Dec. 17, 2025, 2:58 p.m. CT

Krista Gerlich understands the skepticism, the hesitation to fully accept this year’s Texas Tech women’s basketball team is a different animal to squads of the past half-decade.

The Lady Raiders head coach knows that getting to 13-0, caught in the middle of College Football Playoff mania and on the heels of successful runs from the likes of the softball and men’s basketball teams, it’s hard to get everybody’s attention.