Tonight in Lubbock two of the top contenders for the Big 12 title will meet when the Texas Tech basketball team hosts Oklahoma. The fact that either of these teams are considered legitimate threats to unseat Kansas atop the Big 12 has to be considered a surprise given that the Red Raiders were picked to finish seventh in the preseason Big 12 poll and the Sooners were picked to finish eighth.
But thus far, these teams have combined for just three losses as Tech sits at 13-1 and OU at 12-2. Sooner’s head coach Lon Kruger has guided his team to high-profile wins over Florida, Notre Dame, Wichita State, USC, Creighton and Northwestern in the non-conference portion of the schedule.