Texas Tech received one of its biggest pieces of offseason news when the program announced that All-American forward JT Toppin intends to return for the 2026-27 season following the ACL injury that prematurely ended his standout campaign.The announcement comes as a welcome development for the Red Raiders, who saw their national championship hopes take a significant hit after Toppin suffered the season-ending injury during a February loss to Arizona State. Before going down, the junior had established himself as one of the nation's most dominant frontcourt players and was widely projected as a potential first-round pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.Instead of turning his attention to the professional ranks, Toppin will return to Lubbock with hopes of leading Texas Tech back into national title con