The last time we saw the Texas Tech basketball team in action, the Red Raiders were being upset by the worst team in the Big 12, West Virginia, in the second round of the conference tournament. Fortunately, that loss did little damage to Tech’s NCAA Tournament seeding as the Big 12 regular season co-champions were still rewarded with a No. 3 seed in the West Region.
Trying to hand Texas Tech its second-straight stunning loss will be No. 14 seed Northern Kentucky out of the Horizon league. Nicknamed the “Norse”, NKU is making its second trip to the NCAA Tournament in three years.