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The Bearcats, riding a 4-game winning streak, will face another ranked opponent on the road in Texas Tech.
The Red Raiders were upset by Arizona State last Tuesday, in a game in which star and potential 1st team AA JT Toppin suffered a season-ending injury. Texas Tech bounced back with a 100-72 win versus Kansas State over the weekend. TT is a top 20 team on KenPom and in the NET, but hard to gauge them without its star (who led the team with 21.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.4 steals per game).
The Red Raiders' top players are:
Christian Anderson (19.1 points, 7.7 assists)
Donovan Atwell (13.0 points)
LeJuan Watts (12.2 points, 6.1 rebounds)
Jaylen Petty (9.0 points)
Three of those four are guards, while the other is only 6'6 -- which makes for an interesting matchup with UC running Baba Miller and Moustapha Thiam out there.
6'11 sophomore Luke Bamgboye was inserted to the starting lineup on Saturday and posted 12 and 6 in 21 minutes. The top two contributors off the bench versus Kansas State, combining for 30 minutes, were 6'11 and 6'8.
Win this game and the bracketology/bubble watch thread will be coming back.
UPDATE: Texas Tech is 16th in the AP Top 25
The Red Raiders were upset by Arizona State last Tuesday, in a game in which star and potential 1st team AA JT Toppin suffered a season-ending injury. Texas Tech bounced back with a 100-72 win versus Kansas State over the weekend. TT is a top 20 team on KenPom and in the NET, but hard to gauge them without its star (who led the team with 21.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.4 steals per game).
The Red Raiders' top players are:
Christian Anderson (19.1 points, 7.7 assists)
Donovan Atwell (13.0 points)
LeJuan Watts (12.2 points, 6.1 rebounds)
Jaylen Petty (9.0 points)
Three of those four are guards, while the other is only 6'6 -- which makes for an interesting matchup with UC running Baba Miller and Moustapha Thiam out there.
6'11 sophomore Luke Bamgboye was inserted to the starting lineup on Saturday and posted 12 and 6 in 21 minutes. The top two contributors off the bench versus Kansas State, combining for 30 minutes, were 6'11 and 6'8.
Win this game and the bracketology/bubble watch thread will be coming back.
UPDATE: Texas Tech is 16th in the AP Top 25
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