Texas Tech head coach Grant McCasland has formally announced the signing of transfer guard Cruz Davis, who will join the Red Raider program as a senior for the 2026-27 season. Last season, Davis averaged 20. 1 points, 4. 7 assists, 3. 7 rebounds, and 1. 1 steals each game for Hofstra, earning Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Player of the Year and guiding his team to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
Davis, a Plano, Texas native, returns to his home state after spending two seasons at Hofstra, one at St. John’s, and his freshman year at Iona. Davis will join Tech this summer with 1,327 points in 95 career games. Last season, Davis shot 82-for-205 (40. 0%) on three-pointers, and he has 152 three-pointers in his career. Davis scored 20 or more points in 18 games last season, including 30 or more points in five. He scored a career-high 36 points at Pitt, including 5-of-11 3-pointers, seven assists, and 30 points with five 3s in a CAA Tournament victory over William & Mary. Davis had a season-high nine assists and 22 points in a victory over Syracuse, and he had a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds in a win against Malloy. Davis shot 239-for-543 (44. 0%) from the court this season, including 17 games with three or more 3-pointers. In his final game for Hofstra, Davis had 14 points and six assists in a defeat to Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Last season, Davis started all 35 games for Hofstra, played 40 or more minutes in 21 games, and was third in the country in minutes played per game (37:54).
ESPN placed Davis at No. 52 among the top 100 men’s basketball players in the transfer portal.
Along with winning CAA Player of the Year, he was named to the All-CAA First Team, the All-CAA Championship Team, and three times as CAA Player of the Week as a junior. He was selected as the USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week on December 9 and the USBWA Robertson National Mid-Major Player of the Month in December. His great junior season came after he averaged 14. 4 points and 4. 4 assists per game as a sophomore in his first season at Hofstra.
Prior to joining Hofstra, Davis spent one season at St. John’s and one at Iona. Due to an injury, he was limited to four games at St. John’s and was granted a medical redshirt. As a freshman at Iona, Davis received All-MAAC Rookie Team accolades after averaging 6. 5 points and 1. 0 assist per game.
Davis, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard, attended iSchool of Lewisville before switching to Huntington Prep in West Virginia, where he rose to a four-star rating on ESPN. com and the No. 27 positional ranking for the class. A dynamic scorer, he finished his high school career with 1,153 points before enrolling at Iona for the 2022-23 season to start his college career.
Texas Tech is coming off their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance under McCasland, with a 23-11 overall record. The Red Raiders have a 74-31 record under McCasland through three seasons, including a program-record four victories over Top 10 opponents last season. Tech was ranked throughout the 2025-26 season for the first time in program history, rising as high as No. 10 before ending the season at No. 21 in the AP Top 25. Davis is the first player to join Tech via the transfer portal this offseason, following freshman Da’Kari Spear, who committed to the program on November 13, 2025. Spear is a 6-foot-5 guard from Dallas, Texas who played at Dynamic Prep and got a four-star recruiting rating.
