norense odiase

The Basketball Tournament is a, well, basketball tournament, that happens every summer and features Alumni Teams and hired mercenaries who battle for a million dollar prize. TBT is held nationwide at eight regional sites that dwindle down in a tournament format to the legendary ending. There...

I had the honor of interviewing former Texas Tech basketball player Norense Odiase heading into the Red Raiders clash against the Texas Longhorns on Tuesday, February 1st. Odiase has a wealth of knowledge about the current program because he played under Mark Adams and of course those seasons he was also playing under current Longhorns coach Chris Beard...

Norense Odiase was written into Red Raider lore as a member of the Tubby Smith recruiting class that got Texas Tech basketball to the NCAA tournament three times with two trips to the Elite Eight, a Final Four victory, and a National Championship appearance...

Norense Odiase said it best: 'Our identity was who we’ve always been in LBK. Tough, Gritty M'Fers.'

Texas Tech bullied West Virginia into submission, and they folded like origami.