By james art The Texas Tech baseball team kicked off its annual red-black scrimmage series on Wednesday and released its schedule for the 2025 season on Thursday.
The Red Raiders will begin play with a three-game homestand at North Carolina on February 14-16. Tech will make its home opener Feb. 21-23 against UC Irvine.
From there, Texas Tech will head to the Las Vegas Classic on February 28-March 2 with games against Illinois, Texas and Washington scheduled.
Big 12 play will begin March 14-16 with a trip to Houston, while Texas Tech’s first conference home game will be March 21-23 against TCU.
Texas Tech also has midweek contests scheduled against New Mexico (home March 18, at Albuquerque April 8), Tarleton State (March 25), Oklahoma (April 1 at Frisco), a home-and-home with Abilene Christian (Lubbock on April 21, Abilene on April 22) and New Mexico State (May 6).
Texas Tech will close out the regular season with a series at BYU on May 15-17.
The Big 12 also announced a new format for the conference tournament, which will be held May 21-25 at Globe Life Field in Arlington. The top 12 schools in the conference standings will advance to the tournament, with the top four seeds earning a first-round bye. Each game will be single elimination, with the championship to be played on May 25.
2025 Texas Tech Baseball Schedule
- February 14-16 — in North Carolina
- February 21-23 — UC Irvine
- Las Vegas Classic
- February 28 – vs. Illinois
- March 1 — vs. Texas
- March 2 — vs. Washington
- March 4-5 — vs. UC San Diego
- March 7-9 — in the Grand Canyon
- March 14-16 — in Houston*
- March 18 — New Mexico
- March 21-23 — TCU*
- March 25 — Tarleton State
- March 28-30 — at Kansas State*
- April 1 — vs. Oklahoma (at Frisco)
- April 4-6 — Cincinnati*
- April 8 — in New Mexico
- April 11-13 — Baylor*
- April 17-19 — at Arizona State*
- April 21 — at Abilene Christian
- April 22 — Abilene Christian
- April 25-27 — Arizona*
- April 29-30 — UTRGV
- May 2-4 — in West Virginia*
- May 6 — New Mexico State
- May 9-11 — UCF*
- May 15-17 — at BYU*
* A series of 12 major conferences