Texas Tech Basketball Roster, forecast of starting setup: JT Toppin, talented transfer key for Red Raiders

Texas Tech Leek in the first two seasons under Coach Grant McCasland -including the final national champion Florida, last year in a grim elite eight -outing in the NCAA tournament in the NCAA tournament in the first two seasons under coach Grant McCasland, but it could have been able to recharge that layer season in the season in the season in the season, Chain status in the Big 12 and beyond.

McCasland and his staff lost three of their five starters of the 28-win team of last year-assist’s leader Elia Hawkins, minutes leader Chance McMillian and Ster Swiss-Harmy Mes Darrion Williams but they succeeded in 12 player of the year Jt Toppin back in the year Jt Toppin in Toppin lure.

However, whether the sum of the recurring and incoming components is sufficient to help the Red Raiders resist the losses, however. Toppin is the only technical player who made with the team with the team last season (although Christian Anderson returns after making seven starts). The answer will largely amount to how well his transfers acclimatize to a new level.

Of the five transfers went to Lubbock, four last season made at least two dozen starts elsewhere in UNC Greensboro (Donovan Atwell), VCU (Luke Bamgboye), Washington State (Lejuan Watts) and Santa Clara (Tyeree Bryan). But making the jump from the Middle Major level to the High Major Level and contribute to winning basketball in BIG 12 will be a long task. The challenge for the couple of McCasland will not only be for Cohese, but also to do this in a new system that could and should revolve around Toppin’s strengths.

Projected Starting Line -Up

PG Christian Anderson | 6-2 | 175 | Soph.

Losing Big 12 Assists leader Elia Hawkins will be a blow tech can struggle to replace this season. But Anderson who played mainly at the 2-Guard spot last year, but also played a back-up point in places the man is that task is to facilitate things. He an average of 2.2 assists per match last season and has a four -star pedigree. The former product of Michigan and Oak Hill Academy is in line to take the next step as a starter of each match after five of his seven total starts in the season in the last five games of the team in 2024-25.

SG Donovan Atwell | 6-5 | 200 | Sr.

It would be difficult to find a better fit on the paper to surround Texas Tech Star JT Toppin with Donovan Atwell. The UNC Greensboro transfer has nailed 42% and 39.8% of its 3-Pointers respectively and comes from an all-Southern conference season in which he had an average of 13.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per match. He is a floor spacer who last season rated in the 85th percentile about spot-up opportunities, per synergy data.

SF Lejuan Watts | 6-6 | 225 | Jr.

Playing with the first round Pick Cedric Coward The last two seasons first in East Washington and most recently in the state of Washington-Heert helped to hide someone whose profile in the transfer market was a hidden gem in Watts. He on average 13.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per match last season at Wazzu and made 42.2% of his 64 3-point attempts. Watts is large, physical and has versatility from within. Nobody can be a real replacement for Darrion Williams, but he has similar skills with size, photography and versatility.

PF JT Toppin | 6-9 | 230 | Jr.

Toppin-de Reigning BIG 12 player of the year-Is the leading recurring scorer and rebounder of the competition after a first-year breakout season with Texas Tech. The former star from New Mexico could have been a potential pick in the first round, but is back for the Red Raiders they brought deep into March madness For a second consecutive year. Toppin played the 4 and 5 last season, depending on how McCasland started its selection, and with the addition of the big man Luke Bamgboye (more in a second over him!), He will be able to be exchangeable again on the front court.

C Luke Breath | 6-10 | 210 | Seps -shares

The addition of Bamgboye gives Texas Tech his best interior shot blocker of the McCasland era. He is the leading recurring shotblocker per blockage in college basketball after placing a block rate of 14.51% last season (second in sport) at VCU. The 6-foot-10 big man is one of only four players in the last five seasons that build at least 75 blocks in less than 600 minutes in a single season member of Miles Rubin, Hall Elisias and Jamarion Sharp.

Banking

A seven-player incoming 2025 class led by five transfers and two prospects in high school will burn a selection that already looked much deep in this season. That depth will be led by a mix of new and returning players – with Tyeree Bryan from Santa Clara first as the potential sixth man.

Tyeree Bryan | 6-5 | 215 | Sr.

Bryan rated last season in the 97th percentile on Sprongschoten in Santa Clara and in the 94th percentile about catch-and-shot options while they are career-high shootings on shootings (42.9% on 3s; 46.3% on field goals) and steals (1.1 SPG). He started his career at Charleston Southern before spending the last two seasons in Santa Clara.

Marian Akuentok | 6-10 | 240 | R-Fr.

Earlier this year, Akuentok was an acquisition in the middle of the season for Texas Tech that turned red on arrival and is ready to make an impact this season. When asked this season of the season how he can influence winning, he said Partially – and I am not a joke – that “I can get buckets.” He is also a large body that can add the size to the front court to support Toppin and Bamgboye.

Jaylen Petty | 6-0 | 165 | Fr.

Petty rose from a New Mexico who is committed to a Stanford in the last five months that would be in the width of a Texas Tech commit, and finally chose Texas Tech this month to complete the 2025 class. The Washington Gatorade Player of the Year winner in 2024-25 had an average of 24.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists per match last season as a senior at Rainier Beach High School and gives this team scoring punch and play option from the bank. He and Nolan Graves, the other high school signer, were both able to play extensive roles this season.

Josiah Moseley | 6-8 | 225 | Soph.

After having spared and sporadically produced in Villanova last season as a first-year student, Moseley, a resident of Texas who won in 2023-24 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year, returns to the Lone Star State looking for a new start. The Round Rock, Texas Native was an average of 22.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per match as a senior in high school and was ranked as a top 100 national recruit.

Leon Horner | 6-4, 215 | Soph.

Horner made nine performances last season, but only achieved two points, one handle, one block and five rebounds in 23 minutes. He gets the chance to complete this rotation on the defense half.

Fill the schedule

The hilarity of the scheduled wealth of Texas Tech lets us guess about who will include the back of this year’s rotation and who may be omitted. It is the gamble, considering how deep the talent is running. Redshirt first -year student Jazz Henderson and real first -year student Nolan Groves are in this bucket for the time being, but it would not be surprising to see both contributing this season, given their scoring versatility and attacking skills. The aforementioned Petty can also come closer to this category, given his late signing.

• Nolan Groves | 6-5, 205 | Fr.
• Jazz Henderson | 5-11, 180 | R-Fr.

Market watch

Texas Tech Odds to win 2026 NCAA Tournament (via Fanduel): +2000

Talent, depth and a proven coaching edge – Texas Tech has won 51 competitions in the first two years of McCasland! – The Red Raiders has been at +2000 to win the NCAA Championship 2026. That is bound for the ninth best opportunities among all university teams.

Expectations will be high for this crew this season, despite question marks.

“I love where we are,” McCasland said last month. “We have not been together for long, but I could no longer be more enthusiastic about our team.”