Just a couple of minutes into his first Texas Tech game, Matt Mooney was reminded just how much his new team valued defense.
As Mooney came to the bench in November against Incarnate Word, he was met by assistant coach Mark Adams. While Mooney might have been a big-time scorer at South Dakota, Adams' focus was elsewhere.
"He said, 'You got any steals, you got any deflections, you know, what have you done?'" Mooney said last week. "In my head, it's only been two minutes. That's what they expect out of us. They challenge us every day.