The Big 12 will be a season-long, nightly war with the amount of potential projected tournament-bound teams in the league. The Big 12 has eight teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll, and two of them will battle at Fertitta Center Wednesday night when No. 25 Texas Tech visits No. 5 Houston.
Texas Tech, picked to finish eighth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll, is one of the hottest teams in the country in the first year of the Grant McCasland era. The Red Raiders lost in overtime to Butler on Nov. 30, but have won nine straight games since, including a 3-0 start in Big 12 play.