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Pitchers Beeter, Dallas shine in series opener By MAX HENGST Sports Editor
The No. 2 Texas Tech baseball team swept Rice 3-0 in its three-game series over the weekend, but the strong start at the mound for Clayton Beeter in the first game set the tone for the series. This marked Beeter ’s, a redshirt sophomore, fourth start of the season after coming out of the bullpen last season. Before Friday’s game, Beeter was 1-1 at the mound, recording 21 strikeouts in 15.0 innings pitched. In the series opener against Rice, Beeter set a new c a r e e r- h i g h i n strikeouts, recording 12 in 6.0 innings of work. His previous careerhigh was eight strikeouts in the Red Raiders’ only loss of the season to Tennessee at the Round Rock Classic. “Pretty good stuff, huh?” head coach Tim Tadlock said. “He’s a treat. He’s just got great
makeup, great composure, great stuff. He’s got some pitchability about him too. I mean, it’s not just about stuff he’s trying to execute pitches, and I think you’re just seeing the start of it. He’s got a chance to be special.” In his first season at Tech, Beeter redshirted after having Tommy John surgery. Tadlock and Beeter used last season as a year to help him recover from his surgery as he came out of the bullpen in all 21 of his appearances. Tadlock said he was trying to be conservative with Beeter because he always knew he had the capability to be a starter. When it was announced that Beeter would be the Friday night starter for the Red Raiders, fellow pitcher, junior Kurt Wilson, said he was proud of him. He continued to say Beeter worked on his command, delivery and stuff over the offseason.
“Not a lot of people know, but I had Tommy John as well,” Wilson said. “I know what he’s been through, and the way he’s been about it brings good energy. He always works hard and never complains. I just love that about him.” Despite his battle with Tommy John surgery, a surgery that is hard for a pitcher to recover from, Tadlock knew what Beeter was capable of since he first saw him play. “He’s a guy in high school that when we saw him pitch, had a lot of pitchability about him,” Tadlock said. “He went through the deal where he had an increase in velocity and usually when you have that increase in velocity, you have some rhythm and timing you go through. He went through it, and now he’s on the right side of it.” Beeter’s strikeouts to open the series against Rice made him the first Red Raider since Corey Taylor to record 12 strikeouts in a single game.
Taylor ‘s 12 strikeouts were recorded in 2013. “That guy is one of the all-time great players that’s played here,” Tadlock said regarding Taylor. “He’s a great teammate, he’s a great man, I think he set the record for ERA in a season here his senior year, he commanded the fastball as good as anybody I’ve ever coached. He’s just a special guy.” Despite having a strong outing, giving up just six hits and no earned runs, Beeter was relieved by sophomore RHP Micah Dallas after throwing 92 pitches. Beeter said he felt like he could have pitched longer, but Tadlock said it is his responsibility to take care of his players. He continued to add that the amount of Red Raiders who have thrown over 100 pitches at Tech could probably be counted on both hands.
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LEFT: Redshirt sophomore pitcher Clayton Beeter throws a pitch during the Texas Tech baseball game against Rice on March 6, 2020, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The Red Raiders defeated the Owls, 7-1. RIGHT: Sophomore pitcher Micah Dallas pitches during the Texas Tech baseball game against Rice on March 6, 2020, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. AUTUMN BIPPERT/The Daily Toreador
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2020 Census warrants participation from Lubbockites, Tech students By ADÁN RUBIO
News & L a Vida Editor The year 2020 marks many milestones for people. But one some tend to forget is the national census that takes place every 10 years. People will soon be expected to complete the 2020 Census. As the first counting day, March 12, approaches, people may wonder why the 2020 Census and the information it reports is important to them. By law, a person living in the United States or any of its five territories is required to complete the 2020 Census questionnaire, which will consist of counting themselves and everyone living in their household, according to the U.S. Census Bureau website. Dwight McDonald, chairperson for Lubbock’s Complete Count Committee for the 2020 Census and professor at the Texas Tech School of Law, said the purpose of the census is to take count of everyone in the U.S. in order to properly apportion representatives for national and state governments. “Currently, it’s also used to apportion about $675 billion to the different states, counties and cities,” he said. This $675 billion in federal funding goes to supporting projects, such as highways, Pell Grants, Medicaid and Medicare, McDonald said.
“The reality is if you are a college student, and you’re attending Texas Tech University, you’re driving on Lubbock County highways, you’re accessing medical care in Lubbock County, Pell Grants,” he said. “So, it’s important that you’re counted here where you’re attending school even though it may not be your quote-on-quote permanent residence. It is where you are spending a majority of your time.” The census wants to know where one is located on April 1 of this year, McDonald said. If a person is attending Tech, whether they are living on- or offcampus, they need to be counted in Lubbock. The first census took place in 1790, McDonald said. The requirement for the census to be taken every 10 years was stated in Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. “This year is the first year that you can actually respond electronically,” he said. “So, there are three ways you can respond to the census: you can do it electronically on the Internet, you can do it by phone or you can do it with the paper census that will be mailed out.” Responding to the census will take about seven to eight minutes to complete, McDonald said. Bryson Carroll, partnership specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, said everyone will get
an invitation to respond starting March 12. The letter one gets will explain how and when one needs to complete the census. “The online system will go live that day as well as the phone system,” he said. “Census Day is actually April 1, and most of those operations will run, again, from the middle of March all the way to the end of July.” After April 1, which is a symbolic day that typically acts as a snapshot of where people are in completing the census, U.S. Census Bureau workers will go door-to-door to addresses that have not responded to the census in order to get those members of the household to respond, Carroll said. July 31 is the last day people can self-respond. “It’s really imperative for Tech students to respond as quickly as possible because, as you know, Tech students might leave as early as the end of April,” he said, “and so, we don’t have a whole lot of time to make sure that their information is collected appropriately for Lubbock. Even though people can respond till the end of July, we want to make sure that we respond early and accurately to make sure all that information is there. That way, they can think about finals and going home for the summer instead of worrying about filling out the census form.”
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But one needs to keep in mind the hard deadline of July 31. Regarding how a household responds to the census, Carroll said each person needs to fill out a form. “If there are four people
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living there, everyone will Tech community that colfill out the same form, lege students are counted whether it’s electronically here, where they’re at for or in the paper form or what the majority of the year.” have you,” he said. For the types of questions asked on the census, Carroll said one will be asked about their reSince we only do lationship to people in this every 10 years, the household along with because the Texas their name, date of birth Tech community is and phone number to so closely connected verify identity and to provide contact information. with the Lubbock “But the main quescommunity, making tions it will ask are how sure that Lubbock many people live here, gets a great count age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, your relationship and gets all these to others within the home other resources that and whether you rent or we need to set us own,” he said. up for the next For those wondering ten years. why certain questions are asked and for more BRYSON CARROLL information about which U.S. CENSUS BUREAU individuals to count for PARTNERSHIP SPECIALIST the Census, Carroll said one can visit the U.S. Census Bureau website. For people who attend The Bureau wants to and care about Tech, they make sure everyone gets have the opportunity to counted once and in the help the university by being right place, Carroll said. In counted, Carroll said. addition to being required “Since we only do this by law, the census deals every 10 years, because the a lot with how federal re- Texas Tech community is so sources are allocated. closely connected with the “It’s really important Lubbock community, makthat students participate, ing sure that Lubbock gets and it’s also incredibly a great count and gets all important that students these other resources that count themselves here,” he we need to set us up for the said, “because the census next ten years,” he said. takes a snapshot of a com- “That has a trickle-down efmunity in any given year, fect that also benefits Texas and it’s important, again, Tech,” he said. for Lubbock and the Texas Everyone living in the
WWW.DAILYTOREADOR.COM U.S., whether they be people born in the country or people who came from a different country, needs to be counted, Carroll said. People need to realize they matter when being counted. “This statistical information is publically available, can be used by students, whether it’s in class if they’re wanting to use some of that data for projects or work in that way,” he said regarding other benefits of the 2020 Census. Along with how individuals benefit from participating in the census, McDonald said participating in the census is vital for Lubbock. Results from the census can help federal and state governments know where to establish new schools, clinics, roads and services for families, adults and children, according to the U.S. Census Bureau website. After the information from the 2020 Census is counted, federal funding will be divided among more than 100 programs across the country. Whether it be the funding or new facilities, people could benefit from participating in the 2020 Census in different ways. “And the reality is, for every person that responds to the census, Lubbock County is looking at getting back $1,500 a year for 10 years in federal aid in one form or another,” McDonald said regarding overall ben-
efits of the census. Also, businesses make their choices regarding where to locate based on census information, McDonald said. The likelihood of fan-favorite restaurants from Dallas, Houston and other bigger Texas cities coming to Lubbock will be higher if more people respond to the census. In addition, ancestry and genealogy research utilizes census forms, Carroll said. After 72 years, all census information is released, including name. For people worried about their personal information being leaked, McDonald said it is a federal crime for the information to be released to anyone during the 72 years after the information is recorded. One who releases a person’s information will face stiff financial penalty and prison time. During 2022, McDonald said information from the 1950 census will be released to the public. Regardless, McDonald said everyone needs to be counted, whether they are from the U.S. or not. Funding will be spent despite how many people participate, so Lubbock will not get its fair share of federal funding if it is undercounted. “This is the one opportunity you have, and it only occurs every 10 years,” he said, “and it takes less than 10 minutes.” @AdanRubioDT
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Behind the scenes, scientists prep for COVID-19 vaccine test WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of scientists jostled for a view of the lab dish, staring impatiently for the first clue that an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus just might work. After weeks of roundthe-clock research at the National Institutes of Health, it was time for a key test. If the vaccine revs up the immune system, the samples in that dish -- blood drawn from immunized mice -- would change color. Minutes ticked by, and finally they started glowing blue. “Especially at moments like this, everyone crowds around,” said Kizzmekia Corbett, an NIH research f e l l o w l e a d i n g t h e v a ccine development. When her team sent word of the positive results, “it was absolutely amazing.” Dozens of research groups around the world are racing to create a vaccine as COVID-19
cases continue to grow. Importantly, they’re pursuing different types of vaccines — shots developed from new technologies that not only are faster to make than traditional inoculations but might prove more potent. Some researchers even aim for temporary vaccines, such as shots that might guard people’s health a month or two at a time while longer-lasting protection is developed. “Until we test them in humans we have absolutely no idea what the immune response will be,” cautioned vaccine expert Dr. Judith O’Donnell, infectious disease chief at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. “Having a lot of different vaccines -- with a lot of different theories behind the science of generating immunity -- all on a parallel track really ultimately gives us the best chance of getting something successful.” First-step testing in small numbers of young, healthy volunteers is set to start
soon. There’s no chance participants could get infected from the shots, because they don’t contain the virus itself. The goal is purely to check that the vaccines show no worrisome side effects, setting the stage for larger tests of whether they protect. First in line is the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. It is preparing to test 45 volunteers with different doses of shots co-developed by NIH and Moderna Inc. Next, Inovio Pharmaceuticals aims to begin safety tests of its vaccine candidate next month in a few dozen volunteers at the University of Pennsylvania and a testing center in Kansas City, Missouri, followed by a similar study in China and South Korea. Even if initial safety tests go well, “you’re talking about a year to a year and a half” before any vaccine could be ready for widespread use, stressed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of
NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. That still would be a recordsetting pace. But manufacturers know the wait -- required because it takes additional studies of thousands of people to tell if a vaccine truly protects and does no harm -- is hard for a frightened public. “I can really genuinely understand everybody’s frustration and maybe even confusion,” said Kate Broderick, Inovio’s research and development chief. “You can do everything as fast as possible, but you can’t circumvent some of these vital processes.” ___ BEHIND-THE-SCENES IN NIH’S LAB The new coronavirus is studded with a protein aptly named “spike” that lets the virus burrow into human cells. Block that protein, and people won’t get infected. That makes “spike” the target of most vaccine research.
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‘Land Arts of the American West’ utilizes landscape as classroom
Different art exhibits on display at the Museum of Texas Tech from the Land Arts program. The program takes students on a two month road trip to create inspiration for an art piece.
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As Skylar Perez was beginning his semester at Texas Tech last fall, rather than being handed a scantron or textbook from his professor, he received a lighter. “(My professor) was like this is for warmth and also we’re supposed to, while we were out there we had to… light our toilet paper on fire after,” Perez, a graduate student studying Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, said. “Yeah, we were living very, very environmentally cautiously.” This caution “out there” was to help preserve what would become both Perez’s classroom and home for the coming two months: the landscapes of the American West. Perez, along with nine classmates, associate professor of architecture Chris Taylor and program assistant Kellie Flint, spent over 50 nights and 6000 miles living out of a van and two trucks as part of the 2019 class of Land Arts of the American West, a semester long field program housed within the Tech College of Architecture. “I’ve said in the past, it’s like a semester abroad in your backyard,” Taylor said, regarding the program. Taylor, who serves as director of Land Arts of the American West, brought the program to Tech in 2009 from the University of Texas at Austin. The program offers students an experience no other institution can match in terms of saturated duration in the landscape, he said.
Participants whose backgrounds range from art to architecture spend approximately two months in the field before returning to Tech for a final month in the studio to produce works inspired by their travels, he said. Works from the 2019 Lands Arts program, which include paintings, writings, photographs, videos, and more, are currently on display at the Museum of Texas Tech University and will be exhibited until April 19. “People come from all over the planet and have their own research question they’re pursuing,” Taylor said. “And ultimately, the other kind of big idea of the Land Arts Program is we’re looking at the American West as a laboratory landscape and asking questions about human’s relationship to landscape through the sites that we visit and the work that people produce.” While traveling through the American West, program participants visit iconic pieces of art history such as “Spiral Jetty” and “Sun Tunnels” in Utah, “Double Negative” in Nevada, “The Lightning Field” in New Mexico and more, Taylor said. These works of art merge land and human creativity together, Taylor said. But, as an architect himself, he defines art on even broader terms as cultural expression. “And so then we start to look at what have humans done on the land in a broader way, and so it’s not just the things someone’s pointing to to say, ‘Look, that’s art,’” he said. “So then the open pit copper mine become a cultural expression, so we visit mining sites.”
One of the first places the group visited in the fall was a partially reclaimed former open pit uranium mine which is still a radioactive site, he said. The group also visited sites like the Grand Canyon, and other places that had been intentionally preserved. “We’re constantly dialing back from aspirational things that are inspiring, to things that kind of leave us with a sick feeling in our stomach, hopefully not permanently,” he said. “And then thinking about, ‘What’s my response to all that relative to my work? What do I do with that now with my voice? What I want to add to the world?’” The group stays at sites anywhere from one night to five or six nights, Kellie Flint, program assistant, said. Flint is currently an adjunct professor at College of the Desert in California and previously participated in the program as a student in 2017. Some sites are work sites where students are working on their projects, doing readings and developing ideas, and others are more urban where there are more activities and galleries to see. In between sites, the group has travel days during which they can be driving for the bulk of the day, she said. In addition, the group also hears from various field guests who are artists, poets, writers and more who visit and discuss their work. The amount of time students spend together during these experiences makes the dynamic between them a significant part of the journey, Flint said. “There’s this other side of
thing that has to do with the people you get to know and I, in particular, feel like I had a really fruitful experience in helping and speaking to participants about their projects and their interests,” Flint said. The time spent together can even go on to influence the works produced, Perez said. “We’re out there interacting with each other, and you’re interacting with everybody all the time because you share a campground, you cook for each other every single day,” he said. “Really at the end of it, a lot of our projects started to shed on light on the other projects just because we were all working so closely together,” he said. The works are based on research questions students pose prior to their travels and explore in the field, Taylor said. There is an openness in the framework of what students can chose to do; no one is saying what is in-bounds or out-of-bounds. In Perez’s case, he chose to look at the world landscape itself and what it can possibly be, he said. “I looked at landscapes across realities and landscapes of the mind, and so conceptual landscapes was the main focus of what I was looking at,” he said. His finished work included three different 10-foot long panels, all of which were presentations of landscapes, he said. The middle panel was a physical model to look at geologic time and consisted of a petri dish with bacteria and fungi from the sites. The bottom panel was a landscape of imagination composed of aerial shots of the sites ordered
by experience rather than geography, and the top panel was a landscape of the mind expressing times, ideas and experiences. In addition to the works produced for the exhibit, Taylor said ideally, there is a more long-term impact from the program. “Ultimately to me, the other question is the work that they’re going to make in 10 years is as or more important,” he said. “And the way that they’ll continue to process the experience and reflect on this work, but also work that they have yet to make.” Hopefully, the students’ experiences allow them to fully appreciate the American landscape, which is taken for granted too often, Taylor said. Particularly in the desert, people tend to singularize the landscape as a wasteland and assume there is nothing out there, hence the reason atomic bombs were once
dropped in the desert. Through their experiences in this landscape, students in the program have the opportunity to see that there is more, he said. “If you really spend time with a place, just like if you go spend time with a person, you start to realize, there isn’t just this one layer to the situation, and there isn’t kind of one response,” Taylor said. “The singularizing thing is a problem, and it’s something that we got around by just saturating ourselves in deeper and deeper ways.” Applications for the 2020 Land Arts of the American West Program are due on March 11. Interested undergraduate and graduate students from any institution can apply. More information and contact information for Taylor are available at landarts.org. @AkhilaReddyDT
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ith a couple of horror and drama movies under my belt, I decided to go back to my younger years and take on one of the newest animated films to come out of the legendary animation studio, Pixar, which tells the story of swords, magic and family. “Onward” is directed by Dan Scanlon and stars Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and O c t a v i a S p e n c e r. T h i s film tells the story of two brothers going on a quest to find a jewel to help them contact their father who passed away before the youngest was born. From the Thursday previews alone, the film gained $2 million, and industry experts say the box office could reach up to $45 million. Of course with a Pixar movie, there is going to be great animation from the
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Pixar Animation Studios and amazing writing from Dan Scanlon and his team of writers. The animation in “Onward” is so crisp and clean and has continued to impress me since the early days of animation with “Toy Story.” There is a scene where the main characters are floating along a river, and the water physics are so realistic to the point where I’m convinced that it is a live video of water. Not only that, there are the imperfections in every surface or object; whether it be a magic staff or a countertop, you can clearly see the scratches and little divots from years of wear and tear.
With Pixar being such a practitioner of animatedrealism filmmaking, it surprised audiences to see a fantasy-based film with dragons, fairies, etc. Though it can be a throwoff, this is evidence that animators and screenwriters are becoming more diverse in their craft and hopefully we will be able to see more of this kind of story in the future with the animation company. For a movie with a completely imaginary world and characters, this film is actually the basis of a true story from the director, Dan Scanlon. In his life, Scanlon didn’t know his father other than a record of his father saying the words “hello” and “bye.” He had always wondered who his father was and that question became the blueprint for the movie as well as the relationship he had with his brother.
Though his father was out of the picture, Scanlon credits a lot of his lessons to his brother who helped him become who he is today, and that is how the story and hidden message of “Onward” was born.
After the film, I found myself calling my brothers and sisters and just talking to them about when I was a kid and how life was back then. Though this movie is labeled as a family movie, it should be labeled as a sibling movie with its strong message of how older siblings can just as well be parents on their own. By the end of the film, you have gone through the journey with
the main character, Ian, and his attempt to just have one day with his father, but it is then that he realizes that his brother, Barley, has been there for him his entire life doing the things he had wanted to do with his father. This is the message Pixar is trying to show us: siblings can just as well be parents in their own right; as long as you have a brother or sister with you, they will love you more than any parent could. After the film, I found myself calling my brothers and sisters and just talking to them about when I was a kid and how life was back then. This is what animation films from Pixar do: they make you look at your life and appreciate what you have been given, whether it be family, friends or your toys. For “Coco,” it was loving the family you have
and persuing the family you never met; for “Inside Out,” it was understanding that it is okay to be sad sometimes. These are all lessons we need to learn in life, whether or not it makes us cry, because that’s how life is, a series of sad moments that lead to happiness. Overall, this film will make you cry and want to reconnect with family, like all Pixar movies in the past. Definitely grab a ticket and take your siblings and/or best friends to connect over a story of two brothers coming together to reconnect. With Pixar’s newest film “Soul” set to release in the summer, I can firmly say my family and I will already have seats reserved and ready for whatever hidden message the studio has for us this time. @MGutierrezDT
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Tube careers (yes, now it is a career choice) and get a chance to partner with name brands. With that being said, what I have noticed in the past couple of weeks is the content is repeating and trends from last year are making another appearance. Granted, there are new creators who are going viral, but it’s startling to see trends repeat. That being said, some trends are timeless, such as the renegade and “Cannibal” dance trends. Every once in a while a new trend will pop up, but after two or three weeks it's gone, and creators go back to repeat
the same trends from last year. This, in turn, keeps viewers from jumping on the app as frequently than before. Then those creators repeat the same videos for days in a row, possibly weeks. To me, this is a sign that TikTok is losing its truly creative creators to other platforms, mainly YouTube. Tiktok created a complex algorithm to allow viewers to see certain videos from creators. If the video a creator publishes does well, then their followers and new potential followers are more likely to see it, like a video and follow a creator. However, if a video doesn’t do well, less people will see it. Also, followers of a creator don’t always see every video a creator has released. The algorithm selects and tailors a user’s video selection to fit their interests and trends
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to China, it is compromising national security. If the lawmakers at the capital get their way, our beloved app could get slapped with restrictions that could hurt the user experience with the app’s interface. It is likely TikTok is still going to be around for some time, but I predict if it doesn't start picking up more user interaction, it may end up like our beloved Vine app: only in our memories and quotes daily. TikTok has also cemented itself amongst the most well-known media platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram and YouTube. Therefore, it won’t go down without a fight. So until that day comes, this columnist will keep on having late nights and mindless hours of scrolling on TikTok and creating videos to show my future children. @MateoRosilesDT
Mallory Rosetta is a sophomore media strategies and advertising major from Lubbock.
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Student, fan support fuels team’s success By JAY STRADER Staff Writer
The Texas Tech men’s basketball team lost its final regular season game of the season 66-62 to No. 1 Kansas on Saturday. The Red Raiders finished the regular season with an 18-13 (9-9 Big 12) record and will begin postseason play on Thursday for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships. The Red Raiders went 13-4 at home this season, which is a down year compared to the last two seasons. Tech was 34-2 at home combined over the last two years. Tech had three home losses in the 2016-17 season, which was coach Chris Beard’s first season coaching Tech. This is Beard’s first season with four home game losses in a season since getting to Lubbock. This season’s team has been by far the youngest, with three to four and sometimes even five freshmen on the court at once. A large part of Tech’s success in the United Supermarkets Arena is the crowd. The students, season-ticket holders and fans have made their presence felt at every game. According to big12sports.com, Tech has the second most fans in its arena on a regular basis behind Kansas. A total of 223,864 fans have been to Red Raider home games with an average of 13,991 fans per game. The USA seats 15,098 people, according to unitedsupermarketsarena.com, which means every home game this season has been filled almost to capacity. After the Jan. 25 matchup against Kentucky, which ended in a 76-74 overtime win by the Wildcats, coach John Calipari had nothing
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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Dallas helped the Red Raiders secure the win, recording five strikeouts in 3.0 innings of work. He did not give up a hit or run in his time at the mound. “Micah can pitch whenever you need him to pitch,” Tadlock said. “He’s a guy that can fill either role. Right now, really what’s happening right now is Clayton’s obviously earned the right to pitch each week.” Last season, Dallas started in 13 games after starting his freshman season coming out of the bull-
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Texas Tech student section at the Texas Tech vs. Kansas men’s basketball game stand up to sing the Matador song on March 7, 2020, in the United Supermarkets Arena. but praise and respect for the fans in the USA.
say this, I’ve been all different kinds of arenas, this was a
Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championship • • • • • • •
WHEN — First Round on March 11, Quarterfinals on March 12 FIRST ROUND — No. 8 Ok. St. vs No. 9 Iowa St. @ 6 p.m. on ESPNU FIRST ROUND — No. 7 TCU vs No. 10 Kansas St. @ 8 p.m. on ESPNU QUARTERFINALS — No. 5 Texas Tech vs No. 4 Texas @ 11:30 a.m. on ESPN/ESPN2 QUARTERFINALS — No. 3 Oklahoma vs No. 6 West Virginia @ 8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2 QUARTERFINALS — No. 1 Kansas will play the winner of OSU/ISU @ 1:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2 QUARTERFINALS — No. 2 Baylor will play TCU/K. St. @ 6 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
“(The environment) was great. (The team and I) drove by the tents last night, I wanted them to see that they bring out the best people. Here they come,” Calipari said. “Let me
classy crowd. I’ve been to arenas where I didn’t want to take my team back, it’s disgusting. Why should I do that and help another program if you gotta walk in and it’s just disgusting.”
pen. In his first collegiate season, Dallas recorded 84 strikeouts through 76.0 innings of work, giving up 34 earned runs to post a 4.03 ERA.
before the season opener. In his four appearances, Dallas has recorded 21 strikeouts in 13.2 innings pitched, giving up just one earned run to post a 0.66 ERA. “He’s done an amazing job this year coming out for multiple innings,” Beeter said. “It’s like every time he gets the ball, I have full confidence that he’s going to shut them down.” After having a low pitch count at the start of the season, Tadlock said Dallas’ pitch count has gone up to around 62 pitches. With Dallas throwing just 39 pitches in three innings against Rice, Tadlock said he could pitch multiple
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WHEN — Friday, March 13 WHERE — Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park WHO — West Virginia TIME — 6:30 p.m.
This season, Dallas has come out of the bullpen after feeling soreness in the week
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Calipari continued his praise for the crowd and mentioned that the experience of playing in the USA was unique compared to other places in the country. “That was a classy crowd. They were all over it for their team, they didn’t care about us, that’s how our crowd is,” Calipari said. “That’s the way this should be… and this is a great place. I see they’re building a practice facility, this is an unbelievable arena, the job that Chris (Beard) has done. They play different. (Beard) bought in and got kids to buy in and the way they play is really hard to play against. This was a terrific win, and you’re right we get a lot of these (type of games) but this kinda unique and special.” Kentucky, Texas and Baylor are the teams that have beat the Red Raiders at home. After Texas’ 68-58 win over
Tech, coach Shaka Smart said the crowd in the USA made its presence known and impact felt in the game. “This crowd is unbelievable here. The reality is anytime you go on the road and you’re dealing with a hostile crowd, their interests are different than your interests, so there’s gonna be some going at each other,” Smart said. “I told our guys, ‘We are going to play this game against Texas Tech’s team and their crowd is going to do everything they can to insert themselves in the game,’ and they did a great job of that. We just try to have a level of energy as a coaching staff that our guys can feed off and we feed off them.” Texas’s leading scorer in that game was sophomore guard Andrew Jones. Jones, like Smart, said this was one of the best atmospheres in the country. “This is a great atmosphere. I think one of the best in country, maybe even
the league. Their fans really get into it and regardless of the small play, airball, turnover or a shot for them, they go crazy,” Jones said. Beard said this has been the best crowd in Tech basketball history after Saturday’s loss to Kansas and he is very appreciative of their support this season. “I just want to thank the crowd, not only tonight but all year long. This is the best year in Texas Tech basketball history in terms of the attendance, it’s not even close. We really made strides even from last year ’s championship season. Students coming, appreciate all the people on campus and in the community and in the student body for coming and supporting the team,” Beard said. “Big, big time thank you for our students, our season ticket holders and just our community and all the people.” @JayStraderDT
times in a weekend. With this being the second game of the season Beeter has pitched through 6.0 innings and Dallas relieving with 3.0 innings, Beeter said the duo has seemed to be working. Tadlock said despite the two’s success, he does not want to limit any player to a single role. As his role is not set in stone, Beeter is happy with the role he has played this season. “I feel like we’re in a groove right now as a team, and what we are doing is working, so I’m happy to be helping,” Beeter said. @MaxHengstDT
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