Kirby Hocutt Contract Extension, Baseball is on Fire, Football News & Basketball Recruiting 23 Personnel

Intro
Here come the BBQ judge
Hocutt contract; two year extension (out to 8/31/27), compensation increased to $1.5M annual, 3% increases annually. Been with Tech 8 seasons now. “Numerous programs have experienced unprecedented success and become national powers in several sports, and the athletics program as a whole has seen tremendous growth in facilities and financial support…2017-2018 athletic season was one of the best in school history, with six programs - baseball, men’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s tennis and men’s track and field (indoor and outdoor) all finishing in the top 8 in the country in their respective sports. In all, Texas Tech has claimed 13 Big 12 titles under Hocutt.”
Red & Black Gala (formerly TECHspys), recognizes outstanding performance from the 2018-2019 academic year
Top Team GPA: Women’s Tennis
Women’s COTY: Adrian Gregory (Softball 38-13, 8-10; 31-28 in 2018, 19-36 in 2017)
Men’s COTY: Chris Beard
Women’s Fearless Champion Award: Zarriea Willis (T&F)
Men’s Fearless Champion Award: Jarrett Culver
Jeannine McHaney Award: Jessica Hartwell (softball)
JT & Margaret Talkington Leadership Academy Award: Travis Bruffy (football)
Good Citizen Award: Volleyball
Female Team of the Year: Softball
Male Team of the Year: Men’s Basketball
More categories: Big 12 Dr Gerald Lage Award, Strength & Conditioning Workhorse (one selection from every team), Texas Tech Athletics Teammate Award, Athletic Administrator of the Year Award, and Spirit & Sportsmanship Award
 
Baseball
34-14; 14-7, #2 in Big 12, #10 in D1 Baseball Top 25, #9 in RPI
 
 

Wins


Losses


Games Back


Remaining


Baylor


14


6


-


@OSU


Texas Tech


14


7


0.5


vs TCU


OSU


10


8


3


OU**, vs BU


WVU*


11


10


3.5


@KSU


OU*


8


10


5


OSU, @UT


TCU*


8


10


5


vs KU, @TTU


KU*


8


10


5


@TCU, vs KSU


KSU*


7


11


6


vs WVU, @KU


UT*


6


14


8


vs OU

*Eliminated from Big 12 regular season title
**OU & OSU played non conference game on 3/26 in Stillwater; Bedlam series gm 1 in Tulsa, 2 in Oklahoma City, 3 in Norman
Did you know Skip Johnson and Tim Tadlock played on the same little league team in Denton??
Swept OU; first series win in Norman since 1999; third sweep of OU under Tadlock
won last 8 Big 12 games (going back to gm 1 vs Baylor, 11-10 11 inning loss), 3rd straight Big 12 series
Hitting was storyline of the weekend: 17 extra base hits, 13 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HRs; Warren named Big 12 player of the week (led the conference in hitting, slugging and OBP for the week; hit .583, 4 of his 7 hits were extra base hits
Friday
Cam Warren 4-4, 4R, 4 RBI (65 (through 6 in gm1 vs FIU), leads team and conference), 2 HR (13); .343/.663/.443, 1.106OPS
Josh Jung 3-4, 4R; .359/.641/.491 1.132 OPS
Scored 3 runs in 7th
Micah Dallas started, Hunter Dobbins gets the win, Taylor Floyd gets the save

Saturday
Gabe Holt 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI; .328/.434/.417
Cam Warren 2-3, 1 R, 2 BB (30, 4th on team)
Scored 4 runs in 7th
Killian started, Connor Queen gets the win, Dane Haveman finished game with bases loaded, up 7-3

Sunday
Gabe Holt 3-4; stole likely RBI extra base hit in 3rd with 2 runners on
Josh Jung 4-5
Cody Masters 3-5, 2 RBI, .309/.495/.373
Bryce Bonnie started and got the win; threw 6 shutout innings, 2 hits

Midweek series (Tuesday double header) vs FIU; both games on Texas Tech TVGame 1 moved up to 11am due to inclement weather with game 2 being canceled
Keith, DInger Derby: Tech has the resume of a Top 8 national seed; 15-6 against RPI Top 25, 27-12 vs RPI Top 100 (more Top 100 wins available on the schedule with TCU); HUGE drop for Oregon State who was projected as #6 seed - RPI dropped to 23
Basketball
Jahmius Ramsey got his 5th star (Rivals)
NCAA produced tourney highlight video of Tech’s run and it brought back all the heartache
Assistant coaches salary pool increase; from $820k to $1.1M
John Reilly (S&C) salary $100k - $160k

Football
John Scott III discharged from UMC
Matt W