winning a lot of games against the Northwestern States' of the world but you do against teams like Memphis, UCLA, etc. If wins are all you want in the early going, this is ok. It keeps you at home during March Madness. Be careful about comparing KU’s schedule to Tech’s! Granted, KU has a cupcake or two but they also have Memphis, UCLA, Michigan, Cal, Temple, and Tennessee. Tech has TCU and Stanford but also, McNeese State, Northwestern State, SF Austin, Sanford, New Mexico, and Wichita State. You don’t get respect for your program by winning a lot of games against the Northwestern States’ of the world but you do against teams like Memphis, UCLA, etc. If wins are all you want in the early going, this is ok. It keeps you at home during March Madness.

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]]> By: mike http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27185 mike Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:37:34 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27185 By golly, they did win 18 games last year; they also lost 18!! It's not how you start, it's how you finish. There is a reason Tech is picked 10th in the Big 12. .500 at best, one and done in the Big 12 tourney. Guys are already in the doghouse. LOL By golly, they did win 18 games last year; they also lost 18!! It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. There is a reason Tech is picked 10th in the Big 12. .500 at best, one and done in the Big 12 tourney. Guys are already in the doghouse. LOL

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]]> By: Raider Fan http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27163 Raider Fan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:06:23 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27163 Mike, I don't understand this attitude at all. Texas A&M CC was a tournament team in 2007 and Oregon State won 18 games last year and is projected to be a tournament team this year. They have Washington and Stanford on the non-conference schedule at home. I don't know what you want? We can't be like Kansas....OH WAIT, Kansas started off with Hofstra. Well, we can't be like North Carolina....wait...the Tar Heels started with Florida Int., UNC Central, and Valpo. What about Duke?...Oh, wait, they started with UNC Greensboro, Coastal Carolina and Radford. Texas?...VCI and Western Carolina. This is a very respectable Tech team with three quality wins to start the season. Go to the game...Cheer on the team...Stop being stupid...WRECK EM TECH Mike,

I don’t understand this attitude at all. Texas A&M CC was a tournament team in 2007 and Oregon State won 18 games last year and is projected to be a tournament team this year. They have Washington and Stanford on the non-conference schedule at home.

I don’t know what you want? We can’t be like Kansas….OH WAIT, Kansas started off with Hofstra. Well, we can’t be like North Carolina….wait…the Tar Heels started with Florida Int., UNC Central, and Valpo. What about Duke?…Oh, wait, they started with UNC Greensboro, Coastal Carolina and Radford. Texas?…VCI and Western Carolina.

This is a very respectable Tech team with three quality wins to start the season. Go to the game…Cheer on the team…Stop being stupid…WRECK EM TECH

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]]> By: red raider alumni http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27103 red raider alumni Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:49:11 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27103 mike mike mike......poor fella just doesn't understand basketball. just because you are not a big name school does not make you a bad basketball team. basketball is totally different from being a football school. there are better and more basketball teams than there are football teams on the college level. geeess man be a little optimistic too it wouldn't kill you. mike mike mike……poor fella just doesn’t understand basketball. just because you are not a big name school does not make you a bad basketball team. basketball is totally different from being a football school. there are better and more basketball teams than there are football teams on the college level. geeess man be a little optimistic too it wouldn’t kill you.

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]]> By: mike http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27089 mike Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:56:47 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27089 Tech is enjoying these games so much that Knight has them entered in the Caprock Holiday Classic. This way he can "win" another tournament against a bunch of high school teams. Tech is enjoying these games so much that Knight has them entered in the Caprock Holiday Classic. This way he can “win” another tournament against a bunch of high school teams.

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]]> By: Raiderfan http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27042 Raiderfan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27042 When was this game played? It would help to include that type of info in your story. When was this game played? It would help to include that type of info in your story.

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]]> By: RedRaiderTruthSayer http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27038 RedRaiderTruthSayer Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:44 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27038 It is called Duel in the Desert every year, no matter who is hosting the tournament. http://www.basketballtravelers.com/pages/history_m_vegas.htm Quit being so sensitive about L-town bro. It is called Duel in the Desert every year, no matter who is hosting the tournament.

http://www.basketballtravelers.com/pages/history_m_vegas.htm

Quit being so sensitive about L-town bro.

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]]> By: Jim http://www.redraiders.com/2009/11/14/red-raiders-win-beat-islanders-66-59/comment-page-1/#comment-27029 Jim Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:59:45 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=12526#comment-27029 Duel in the Desert??? I thought this game was played in Lubbock? So, could we make that "Duel in the Semi-Arid Region?" Ok, so that does not have the same ring to it, but "...Desert" does not ring true. Lubbock has enough detractors (Tech rivals) who love to talk trash about a "hot, dry, wasteland." So, why encourage that image? If "you" want to add to that image, you could more truthfully (but still misleadingly) call it the "Tournament in Tumbleweed Town." Duel in the Desert??? I thought this game was played in Lubbock? So, could we make that “Duel in the Semi-Arid Region?” Ok, so that does not have the same ring to it, but “…Desert” does not ring true. Lubbock has enough detractors (Tech rivals) who love to talk trash about a “hot, dry, wasteland.” So, why encourage that image? If “you” want to add to that image, you could more truthfully (but still misleadingly) call it the “Tournament in Tumbleweed Town.”

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