Question: The 2008–09 Texas Tech Red Raiders played in which athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas?

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The 1960–61 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season.  The Head Coach was Polk Robison, his 14th and final year with the team.  Robison became the Texas Tech athletic director the next year.  The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas. The 2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big 12 Conference.  Kliff Kingsbury led the Red Raiders in his third season as the program's fifteenth head coach.  The Red Raiders played their home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium.  They finished the season 7-6 and 4-5 in Big 12 play to finish in 7th.  They were invited to the Texas Bowl where they lost to LSU. The 2008–09 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  The team plays in the Big 12 Conference at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas.  The season marked Pat Knight's first full season as head coach. Grailey Hewett "Grady" "Big Hig" Higginbotham (December 31, 1892 – February 10, 1989) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator.  He was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team, leading it to a 14–18 record from 1925 to 1927.  Higginbotham coached the Red Raiders baseball team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929.  He was also the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team in 1929, tallying a mark of 1–7–2.  He was the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1927 to 1929.  Higginbotham played college football and college baseball at Texas A&M University.  After graduating, he played in minor league baseball or several years.  He was the older brother of Roswell G. Higginbotham, who also played at Texas A&M and became a college baseball coach. The 2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big 12 Conference.  Tommy Tuberville lead the Red Raiders in his third season as the program's fourteenth head coach.  The Red Raiders played home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium.  They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a four way tie for fifth place.  They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they defeated Minnesota. The Baylor–Texas Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Baylor Bears and Texas Tech Red Raiders.  Each school is a member of the Big 12 Conference.  The rivalry began in 1929.  The game has been played every year since 1956 despite the fact that Texas Tech was a member of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  In 1960, Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference, ensuring the rivalry would continue.  In 1996, the Southwest Conference dissolved, and both teams were invited, along with the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies, with former members of the Big Eight Conference to form the Big 12 Conference.  From 1947–64, Baylor won 14 of the 15 games.  From 1996–2010, Texas Tech won 15 straight games.  In the most recent meeting of the two teams, Texas Tech snapped Baylor's 5 game win streak to bring the series record to a tie. The 2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big 12 Conference.  Kliff Kingsbury lead the Red Raiders in his second season as the program's fifteenth head coach.  The Red Raiders played home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium.  They finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. The 1961–62 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season.  The Head Coach was Gene Gibson, his 1st year with the team.  Gibson replaced Polk Robison who became the Texas Tech athletic director.  The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas. The 1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.  This was Texas Tech's final year in the conference before becoming a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.  The Head Coach was James Dickey, his 5th year with the team.  The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas. The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas.  It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition.  Its ten members, located in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia, include eight public and two private Christian schools.  Additionally, the Big 12 has 12 affiliate members, eight for the sport of wrestling, one for women's gymnastics, and 3 for women's rowing.  The Big 12 Conference is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware.

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 The team plays in the Big 12 Conference at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas. The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas.