Women's Basketball

Texas Tech University

Box 42210 , 1701 Indiana Ave - Lubbock, TX - 79409
Team Office: Tel: (806) 742-7700 Fax: (806) 742-0205
Team website: texastech.ocsn.com/

Established in 1925, Texas Tech offers over 100 Bachelor degree programs, 90 Master's, and over 50 doctoral programs. Majors offered include Architecture, Commercial and Advertising Art, Directing and Theatrical Production, Fashion Merchandising, Landscape Architecture, Restaurant/Food Services Management, and Russian Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Tech in the third tier among national institutions.

The campus is located in Lubbock (pop.200k) located in the northwestern part of the state, about 100 miles from Amarillo. The city derives its economy from the area's agricultural industry as well as numerous manufacturing firms.

Sports programs having had recent success include women's basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, and football.

School website
www.texastech.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

25,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 1020-1210

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$14,000
Out-of-State: ~$21,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Home Economics - Engineering

Misc. Information

Kristy Curry, who coached at Purdue for seven years, enters her second season as the Lady Raiders head coach in 2007-08. Curry took over from Marsha Sharp, Texas Tech's all-time winningest coach. Under Sharp, the Lady Raiders averaged 24 wins per season and made 17 NCAA appearances. However, Curry is a bonafide Division I coach having led the Boilermakers to a 179-51 mark during her tenure there while winning two Big Ten titles and making an NCAA appearance every year. Before her stint at Purdue, Curry was an assistant coach at Louisana Tech under the legendary Leon Barmore. Curry began her coaching career at Weston and Mansfield high schools in Louisana. In 2006-07, Curry's inaugural season, the Lady Raiders finished with an uncharactersitic record of 15-16.

Team Name	Lady Raiders
Colors	Black and Scarlett
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	725-309 (.701)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	15-16	15-14	24-8	127-38 (.770)
Conference	6-10	9-7	12-4	57-23 (.712)
Conf. Finish	7	5	3	4, 3, 7, 2, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	Swt 16	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#12	tbp

Coaches

Head Coach	Kristy Curry
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Texas Tech	2006-07
Contract Expires	tbp
Record as Head Coach	212-67 (.759)
Record at Texas Tech	15-16
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Bill Brock, Kelly Curry, Shereka Wright

Recruiting Coordinator

Bill Brock, (806) 742-7700, bill.brock@ttu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Texas Tech plays in the Big 12 (www.big12sports.com) which is regarded as one of the most difficult conferences in the nation. The Big 12 is comprised of 12 teams from seven different states. Currently, Tech schedules 16 league games, playing five teams twice and the six teams once. The farthest conference away game is at Iowa State some 950 miles from Lubbock. Conference play begins in January with games typically played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big 12 tourney which takes all teams with the top four receiving first round byes. Winner gets an automatic bid into NCAA Championships.

Conference Opponents

Texas, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas A&M, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas State.

Facilities

United Spirit Arena
Capacity 15,000, Average attendance 12,000