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Question - has anybody seen #11 Texas Tech? They weren't supposed to be this good. But they are 9-0 and have clobbered everyone they've played. I guess we'll see in two games, when they play the Dukies. Chris Beard may be one of the best coaches in the country. I hope Tech can hold on to him.
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Below data taken from Wikipedia: Chris Beard
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
McMurry War Hawks (Heartland Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–13 McMurry 19–10 10–8 None NCCAA Regional Final*
. McMurry: 19–10 (.655) 10–8 (.556)
Angelo State Rams (Lone Star Conference) (2013–2015)
2013–14 Angelo State 19–9 8–6 3rd
2014–15 Angelo State 28–6 11–3 2nd NCAA D-II Third Round
Angelo State: 47–15 (.758) 19–9 (.679)
Little Rock Trojans (Sun Belt Conference) (2015–2016)
2015–16 Little Rock 30–5 17–3 1st NCAA Second Round
Little Rock: 30–5 (.857) 17–3 (.850)
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2016–present)
2016–17 Texas Tech 18–14 6–12 T–7th
2017–18 Texas Tech 27–10 11–7 T–2nd NCAA Elite Eight
2018–19 Texas Tech 9-0
Texas Tech: 54–24 (.692) 17–19 (.472)
Total: 150–54 (.735)
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Although Lawson and Vick were crucial in our win, my vote for MVP would be Mitch Lightfoot for his defensive contribution. Wish I had noted how many times he altered the opponent's shot today. The young man may be lacking in talent, but I see no one working any harder than he does on the floor. (I admit to being a bit biased when it comes to Mitch.)
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The one thing about this team though, they don't appear to panic and find ways to win.
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murphyslaw wrote: Personally, I saw this game as a very hard fought game between two very talented teams. We weren't coming from behind most of the time as we did in some past games. I will be overjoyed when we learn how to defend the three-point shot consistently and when we learn when NOT to foul, but this time I didn't feel we just wandered around the floor until the last few minutes.
Although Lawson and Vick were crucial in our win, my vote for MVP would be Mitch Lightfoot for his defensive contribution. Wish I had noted how many times he altered the opponent's shot today. The young man may be lacking in talent, but I see no one working any harder than he does on the floor. (I admit to being a bit biased when it comes to Mitch.)
murph, today the guys played great defense, especially first shot defense, at least until the last 2 minutes. Nova was 24-59 (40.7%) from the field, 16-31 (51.6%) from inside the arc, but shooting just 8-28 (28.6%) from 3 today. At least 4 of their 8 trey makes were off shots that came after offensive rebounds before the KU defense could adjust after the rebound. Thankfully KU outrebounded Nova 35-26, or the story could have been very different.
Also of note for me -- clutch FT shooting in H1 (7-8 ) and down the stretch in H2 (11-12). They started H2 5-10 before that. In the post-game radio interview Self even mentioned they were 12-18 from the line before going on that 11-12 streak to end the game at 76.7% from the stripe.
Our in close shooting wasn't the greatest, either. We missed quite a few lay-ups in this game, resulting in the guys just making 18 of 31 close in shots. 58% is a solid #, but of our 13 misses at least 5 were point blank range, and 74% is a heckuva lot better than 58%.
A lot of good stuff happened today, and some not so good (e.g., missing the in-close shots and that harebrained foul at the end), but all in all, a solid win over a Top 25 team. Never something to sneeze at.
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Right now we're too reliant on Vick. Granted he was hot as hell, but he also disappears at times. He didn't shoot the 3 well at all on Saturday and that appeared to me to be overconfidence leading to poor shot selection. The good news is that he's also scoring in other ways, utilizing his athleticism. Nevertheless I don't want to have to rely on him getting 20+ for us to win.
On the opposite end of the scale, Dedric is amazing. You barely notice him and he delivers yet another double double. For as much as I don't WANT to rely on Vick, I trust relying on Lawson. Boneheaded last foul though. Drove me crazy.
Other than that, we missed some chippies and still look lost way too often. All that can change.
Ok now for the most negative thing: we had a 3 possession lead with 39 seconds left (up 7, 69-62). Lawson and Dotson's fouls down the stretch made the game MUCH more interesting than it needed to be. Both were pure boneheadedness that I'm sure will be addressed.
"When I was a freshman, I remember Coach Naismith telling us how important it was to play good defense." - Mitch Lightfoot
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