We have come to the point in the college basketball season when the intensity of Big 12 play takes a break for the trumped up Big 12 / SEC challenge to help ESPN fill programming slots and try to derive some semblance of ratings in the first football-less Saturday since August. And this year, the Red Raiders are looking to continue one steak while putting an end to another.
After winning their last two games in the challenge, Tech looks for a three-game winning streak over the SEC Saturday against Arkansas. But more importantly, Chris Beard’s team needs to figure out how to stop its current 3-game losing streak which has dropped the team out of the top 10 in the national polls and out of first place in the Big 12 race.