Hope is what Texas Tech baseball fans have, but the likelihood of the Red Raiders making the conference tournament is uncertain.

Texas Tech is 7-17 in conference play with the exact same Big 12 record as Arizona. They won their last game against in-state rival Baylor but are 4-10 in the last fourteen games. They have had a down season overall, with a current record of 23-24, but they have had their moments.

In early March, they were playing their best baseball of the season, beginning with a series sweep of Penn State. The Red Raiders had a record of 13-2 from February 17th to March 14th, even before that.…