Wayne Staats | NCAA.com | March 9, 2019 Texas Tech, K-State basketball share Big 12 regular-season title There's no escaping the nerves on Selection Sunday Share No more waiting. For the first time since 1996, Texas Tech basketball is a conference champion again. With the Red Raiders' 80-73 win at Iowa State, No. 8 Texas Tech clinched a share of the conference title with Kansas State. It's the program's first conference crown since 1996, when it was in the Southwest Conference. H🏆SŦORY#4to1 🔴#WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/GfQoc0D7EQ — Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 9, 2019 Going into the Big 12 tournament, the Red Raiders are 26-5 overall and 14-4 in the Big 12. K-State, which beat Oklahoma on Saturday, tied for the title. Texas Tech's historic season, coming off an Elite Eight appearance last year, comes in conjunction with Kansas' NCAA-record run of consecutive Big 12 titles ending. The Jayhawks had won or shared 14 consecutive Big 12 titles, a streak that stretched back to 2004. That year, Usher ruled the charts with "Yeah!" Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was the freshly crowned Best Picture Oscar winner in an 11-for-11 sweep. The state of the Big 12 basketball title race Texas Tech Record: 26-5 overall, 14-4 Big 12 Lost in the whirlwind of a Kansas-or-Kansas State battle was the fact that Texas Tech is right there, too. Now they're more than "just there" after dismantling Kansas 91-62 and continuing to win. With Saturday's victory at Iowa State, Texas Tech stretched its winning streak to nine games. The Red Raiders haven't lost since Feb. 2 at Kansas. Against the Cyclones, Jarrett Culver scored 31 points on 12-for-19 shooting. Davide Moretti added 20 points, making four 3-pointers. Kansas State Record: 24-7 overall, 14-4 Big 12 K-State's loss at KU on Feb. 25 was more about the Jayhawks remaining alive in the race than dooming the Wildcats' title chances. Kansas' 64-49 win meant the Wildcats had a little more pressure on themselves. The good news? Since then, K-State beat Baylor and TCU to maintain its spot in a first-place tie — and Kansas lost to Oklahoma to end the title streak. With the Wildcats defeating OU on Saturday, K-State earned a shared title with the Red Raiders. PLAY the OFFICIAL Bracket Challenge GAME The challenge is on. Create your groups now. COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS: AP Poll | NET rankings 7 programs with strong cases to be college basketball's next 1st-time champion These schools have never won a men's basketball national championship — for now. READ MORE Schools with the most DI women's basketball national championships UConn has more DI women's college basketball titles than any other program. Here's a look at the women’s basketball teams that have won two or more national championships. READ MORE Baylor University head coach Scott Drew to join NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship coverage as guest studio analyst CBS Sports and Turner Sports have added Baylor University Head Coach Scott Drew as a guest studio analyst for Regional Semifinal coverage of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship airing across TBS and CBS. READ MORE