Tariq Owens went undrafted after exploding onto the scene at Texas Tech in his final year of college basketball helping the team get to the team to the National Title game. After going undrafted it was reported that Owens received an opportunity to play with the Suns in the Summer League...
Jarrett Culver is the hometown kid. He chose to come to Texas Tech as a part of Chris Beard's first recruiting class, and in two short seasons has been a large part of Texas Tech's success.
The former three-star guard from Coronado High School picked Texas Tech over Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas A&M and 10 other offers.
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Jarrett Culver was the Big 12 player of the year. He's widely regarded as a lottery pick, if not a top-5 NBA prospect, but when asked after Texas Tech's loss to Virginia in the National Championship game Jarrett Culver maintained that the decision has not been made...
The Cleveland Cavaliers are NBA champions. LeBron James carried the team, not to mention the burden of playing in a city that hadn't won a title in any major sport in 52 years, on his back.