The Texas Tech basketball team is in good position to make a third-straight March Madness appearance in Grant McCasland’s tenure entering a tough stretch of games for the Red Raiders.
Entering the week, Texas Tech is 12-4 on the season and 2-1 in Big 12 play after holding off Colorado’s comeback attempt over the weekend. The Red Raiders have home games against Utah and BYU this week and can bolster their NCAA Tournament resume by taking on those Cougars and the rematch with the Houston Cougars.
Here’s where Texas Tech stands in NCAA tournament bracketology entering another week of conference play.
Texas Tech basketball NCAA Tournament projections
ESPN: 4-seed (East Region)
Joe Lunardi’s bracketology released Friday has Texas Tech as the No. 4 seed in the East Region and headed to San Diego to take on 13-seed Utah Valley. The winner of that game would face either Tennessee or High Point.
FOX Sports: 4-seed (Midwest Region)
Mike DeCourcy of FOX Sports put Texas Tech as a 4-seed in the Midwest Region taking on UC Irvine (location of games not specified). That would lead into the winner facing the winner of Virginia-Murray State.
On3: 4-seed (Midwest Region)
James Fletcher III of On3 also has Texas Tech as the 4-seed in the Midwest taking on 13-seed UC San Diego. Fletcher’s projection would potentially involve a rematch as 5-seed Arkansas is taking on 12-seed Belmont in the other projected game in San Diego.
The Athletic: 5-seed (West Region)
Joe Rexrode of The Athletic put Texas Tech in Tampa as the No. 5 seed of the West Region taking on 12-seed Miami (Ohio). The winner here would take on either 4-seed Alabama or 13-seed Utah Valley.
Texas Tech basketball’s NCAA Tournament resume
Texas Tech is 19th in the NCAA’s NET rankings through action on Sunday, Jan. 11. This puts Texas Tech as the fifth-highest Big 12 Conference team in the rankings. The Red Raiders are 3-4 in Quad 1 games and undefeated in games against Quad 2, 3 and 4 teams.
Over at KenPom, Texas Tech is ranked 22nd, with 16th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 33rd in defensive efficiency. Over at Bart Torvik, the Red Raiders are 23rd overall with the 18th-ranked offense and 35th-ranked defense. They’re also 15th in Wins Above Bubble, which calculates a team’s resume in relation to other teams who would be battling for at-large berths.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Where does Texas Tech basketball rank in latest March Madness bracketology?
Reporting by Nathan Giese, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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