The 2013–14 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represented

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in the

2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2013 and ended with the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, whose Final Four was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on April 5,& ...

. The team was led by head coach

Tubby Smith Orlando Henry "Tubby" Smith (born June 30, 1951) is an American college basketball coach who last coached the men's basketball team at High Point University, his alma mater. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, t ...

, who brought in a whole new coaching staff for his first season. The Red Raiders played their home games at the

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and were members of the

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. Joining Smith as assistant coaches for the 2013–14 season were Joe Esposito, Alvin "Pooh" Williamson, and Vince Taylor. The Red Raiders finished the season 14–18, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Oklahoma State.

Pre-season

Departures

PG Josh Gray (Transfer) PG Ty Nurse (Graduated)

Recruits

The recruiting section will be filled in on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning.

Schedule

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Incidents

On February 8, 2014, in the closing minutes of a game at

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player

Marcus Smart Marcus Osmond Smart (born March 6, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, Oklahoma Stat ...

shoved a Texas Tech fan in the stands after a verbal altercation and received a technical foul. At a press conference the following afternoon, neither Smart nor OSU coach

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addressed the question of what the fan said. OSU announced that Smart would be suspended for 3 games because of the incident. Separately, Texas Tech announced its findings that the fan had not used a racial slur (as had been reported by some sources) but had spoken inappropriately to Smart, and the fan agreed not to attend any further Texas Tech games during the 2013-2014 season."Statement Regarding Incident At Texas Tech-Oklahoma State Men's Basketball Game"

, February 9, 2014.

References

External links

Official Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball page
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