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Mark Adams

Most laughed at the suggestion that Adams may have been more important to Tech’s past success than Beard.

It doesn’t seem so silly these days...
Chris Beard as a head coach has never gone to the NCAA tournament without Mark Adams. Adams was with him at Arkansas-Little Rock. Mark as a TTU Alum refused to get on the plane.
 
Tech fans did y'all have some guys out tonight or did everybody play? Saw a few with the "Q" and I ain't talking bout the cult.
TJ Shannon our best player didn't play at all. McCullar our 2nd best player was out there hobbling and they said he was 60%.
 
Mark Adams - Combined College Head Coaching record: 564-247 (.695)

While at Howard, Adams guided the team to 233 victories, as well as a program-record 36 wins in a single season and nine consecutive NJCAA regional tournament appearances highlighted by the 2010 NJCAA Championship and a roster featuring Jae Crowder.

In 2013, Adams joined Texas Tech's staff as the director of basketball operations under Tubby Smith, a position he'd hold for two seasons before joining Chris Beard as an assistant coach at Little Rock. In his one season as an assistant with the Trojans Adams was part of the team's 2016 regular season and Sun Belt Tournament titles, along with the school's upset win over fifth-seeded Purdue in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Adams would follow Beard back to Texas Tech as an assistant coach, and has been part of three NCAA tournament squads including national runner-up in 2019.

Awards - NJCAA Hall of Fame (2020)
 
Heard this stat tonight, Texas Tech only team with a top 5 win in each of the last 7 years.

The two times Texas Tech Basketball has defeated a #1 Ranked Team:
  • We've been on the road ( NYC & Waco )
  • We've been down our top scorer ( Ramsey & Shannon )
*The other was #1 Louisville in 2019.
 
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