Keenan Evans. Jarrett Culver. When games were on the line over the last two years, Chris Beard knew exactly who he wanted to have the ball in his hands. While the Texas Tech basketball team might have a plan for the end of close games this year, what it doesn’t have is a proven closer.
That was a huge difference between the Red Raiders and Kentucky in Saturday’s 76-74 OT classic. In the game’s most critical moments, the Wildcats knew exactly where they were going to get their points while Tech didn’t.
Down the stretch, everything the Wildcats did ran through their star sophomore point guard Ashton Hagans and their junior big man Nich Richards.