Kansas vs. Texas Tech: Red Raiders' Test Against Big 12 Titan

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - We're gonna move to the Big 12 now.

00:05 We've got the University of Kansas

00:07 against Texas Tech, Kansas.

00:09 Obviously one of the big time historical,

00:12 great programs in college basketball.

00:14 So I think a lot of people would maybe be surprised

00:16 to be seeing Kansas on the road at the Red Raiders.

00:19 Being slight dogs here, 146 and a half is the total.

00:24 Do we have any plays in this game, Mark?

00:29 - This is one of these games where I think we know

00:32 that Kansas is the better team.

00:35 It's a question of can Texas Tech put together

00:39 a 40 minute game against big brother

00:43 and go out and win the thing.

00:44 We see that Texas Tech is a three and a half point favorite,

00:46 somewhere in that range, whatever we're looking at here.

00:49 I would lean on playing Texas Tech in the first half

00:52 to have a lead at halftime.

00:53 You cut the game in half here.

00:55 And again, we talk about the home road splits in college

00:58 and how dynamic it is, how road teams this year

01:00 have really struggled to get wins in conference play.

01:03 But I don't know if I trust Texas Tech

01:05 for a full 40 minutes against a good shooting team

01:08 like Kansas.

01:09 I think that's where you're selling me

01:11 that Kansas has the number one effective field goal

01:13 percentage in conference is going to end up

01:17 being able to be kept at bay for a full 40 minutes

01:21 in this thing, especially by a Texas Tech defense, guys,

01:24 that is really bad.

01:25 Texas Tech in conference play has the second to worst

01:29 adjusted defensive efficiency in front of only West Virginia

01:32 and right behind Oklahoma State.

01:34 And that's a real problem.

01:35 They can't defend a three at all.

01:37 That's a bad problem against a Kansas team that can shoot.

01:40 They're not very good inside.

01:41 They give up a ton of offensive rebounds to opposing teams.

01:44 In fact, they're dead last in the conference

01:46 in offensive rebound rate allowed by opponents.

01:49 And that's something where Kansas

01:50 is going to take advantage.

01:51 So over a course of 40 minutes.

01:53 So I would look for Texas Tech to establish it early,

01:56 get a lead at half.

01:57 And if you're a Raiders fan, you have to hope--

01:59 Raiders fan, hope that they can hang on for the final 40.

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