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Texas Tech featured on ESPN’s list of winners and losers of college basketball’s transfer season

The Red Raiders fared well thanks to some quality pickups.

Could Texas Tech become one of the best Big 12 teams next season?

In ESPN’s list of winners and losers of college basketball’s transfer season, Texas Tech fared well thanks to some quality pickups.

Here’s what ESPN writer Jeff Borzello had to say about the Red Raiders:

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Chris Beard has landed key transfers in each of the past two years, but he might have had his best group yet this spring. He received commitments from Mac McClung (Georgetown) and Marcus Santos-Silva (VCU), both of whom are hoping to be eligible to play immediately, and also picked up Wichita State transfer Jamarius Burton as a sit-out option. Santos-Silva graduated from VCU earlier this month, so he should be good to go immediately, while McClung is hoping for a waiver. Both McClung and Santos-Silva would be two of the top 10 immediately eligible transfers and would likely start right away for the Red Raiders.

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While McClung declared for the 2020 NBA draft in March, he ultimately decided to continue his collegiate career and transfer to Texas Tech instead. The 6-2 guard averaged 15.7 points and 2.4 assists in 21 games as a sophomore before a foot injury derailed his season.

McClung is ranked third on ESPN’s list of sit-out transfers eligible for the 2021-22 season, while Santos-Silva is fifth. If the pair is able to play this upcoming season, they’ll provide some much-needed guard depth since leading scorers Jahmi’us Ramsey and Davide Moretti respectively opted to enter the draft and play professionally in Italy.

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The Red Raiders finished the shortened 2019-20 season with an 18-13 overall record and No. 6 standing in the Big 12. The team was set to face Texas in the first round of the conference tournament before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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