All season, Texas Tech basketball fans have been pointing towards March as the moment when this program will have another shot at bringing home the National Title that so painfully evaded the Red Raiders last spring. But we had better start worrying about January and February because right now, an NCAA Tournament birth is no guarantee.
In fact, most bracketology predictions have Tech squarely on the bubble. Some even have the defending Big 12 regular season co-champions on the outside looking in.
CBSSports’ Jerry Palm has taken Tech out of his 68-team field. Palm points out that one thing which hurt Tech’s perception this week was that the Red Raiders were the highest-ranked team that lost over the weekend.