Though we aren’t yet even to February and there still remain 12 conference games, the Texas Tech basketball season feels like it has arrived at a critical juncture. That’s because Saturday’s overtime loss to Kentucky means that opportunities for true resume-building wins are starting to dwindle.
Therefore, Wednesday’s home game with No. 14 West Virginia feels like it is about as close to a must-win game as there could be without it truly being the definition of the term. There are a number of reasons why.
First of all, Tech now finds itself in the midst of a two-game slide with the Mountaineers and a road date with Kansas up next on the schedule.