Texas Tech opens Big 12 play on the road at TCU in Fort Worth on Saturday, December 31 to start the final season of the home-and-away series between each of the current 10 conference programs before hosting Kansas on Tuesday, January 3 to begin the home slate. The tip time for the opener in Fort Worth is yet to be determined, while the conference announced an 8 p.m. tip for KU-Tech in Lubbock with the game to be broadcasted on ESPN or ESPN2.