From the beginning, you could tell this was going to be a rough game. The Jayhawks came out flat, playing a depleted Texas Tech team coming off a loss in which they scored just 47 points. And yet, Tech was playing better on both ends of the court from the word go.
Much of the first half was fairly even, with Tech leading by a bucket of two for much of it. They would then go on a 7-0 run to end the half, and went into the locker room up 33-25. KU's defense wasn't great to that point, but they'd done more than enough for one of the country's best offenses to at least make it a close game.