Texas Tech men’s hoops non-conference schedule: Red Raiders rekindle Texas A&M rivalry

Texas Tech’s men’s basketball team announced it’s complete 2024-25 non-conference schedule for the 100th season of Red Raider basketball and second under head coach Grant McCasland on Monday.

McCasland led the Red Raiders to an NCAA tournament berth in his first season at the helm, bringing Tech back after missing the tournament in 2022-23 under former head coach Mark Adams.

The second year under McCasland will see a rekindling of the Texas Tech-Texas A&M rivalry that hasn’t been played since the 2011-12 season where the Aggies beat the Red Raiders at then United Spirit Arena.

Who will take on the Red Raiders in the United Supermarkets Arena? Here is the complete 2024-25 Texas Tech non-conference schedule:

Nov. 5: vs. Bethune-Cookman, 7 p.m., United Supermarkets Arena (ESPN+)

Nov. 8: vs. Northwestern State, 7 p.m., United Supermarkets Arena (ESPN+)

Nov. 13: vs. Wyoming, 7 p.m., United Supermarkets Arena (ESPN+)

Nov. 18: vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 7 p.m., United Supermarkets Arena (ESPN+)

Nov. 21: Legends Classic: vs. Saint Joseph’s, 8 p.m., Barclays Center (ESPN2)

Nov. 22: Legends Classic: vs. Texas / Syracuse, TBD, Barclays Center (ESPNU)

Nov. 29: vs. Northern Colorado, 7 p.m., United Supermarkets Arena (ESPN+)

Dec. 4: Big 12 – Big East Battle: vs. DePaul, TBD, United Supermarkets Arena (TBD)

Dec. 8: US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge: vs. Texas A&M, 2 p.m., Dickies Arena (TBD)

Dec 16: vs. Oral Roberts, 7 p.m., United Supermarkets Arena (ESPN+)

Dec. 21: vs. Lamar, 7 p.m., United Supermarkets Arena (ESPN+)

Texas Tech will play a 20-game Big 12 conference slate starting in late December that will include visits from Arizona, Houston and Baylor among others. Here is Tech’s Big 12 schedule matrix, that will have posted dates at a later time:

Home and away: Arizona, Arizona State, Houston, Oklahoma State, TCU

Home only: Baylor, UCF, Colorado, Iowa State, West Virginia

Away only: BYU, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Utah

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