The 2024–25 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders were led by second-year coach Grant McCasland, and played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena located in Lubbock, Texas.

Texas Tech entered as the No. 2 seed of the Big 12 tournament, held at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, finishing the regular season with a strong conference record. In the quarterfinals, they narrowly defeated No. 7 seed Baylor, 76–74, thanks to a dominant performance by JT Toppin. However, their run ended in the semifinals, where they fell to No. 3 seed Arizona, 86–80.

Texas Tech earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the West Region. In the first round, they defeated No. 14 seed UNC Wilmington, 82–72. They followed that with a solid 77–64 victory over No. 11 seed Drake in the second round. In the Sweet Sixteen, the Red Raiders edged No. 10 seed Arkansas, 85–83 in overtime, advancing to the Elite Eight for the third time in program history.

In the Elite Eight, Texas Tech faced No. 1 seed Florida. Despite a strong effort, the Red Raiders were eliminated with an 84–79 loss to the eventual national champions, ending their season.

Previous season The Red Raiders finished the 2023–24 season 23–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated BYU in the quarterfinals, before losing to Houston in the semifinals. The Red Raiders received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the South Region, where they were defeated by NC State in the first round.

Preseason Big 12 Preseason Poll Big 12 CoachesPoints 1.Kansas215 (9) 2.Houston211 (5) 3.Iowa State194 (1) 4.Baylor185 5.Arizona179 (1) 6.Cincinnati140 7.Texas Tech135 8.Kansas State133 9.BYU116 10.TCU90 11.UCF83 12.Arizona State64 13.West Virginia62 14.Oklahoma State46 15.Colorado37 16.Utah30Reference: (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team First Team Player SchoolCaleb LoveArizonaLJ CryerHoustonJ’Wan RobertsTamin LipseyIowa StateHunter Dickinson†Kansas† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Second Team Player SchoolNorchad OmierBaylorJeremy RoachKeshon GilbertIowa StateDajuan Harris JrKansasColeman HawkinsKansas State† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

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