The Texas Tech Red Raiders are hosting the Texas Longhorns on the hardwood Tuesday night and there’s plenty of bad blood between the programs stemming from Texas head coach Chris Beard. Beard was previously at Lubbock coaching the Red Raiders, taking the program to the national title game and building a potential powerhouse. The former Texas graduate assistant returned to Austin to restore the Longhorns to prominence but Red Raiders fans haven’t forgotten about his sudden departure.
A door mat has been installed at the student entrance line for the TTU vs UT game. pic.twitter.com/RIyQMKNPKG
— Tanner Fowler (@StealthFilmz) February 1, 2022
A capacity crowd at United Supermarkets Arena is 15,000, which typically means about 5,000+ students potentially walking over Beard’s face as they enter. There was a report earlier about Beard getting into a confrontation with Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams last night at the arena, setting the stage for a heated battle Tuesday.
NEW: A source has told @KAMCNews and @RedRaiderNation that Mark Adams and Chris Beard got into some sort of confrontation at the United Supermarkets Arena last night.
— Mason Horodyski (@MasonHorodyski) February 1, 2022
The Red Raiders are 4.5-point favorites per DraftKings Sportsbook in the Big 12 rivalry game, with the total set at 123.