National Runners-Up The Cougars came within one made shot (and one avoided late-game collapse) of winning the program’s first national title last season. Despite that disappointment, they aren’t going anywhere in 2025-26.

The biggest offseason development at Texas Tech, one way or another, was always going to be whether Grant McCasland and his staff could lure JT Toppin back to campus with a big NIL deal. They did that quickly.