TTU 9, VU 6, 14:58: The Red Raiders started the game on a 7-0 run. Freshman Zhaire Smith, who’s been one of the country’s more efficient offensive players all year, has five early points on 2-of-2 shooting. Nova’s the best offensive team in the country, making it all the more important for Tech to have gotten off to a decent scoring start of its own. The Villanova Wildcats have coasted past their first three NCAA tournament opponents in double-digit wins. They stomped on No. 16 Radford by 26 points, knocked off Collin Sexton’s Crimson Tide by 23 points, and shut down West Virginia’s Jevon Carter to beat the Mountaineers by 12 points in the Sweet 16. Along with Kansas, Nova is one of two schools that have performed like a No. 1 seed. Virginia was upset historically in the first round by No. 16 UMBC, and Xavier was knocked out in the Round of 32 by Florida State. Is there a chance no No. 1 seed will make the Final Four? The Texas Tech Red Raiders have KenPom’s No. 3 ranked defense, even tougher than the press West Virginia deployed on the Wildcats Friday night. Tech has wins over Kansas,… Read full this story
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