The Raiders moved to the Big 12 for the 1996 – 97 season , and appeared to pick up right where they left off with a solid 19 – 9 season . It was discovered during the inaugural Big 12 basketball tournament , however , that two players had played the entire season while academically ineligible . Hours after the team 's first-round game , Texas Tech announced that it was withdrawing from postseason consideration and forfeiting its entire conference schedule . The Raiders had lost that game , and would have had to forfeit it if they had won
the inaugural Big 12 basketball tournament
1997 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
James Dickey (basketball)