What IF Wednesday – The 2019 NCAA Tournament , Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Lady Raiders To Wyoming, Big Blasts, Tourney Upsets, Just Say No And Dust. Lots And Lots Of Dust….

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Happy Wednesday, Y’all !

This is the longest day.

And not just because of the West Texas wind that won’t seem to take a break the last week or so…nope this is the longest day of waiting to get the NCAA Tournament started. I don’t count first four games. Neither should you. And then, we have to wait all day Thursday for Texas Tech to tip-off probably around 9:30.

There could be a lot of pizza and hot wings and cold beverages consumed between now and then. Pace yourself.

We’ll take a deeper look at Texas Tech vs UNCW tonight on The Daily Broadcast, so make sure to join us LIVE at 6:30 Central. If you missed our Tuesday show, here ya go:

Daily Broadcast: Greatest Cinderella Stories In Sports History, How Will The Big 12 Do In March Madness And Do You Root For The Big 12 Or Just Texas Tech??? Enjoy, Comment & Explode Raiderland By Sharing The Show!

What If Wednesday

We love Alt. History. Each Wednesday we go down the road of What IF when it comes to sports and other things. As we’re on the Eve of March Madness, we’ll turn our attention to college hoops.

What IF: Texas Tech defeated Virginia for the 2019 National Championship in Minneapolis.

It’s that simple. What changes for the program, for the university, for Chris Beard… you name it. How different is the Texas Tech Basketball world if the Tech men had a championship trophy sitting next to the Lady Raider’s?

Fire away in the comments and we’ll discuss in-depth tonight on TDB.

Raiderland Hot Links

Each morning we serve ’em up, Fresh and Hot. The best links from Raiderland and Beyond.

Every Selection Sunday, we’re in the room when dreams are made.

The 2025 edition of NCAA March Madness Confidential takes you behind the scenes with UConn, Auburn, Kentucky, Clemson, Michigan State, and Texas Tech as they begin their road to the Final Four. pic.twitter.com/u8rvF1a780
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) March 18, 2025

OTW to Wichita ✈️ pic.twitter.com/ekUlWIJGQi
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 18, 2025

Coaches and recruits we are back on the practice field next Tuesday. Come see us! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/wX5p6pGQ3h
— Joey McGuire 🌵 (@JoeyMcGuireTTU) March 18, 2025

If you see us stomping around Lubbock today, don’t worry about it pic.twitter.com/yxGvMTaGnL
— Texas Tech Softball (@TexasTechSB) March 18, 2025

JT Toppin has always felt like the underdog, and that mentality has risen him to alpha dog status to put Texas Tech in position to make plenty of noise in the NCAA Tournament. https://t.co/eHYOvNbqvm
— Nathan Giese (@NathanGiese) March 19, 2025

Somebody get Kliff to Wichita. pic.twitter.com/Gntz5wj5Yb
— Rob Breaux Show (@robbreauxshow) March 18, 2025

March 18, 1995: Michael Jordan announces “I’m Back.”

(🎥 via @SportsCenter)
pic.twitter.com/T8BAuAKs1N
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) March 19, 2025

March 18, 2005: 14-seed Bucknell upsets 3-seed Kansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
pic.twitter.com/5g3yOc8z5V
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) March 19, 2025

“Old Days”Jim Valvano#41 looks for a rebound during a 1967 NewMexico-Rutgers NIT Game at the
“Old”Madison Square Garden.#Rutgers #MSG #1960s #NCState #DontGiveUp #NYC #ESPN #JimmyV pic.twitter.com/5t38e7A1AI
— Tom’s Old Days (@sigg20) March 19, 2025

Nomar Mazara at #9 https://t.co/ff6PpS0V16
— Texas Rangers Baseball History (@TxRangerHistory) March 18, 2025

3/18/89: An investor group led by George W. Bush and Edward W. (Rusty) Rose purchases controlling interest in the Rangers from Eddie Chiles. pic.twitter.com/MkJfLZbNg3
— Texas Rangers Baseball History (@TxRangerHistory) March 18, 2025

Friday, November 22, 1963

The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

The initial bulletins and reports of the day's horrific events, and the subsequent responses of the AFL and #NFL.#JFKFilesRelease pic.twitter.com/QUUFdT7mi9
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) March 19, 2025

BOTD Joe Kapp#Vikings pic.twitter.com/2Q5XhxDkFa
— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) March 19, 2025

This week in 1977
You Pick the Oscars
Chicago Sun-Times TV Prevue. March 18, 1977 pic.twitter.com/zFRZV7UaoH
— Chicago TV Guides (@ChicagoTVGuides) March 18, 2025

There was no greater feeling as a kid than cracking open a fresh cassette to tape all my favorite songs off the radio.

…while at the same time trying to miss the DJ's extended intro for the song! 😡 pic.twitter.com/is60w6avOx
— LandOfThe80s (@landofthe80s) March 18, 2025

Mar 19, 1983: First Lady Nancy Reagan appeared on episode of Diff'rent Strokes to launch her "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign. #80s pic.twitter.com/U87QPV1M2R
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) March 19, 2025

Average White Band 🎩🪄 Pick Up The Pieces " Live 1977"

On the single, songwriting credit was given to founding member and saxophonist Roger Ball and guitarist Hamish Stuart individually and the entire band collectively.#AverageWhiteBand #Funk 🎷🎺🎸 pic.twitter.com/H3VIlZATE9
— Music Jim 🎩🪄 (@MusicJim2) March 18, 2025

Our latest Alamo-ment: Following an Air Force Special Tactics Retirement Ceremony, several soldiers honored the fallen by performing Memorial Push-Ups in front of the historic Alamo Church. It was a powerful and emotional tribute, a sight that left visitors in awe. pic.twitter.com/vAjatj0LKd
— The Alamo (@OfficialAlamo) March 18, 2025

Have a great day, friends!
Pic: Newly appointed Rangers at the Texas DPS headquarters in Austin in 1961 (Source: @txrangermuseum). The caption on the back of the photograph is divided into three blocks. The top caption reads "Newly Appointed Texas Rangers at T.D.P.S. Austin,… pic.twitter.com/GjAYDC3BMp
— Trevor P. Wardlaw (@1thread6flags) March 19, 2025

An old A-frame style @Whataburger in Kingsville, Texas, 1960s. There are still a few of these buildings around. Some are actually still Whataburgers while others have been repurposed. pic.twitter.com/jbtRfO5Ntt
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) March 18, 2025

Is this thing on? 👀

Caught on trail cam at Lake Brownwood State Park in north central Texas.

🎥 Raccoon, feral hog, striped skunk, deer and gray fox, fat raccoon, gray fox, turkey vulture#TexasStateParks pic.twitter.com/ETGhKiqKB5
— Texas Parks & Wildlife (@TPWDnews) March 18, 2025

The dust we saw yesterday has now made it all the way to the Great Lakes region. It's not often you see a dust plume stretching from the lower Rio Grande to the Upper Mississippi River! #lubwx #txwx pic.twitter.com/rv0itoflpb
— NWS Lubbock (@NWSLubbock) March 19, 2025

If you want to know what it was like to live in #WestTexas, around 1900 or so… just turn on your speakers and close your eyes.
Then imagine that sound for hours on end.
And that’s how tough our ancestors were out here. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/E7kpP60ToJ
— Ryan Hyatt (@RyanHyattMedia) March 19, 2025

Visibility awful out there right now.

This is at Upland and MSF. #Lubbock | #dirtstorm pic.twitter.com/JfCtXpJCUJ
— Lauren Matter (@LaurenMatter) March 19, 2025

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