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School's out! Texas Tech cancels class Monday night, Tuesday ahead of national title game

Texas Tech is doing all it can to ensure that students and faculty members can watch the Red Raiders men's basketball team compete against Virginia for the program's first-ever national title on Monday.

University president Lawrence Schovanec, in a letter posted to Twitter Sunday, announced that Texas Tech had canceled all classes scheduled for after 5 p.m. CT Monday in addition to all classes scheduled for Tuesday. Classes will resume as scheduled on Wednesday, per the announcement.

Texas Tech punched its ticket to the national championship game with a 61-51 victory over Michigan State Saturday night in the Final Four.