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Texas Tech drops National Championship to Virginia

The Texas Tech Red Raiders’ season came to an end tonight with an overtime loss to the Virginia Cavaliers by a score of 85-77. The Red Raiders came out looking to win the game and it just didn’t happen for us. It was the end to a great Red Raider career for 5 great Red Raiders. Here’s how it went down.

NCAA Basketball: Final Four-National Championship-Virginia vs Texas Tech
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Both teams started slow, with the score at the under 16 timeout being 3-2. The Cavaliers got a couple of good looks at the basket and grew a lead to double digits when Brandone Francis and Kyler Edwards hit a couple of three pointers to bring the Red Raiders back into this game.