CBS Sports' Matt Norlander reports that Toppin is in line for a $4 million NIL payday with his return.
Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin is spurning the NBA Draft and returning to Texas Tech for the 2025-26 season, he announced Wednesday.
Wonder if the oil/gas guys involved?
Cody Campbell and John Sellers, both former Texas Tech football players and founders of Double Eagle Energy, have sold their oil and natural gas company to Diamondback Energy for $4.1 billion. This deal involves the acquisition of subsidiaries of Double Eagle IV Midco, LLC. The transaction is expected to close by April 1, 2025, pending regulatory approvals.
Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin is spurning the NBA Draft and returning to Texas Tech for the 2025-26 season, he announced Wednesday. Toppin earned consensus All-American honors as a sophomore star for the Red Raiders and is well-positioned to be college basketball's preseason Player of the Year.
Toppin's return ensures Texas Tech will remain a force on the national level after reaching the Elite Eight as a No. 3 seed in coach Grant McCasland's second season. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 22.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks over Texas Tech's final 15 games and rose to No. 15 in the CBS Sports NBA Draft Prospect Rankings.
The Red Raiders rank No. 13 in Gary Parrish's way-too-early Top 25 And 1 for the 2025-26 season. Getting Toppin back is a win not just for Texas Tech but college basketball as a whole. At a moment of unprecedented player compensation in the sport, the Red Raiders kept Toppin from testing the NBA Draft waters or entering the transfer portal.
CBS Sports' Matt Norlander reports that Toppin is in line for a $4 million NIL payday with his return.
Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin is spurning the NBA Draft and returning to Texas Tech for the 2025-26 season, he announced Wednesday.
Wonder if the oil/gas guys involved?
Cody Campbell and John Sellers, both former Texas Tech football players and founders of Double Eagle Energy, have sold their oil and natural gas company to Diamondback Energy for $4.1 billion. This deal involves the acquisition of subsidiaries of Double Eagle IV Midco, LLC. The transaction is expected to close by April 1, 2025, pending regulatory approvals.
Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin is spurning the NBA Draft and returning to Texas Tech for the 2025-26 season, he announced Wednesday. Toppin earned consensus All-American honors as a sophomore star for the Red Raiders and is well-positioned to be college basketball's preseason Player of the Year.
Toppin's return ensures Texas Tech will remain a force on the national level after reaching the Elite Eight as a No. 3 seed in coach Grant McCasland's second season. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 22.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks over Texas Tech's final 15 games and rose to No. 15 in the CBS Sports NBA Draft Prospect Rankings.
The Red Raiders rank No. 13 in Gary Parrish's way-too-early Top 25 And 1 for the 2025-26 season. Getting Toppin back is a win not just for Texas Tech but college basketball as a whole. At a moment of unprecedented player compensation in the sport, the Red Raiders kept Toppin from testing the NBA Draft waters or entering the transfer portal.
CBS Sports' Matt Norlander reports that Toppin is in line for a $4 million NIL payday with his return.
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