Today, the Texas Tech basketball team will participate in the NCAA Tournament for the 17th time in program history (counting the 1996 appearance that was officially vacated). But never have the Red Raiders entered March with more fanfare than they do this year.
After capturing a share of the Big 12 regular season title and spending half of the season in the top-15, Tech is a somewhat trendy pick to reach the Final Four. As the No. 3 seed in the West Region and the No. 10 overall seed, Chris Beard’s team has put itself in position to make another deep March run.