The Texas Tech men’s basketball team had better come down off of cloud 9 because a cyclone awaits them tonight. In the midst of a 10-game win streak, the most recent being a thorough beating of in-state rival Texas; Tubby Smith’s Red Raiders have no time to admire themselves or their accomplishments.
Life in the Big 12 is brutal and it does not get much more difficult than a trip to Ames, Iowa to take on the 11-2 Iowa State Cyclones.
Despite losing its head coach of five years, Fred Hoiberg, to the Chicago Bulls of the NBA, Iowa State returns one of the most talented rosters in the nation.