SAN FRANCISCO -- Grant McCasland was not even 30 minutes removed from receiving his first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight when the inevitable question came. What's it going to take Saturday against Florida, the No. 1 seed in the West Regional? "Man, can they score," the head coach of third-seeded Texas Tech said after the Red Raiders eliminated 10th-seeded Arkansas 85-83 in overtime. "And they have a plan that I think they execute as well as anybody in the country. I watched a little bit of the SEC championship and watched them basically just play their best basketball of the year and heard consistently from coaches that they're playing the best of anybody in the country.
Florida strives to continue 'surreal' run in Elite Eight vs. Texas Tech
