This is an 8* BEATDOWN on Texas Tech.

While I won't be so bold as to call for an outright upset here, I do think this is a few too many points to be giving up and expect the Red Raiders to comfortably sneak in through the back door down the stretch with what I deem to be a healthy amount of points afforded to them in this one. Texas is on the bubble for the Big Dance and a one and done in the conference tournament vs. Texas Tech would be the final nail in the coffin, suffice it to say there's some pressure on the Longhorns today. Conversely, the Red Raiders have nothing to lose and would obviously love to play spoiler. Texas Tech also plays with revenge after losing the regular season series with Texas; note that coach Tubby Smith has seen improvement from his team despite losing seven of their last eight in the regular season: "Over the last five games, we have made strides," Smith assessed earlier in the week. "We are shooting better, we have defended better and we have grown up a lot. If we play within ourselves and cut down on our mistakes, anything can happen in the conference tournament." Texas is clearly the better team, but I think this is a good spot to take advantage of as I think the Longhorns get caught looking past the lowly RED RAIDERS today.

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