NCAA PREVIEW: No. 2 Michigan

Thursday, March 28

Anaheim, California

8:39 p.m. (CT)

Texas Tech Athletics

No. 8 Michigan

March 26, 2019 | Men's Basketball

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No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 2 Michigan | 8:39 p.m. (CST), Thursday | Anaheim, California | TV: CBS / National Radio: Westwood One / Local Radio: Double T 97.3

ANAHEIM, California – A clash between two of the top defensive teams in the nation and programs that are both in the Sweet 16 in consecutive seasons is set as No. 3-seeded Texas Tech takes on No. 2 Michigan at 6:39 p.m. (PT) on Thursday in the second West Region matchup of the day following No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 4 Florida State at the Honda Center. Thursday's winners advance to the Elite Eight on Saturday and will be one more win away from the NCAA Final Four next week at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

The Red Raiders (28-6) have won 13 of their last 15 games are back in the Sweet 16 in consecutive years after advancing to the program's first-ever Elite Eight last season, while the Wolverines (30-6) are making their third straight trip to the Sweet 16 and won the West Region last year. Tech advanced to Anaheim with wins over No. 14 Northern Kentucky and snapped a 13-game winning streak by No. 6 Buffalo in Tulsa and Michigan advanced with wins over No. 15 Montana and No. 10 Florida to set up Thursday's matchup.

The Texas Tech-Michigan matchup puts together two of the top defenses in the nation, with the Wolverines second in the nation by limiting teams to 58.2 points per game and the Red Raiders third at 59.2. Tech is second nationally by limiting opponents to 36.8 percent shooting which is just behind Houston at 36.7 percent, while Michigan is 20th in the country by holding teams to 39.6 percent. In the national tournament, the Wolverines are holding teams to 52.0 points per game and 33.9 percent shooting and the Red Raiders are at 57.5 and 36.8 in their two wins.

"We're here to play our best game of the year and try to advance," Texas Tech coach Chris Beard said. "We understand how hard this is going to be because Michigan is really, really good. But we have a lot of confidence in ourselves too."

The Wolverines are playing in their program's 16th Sweet 16 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament final last year after knocking off Texas A&M in this round last year at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Michigan is in the Sweet 16 for the fifth time in seven years and comes into Thursday's game against the Red Raiders having won 10 of its last 13 games. The team is currently 6-1 in neutral-court games this season after earning Big Ten Tournament wins over Iowa and Minnesota before falling to Michigan State for the third time this season in the tournament final.

Texas Tech, which is the only Big 12 Conference team remaining in the tournament, enters the second weekend of the national tournament second in the country by limiting opponents to 36.8 percent shooting through 34 games and are third by holding teams to 59.2 points per game after limiting Buffalo to a season-low 58. The 20-point win over the Bulls followed a 15-point win by the Red Raiders over the Norse that now has the Red Raiders with 21 double-digit win on the season and pushed the team's margin of victory up to 14.0 which is eighth nationally. The Red Raiders have held 12 opponents under 55 points this season, while on offense the team is scoring 73.2 points per game and is shooting 47.3 percent. Jarrett Culver was named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and leads the Red Raiders with 18.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game in his sophomore season. Davide Moretti is second in the nation at 91.9 percent from the free-throw line and is shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 49.8 percent on 3-pointers. At 2.44 blocks per game, Tariq Owens ranks 12th statistically in the NCAA and his 83 blocks are the 10th most in the nation. Tech is shooting 36.6 percent on 3-pointers, a percentage nearly identical to the number they are limiting teams to from the field. Tech's opposition is shooting only 30.0 percent on 3-pointers after holding Northern Kentucky 5-for-22 (22.7 percent) on Friday and then Buffalo to 33.3 percent from beyond the arc.

The Red Raiders rank 15th in the nation with 4.9 blocks per game after having eight against NKU on Friday and three against the Bulls. The Red Raiders are 22nd with 15.71 turnovers forced per game with Matt Mooney averaging 1.82 per game which is second out of the Big 12. Owens had at least one blocked shot in every game this season until not having one against Buffalo, while Mooney is averaging 10.9 points per game and leads the team with 62 steals after having two against the Bulls. As graduate transfers, Mooney and Owens are making their NCAA tournament debuts in their senior seasons while Culver, Moretti, Brandone Francis, Malik Ondigo, Avery Benson and Parker Hicks are back for the second straight season. Texas Tech's Norense Odiase and Andrew Sorrells are in their third NCAA appearance after also being a part of the 2016 team that earned a berth for the first time since 2007. Kyler Edwards, Deshawn Corprew and Josh Mballa are in their first season with the program and first appearances in the tournament.

POLLS: Texas Tech is at No. 10 in the NCAA NET Rankings, No. 9 in the Associated Press Top-25 and No. 10 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll after winning the program's first-ever Big 12 Conference regular-season championship. The Bulls are ranked No. 15 in the nation. The Red Raiders have now been ranked in the AP Top-25 and USA TODAY Coaches Poll for 16 straight weeks after being unranked entering the season following last year's NCAA Elite Eight run. Tech first entered the AP poll in the fourth week of the season at No. 20 and climbed to No. 8 in Week 10. The highest ranking in program history came last season at No. 6. The team was picked seventh in the Big 12 Conference Preseason Poll before going on to win the regular-season title.

AWARDS: Jarrett Culver (Big 12 Player of the Year, John R. Wooden Award Finalist, Jerry West Award Finalist, NABC All-America 3rd Team, USBWA All-America 2nd Team, Sporting News All-America 2nd Team, All-Big 12 First-Team, NABC All-District, 3-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Big 12 All-Academic Team); Matt Mooney (All-Big 12 Second Team, All-Big 12 Newcomer Team, All-Big 12 Defensive Team); Davide Moretti (All-Big 12 Third-Team, CoSIDA Academic All-District, Academic All-Big 12); Tariq Owens (All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, All-Big 12 Defensive Team, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist); Andrew Sorrells, Avery Benson, Parker Hicks, Norense Odiase, Malik Ondigo (Academic All-Big 12); Chris Beard (Big 12 Coach of the Year; USBWA District Coach of the Year).

PLAYER NOTES: Jarrett Culver was named the first Big 12 Conference Player of the Year in program history and has also earned NABC, USBWA and Sporting News All-America honors in a season where he is averaging 18.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. A sophomore from Lubbock, Culver went off for 29 points, eight rebounds and a career-high eight assists in the first-round win over Northern Kentucky on Friday and then recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Buffalo. He enters the second weekend of the NCAA tournament having scored 1,053 career points after coming into Tulsa having recorded a career-high 31 in the regular-season finale at Iowa State and then his fourth double-double of the season with 26 points and 10 rebounds in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals against West Virginia. Culver averaged 7.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in last year's NCAA Elite Eight run, including scoring 11 points against Florida and Villanova. Culver had 11 points and nine rebounds against Florida to help propel the team to the Sweet 16 as a freshman. This season, he was 10-for-17 from the field with three 3-pointers and also knocked down six free throws to help knock off the Norse in the first-round matchup before adding five assists to his double-double on Sunday night. Culver is the first player to reach 1,000 points as a freshman-sophomore in program history and is the 42nd player in program history to reach the milestone. His 17.8 points per game in Big 12 play ranked as the program's fifth most. Culver was named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week three times this season after he earned the award following his 31 points against ISU that followed 16 points and seven rebounds against Texas in the home finale. He won his second Big 12 weekly honor after going for 26 points against Kansas and followed it by recording his third double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Oklahoma State. Culver has led the team in scoring in 22 of 34 games and finished the conference campaign averaging 17.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and has 57 assists. Culver is a finalist for the Jerry West Award finalist and John R. Wooden Award along with being on the Oscar Robertson Trophy and Lute Olson Award watch lists. He was named to the Sporting News All-America second-team and earned Big 12 First Team to go along with his Player of the Year honor. He has scored in double figures in 33 of 34 games and is shooting 48.4 percent from the field overall and was 44.6 percent in Big 12 play. Culver had recorded a previous career-high with 30 points against Abilene Christian on Dec. 20 where he went 12-for-13 from the field and hit four 3-pointers. He was named the Big 12 Player of the Week for the first time this season after the performance and followed it by going to New York and scoring 25 points against Duke. Culver is averaging 23.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per game in the last five games where he is shooting 47.8 percent from the field and also has 22 assists and 10 steals in those games.

Davide Moretti was named an All-Big 12 Conference Third Team selection as one of the top shooters in the nation. He is currently second the nation by shooting 91.9 percent at the free-throw line where he has gone 91 of 99 this season and is only behind Gavin Peppers who finished his season at 92.4 percent for Nicholls State. Moretti is shooting 49.8 percent from the field and a program-best 45.4 percent on 3-pointers to go along with his free-throw percentage. A coach's son from Italy, Moretti is averaging 11.5 points and 2.5 assists per game in his second season with the program. He scored 11 points against Buffalo after going 5-for-6 from the free-throw line following a game where he scored 10 points and had five rebounds in the win over NKU on Friday. Moretti averaged 4.8 points per game during last year's NCAA tournament as a freshman, including scoring seven in the Sweet 16 win over Purdue before going for seven more in the loss to Villanova. He scored 20 points with four 3-pointers at Iowa State in the regular season finale at Iowa State and has now scored in double figures in nine straight games after averaging 10.5 points per game in the first two NCAA Tournament games. He hit two 3-pointers in the conference tournament quarterfinal to extend a 21-game streak of making a 3-pointer but has not made one in the NCAA Tournament yet. He is now 32 of 35 from the free-throw line in the last 10 games after missing one free throw in the first half on Friday to end a streak of 20 straight made free throws. He led Texas Tech with 20 points after going 12-for-12 from the free-throw line and 2-for-2 on 3-pointers at Oklahoma State and followed it by scoring 15 points at TCU with three more 3-pointers. Moretti, who averaged 13.2 points and 2.7 assists in conference play, has made a 3-pointer in 28 of 34 games this season for the Red Raiders. Moretti recorded a career-high 21 points against Arkansas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge after going 6-for-9 from the field with three 3-pointers. He shot 53.5 percent on 3-pointers in conference play and is 64-for-141 from beyond the arc this season. His 64 3-pointers are the most since Toddrick Gotcher hit 62 in the 2015-16 season, while the single-season record is 94 from Cory Carr who made 94 in the 1996-97 season. Moretti scored in double figures in 16 of 18 Big 12 games this season and now has 519 points through 71 games in his career. He has started all 34 games for the Red Raiders this season after making one start in 37 games played as a freshman. Moretti made a career-high five 3-pointers against MVSU in non-conference play and has nine games with four more assists, including having a career-high eight assists in the win at Oklahoma State.

After losing five seniors off last season's NCAA Elite Eight team, Texas Tech remained a veteran team through recruiting by adding graduate transfers Matt Mooney (University of South Dakota) and Tariq Owens (St. John's) to go along with returners Norense Odiase and Brandone Francis to make up a senior class of four for the Red Raiders. Mooney was named to the All-Big 12 Second-Team, the Big 12 Newcomer Team and he and Owens were both selected for the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Owens was advanced to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award Semifinalist Watch List. Mooney and Owens were on the original list, making TTU the only team with two members on the original list of 15.

Owens went for 10 points and seven rebounds in the win over Buffalo after scoring 12 points with five blocked shots in the win over Northern Kentucky to record three or more blocks in five straight games to take his new single-season program record to 83. He did not have a blocked shot against the Bulls which was the first game this season without one. Owens was 4-for-4 from the field against Buffalo after going 6-for-7 from the field against the Norse and also had three rebounds. He had a season-high 14 rebounds in the win over the Cyclones in the regular-season finale and then went for 14 points against WVU at the tournament leading into the tournament. He would record his third double-double of the season by securing 13 rebounds at TCU where he also added 12 points in Fort Worth. Owens has scored in double figures in eight of the last 10 games and has averaged 10.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game in those games. He secured his second double-double of the season by scoring 12 points and adding 10 rebounds in the first matchup at Kansas. An Odenton, Maryland native, he had one of his best offensive games of the season after scoring 17 points in the first matchup against TCU where he was 7-for-9 from the field, including going 2-for-2 on 3-pointers in the first matchup between the two teams. Owens is averaging 8.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots going into the game against the Bulls. He had 43 blocks in Big 12 play and was fourth in the conference with a 60.2 shooting percentage. Owens, who led the BIG EAST in blocks the past two seasons while playing at St. John's, established a new Texas Tech single-game record with eight blocks in the win over Memphis on Dec. 1 in Miami after starting his Red Raider career with six blocks against Incarnate Word in the season opener. He had a season-high 18 points against Southern Cal in Kansas City and recorded the team's first double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in his eight-block performance against Memphis. Owens transferred to Tech after playing his freshman season at Tennessee and then two years at St. John's. He came to Lubbock with 179 blocked shots and now has 263 in his career.

Mooney established a new career-high with eight assists in the win over NKU and is averaging 10.9 points, 3.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game for the Red Raiders. He scored 11 points and had four rebounds on Sunday against the Bulls and also had two steals. A graduate transfer, Mooney earned Big 12 Conference Second-Team honors along with being named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team. He came into the NCAA Tournament after a game against WVU where he hit three 3-pointers and finished with 13 points and five assists for the second straight game. He went for 13 points, four steals and five assists in the win over Iowa State in the regular-season finale and now has 44 assists in the past 10 game. His conference season has been highlighted by scoring a season-high 22 points at Texas where he was 8-for-10 from the field with three 3-pointers and scored in double-figures in 10 conference games this season. He now has three games in his collegiate career with five 3-pointers and has 40 3-pointers this season for the Red Raiders after making one against Buffalo and NKU. He now has 11 games with five assists or more, including seven games with six assists before his eight against the Norse. Through the 18 conference games, he averaged 11.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 3.1 assists per game in Big 12 play. An Illinois native, Mooney started his career at Air Force before playing two seasons at South Dakota where he led his team in scoring both years. He is shooting 41.9 percent from the field this season, has scored in double figures in 19 games and leads the team with his 62 steals after having seven in the first two rounds of the tournament. He's had at least one steal in 29 of 34 games this season. Mooney transferred to Tech having recorded 1,480 points, 166 steals and 228 assists at Air Force and South Dakota. He now has 1,847 points, 228 steals and 343 assists in his collegiate career.

Odiase recorded his first double-double of the season with a career-high 15 rebounds and a season-high 14 points in the win over Buffalo on Sunday. He has made 107 career starts and played in 122 games as a Red Raider and is averaging 4.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.0 block per game in his senior season. He was 4-for-4 from the field against Buffalo and had seven of his 15 rebounds on the offensive end of the court. The most veteran player in the program, Odiase scored the first four points in the win over NKU and also had two blocks in the first-round game. He has played in seven NCAA tournament games and has 28 rebounds in those games. He would record back-to-back double-digit rebounding performances with 11 rebounds at OU after having 10 against West Virginia in the regular season and then had a three-block performance against Texas to highlight his success down the stretch for the Red Raiders. Odiase also had five rebounds in the win over ISU in the regular-season finale to finish with nine conference games with five or more rebounds. He had a previous season-high nine points against the Mountaineers. The career resume boasts 574 rebounds, 615 points and 78 blocked shots in his career as a Red Raider that includes three trips the NCAA tournament. A Fort Worth native, Odiase is shooting 58.2 percent from the field. He had his previous career-high 13 rebound performance in the win over Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 13 after a 10-rebound game against Mississippi Valley State. Odiase scored seven points to go along with his seven rebounds against Duke after going 3-for-4 from the field and finished with 91 rebounds and 20 blocks in conference play.

Francis made two 3s and finished with six points against the Norse and is now averaging 6.2 points and 1.5 assists per game in his senior season where he has made at least one 3-pointer in 24 games. He had five points against Buffalo. A senior guard, went for 12 points and four rebounds on his Senior Night after hitting two 3-pointers against Texas and followed it with two big second-half 3-pointers against ISU in the regular-season finale. After scoring five points in the loss to WVU, he now has 38 3-pointers on the season. A reserve in 33 of 34 games this season with an average of 23.5 minutes per game, Francis had a streak of seven straight games with a 3-pointer end at OSU but has made 14 in the past 10 games. A Dominican Republic native, he started his career at Florida before transferring to Lubbock where he averaged 5.1 points per game with 33 3-pointers as a junior during the Elite 8 run, including a career-high 17 points in the win over West Virginia. Francis scored 13 points in the opener against UIW and would contribute 10 points and a career-high six assists in the neutral-court win over Memphis. He has scored 398 points in 71 games in his career for the Red Raiders.

Texas Tech sophomore Deshawn Corprew is averaging 5.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game this season. Corprew scored five points with one 3-pointer and also had three rebounds against Buffalo. He was 5-for-6 from the field with 12 points in the win at TCU and followed it by recording seven points and six rebounds in the win over Texas at the end of the regular season. During the last 10 games, Corprew is 22-for-37 from the field and 6-for-14 on 3-pointers. A transfer from South Plains College, he recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against UTRGV. Corprew, who made his only start of the season in that game against UTRGV, was 6-for-8 from the field to match a previous career-high of 13 points that he also had against Northern Colorado. Kyler Edwards hit two second-half 3-pointers in the win against Buffalo and is averaging 5.3 points and 1.2 assists per game in his freshman season. He recorded a career-high six assists and added eight points in the win over OU and shot 32.4 on 3-pointers in conference play. He scored nine points in two conference games, first in the home game against KSU and then against Iowa State before going 3-for-3 from the field for eight points in Norman. A guard from Arlington, he has scored nine or more points in eight games this season and has recorded four double-digit scoring performances. Edwards recorded a career-high 19 points against Northern Colorado where he went 7-for-7 from the field with four 3-pointers. Avery Benson scored a career-high five points against Baylor after recording a career-high three steals in 11 minutes against WVU, while Parker Hicks scored a career-high with five points against the Mountaineers. Hicks was 2-for-4 from the field, including hitting one of the eight 3-pointers by the Red Raiders in the 31-point win.

MICHIGAN WOLVERINES: Like the Red Raiders, Michigan has had consistency in their starting lineup throughout the season with four players starting all 36 games in Ignas Brazdeikis, Jordan Poole, Jon Teske and Zavier Simpson starting every game this season. Charles Matthews has started the last 33 games. Brazdeikis leads the Wolverines with 14.3 points per game and is also adding 5.2 rebounds, while Poole (13.1), Teske (11.5), Matthews (11.1) and Zavier Simpson (10.8) give Michigan a roster with five players who averaged double-figure scoring in Big 10 play. Simpson led the Wolverine with 243 assists this season and also averaging 9.1 points per game throughout the year.

Poole is coming off a game where he led the Wolverines with 19 points in the win over Florida last Saturday, while Isaiah Livers came in as a reserve and scored 10 points in 25 minutes of play. Teske led the team with 10 rebounds and added eight points in the win after Matthews led the team with 22 points in the first-round win over Montana. In that first game, four players scored in double figures while Simpson went for 10 assists and seven rebounds. Over the past five games, Brazdeikis leads the team with 13.3 points per game while Teske has pulled down 9.4 rebounds per postseason game.

Michigan comes into the game averaging 70.3 points per game and with a 12.1 scoring margin advantage through 36 games. The Wolverines shot 45.1 percent from the field this season and are at 34.9 percent with 286 3-pointers made. The team averages 35.2 rebounds per game and has a plus-2.9 turnover advantage.

COVERING TECH: The Red Raiders and Wolverines will be featured on CBS on Thursday with Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Reggie Miller and Dana Jacobson calling the game. Westwood One has the national radio call with Ryan Radtke and Jim Jackson while on local radio, Geoff Haxton and Chris Level will broadcast on Texas Tech Sports Network's flagship station Double T 97.3 in Lubbock. Fans can interact with the broadcast by following @GunsUpRadio on Twitter. The game will also be available on Sirius 135 / XM 201.

NEW CONFERENCE RECORD: Texas Tech established a new program record by winning 14 conference games this season. The Red Raiders broke the previous mark of 11 games that was established last season and also set a new mark by winning nine conference games in a row. Before the last two seasons, Tech had recorded 10 conference wins in the 2004-05, 2001-02 and 1996-97 seasons.

SERIES HISTORY: Texas Tech and Michigan will be meeting for the third time with the Red Raiders owning a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series. Tech secured an 87-85 win back in 1978 and then a 59-58 victory in 1983 in a pair of games played in El Paso, Texas.

COACH NOTES: Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard has been named a Werner Ladder Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year Finalist and is now 73-30 in three seasons as the Red Raider coach. Beard was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year this season after earning the Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year last season and leading the program to its first-ever NCAA Elite Eight appearance in his second year. Under Beard, Tech is 50-5 at home and has secured a third seed in the national tournament in back-to-back seasons. Beard is 6-2 in the NCAA tournament after leading the Red Raiders to the Elite Eight last season and also guiding Little Rock to an 85-83 first-round win over Purdue on March 17, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. After Friday's win over NKU, Beard is 3-0 in first-round games at the tournament and is now 2-1 in the second round.

ELITE DEFENSE: Texas Tech has allowed only five opponents to score over 70 points and has limited 11 to under 55 points. Buffalo averaged 84.4 points on the season and was limited to a season-low 58 on Sunday where it also shot 10 percent lower than its season average. Opponents are averaging just 63.7 points per game in the past 10 games and have been limited to 38.3 percent shooting from the field and 36.0 percent on 3-pointers. Texas was held to 29.6 percent shooting in Tech's home finale which made them the sixth opponent this season to shoot under 30 percent, while NKU was held to 37.1 percent and the Bulls to 36.5 to give the Red Raiders 21 opponents to shoot under 40 percent this season.

FAST STARTS: Texas Tech has led at halftime by double-digits in eight of its last 14 games: at TCU (+18), Oklahoma State (+10), Kansas (+25), Baylor (+13), at Oklahoma State (+19), at Oklahoma (+11), West Virginia (+15) and TCU (+16). The only discrepancies during the stretch is an eight-point lead over Buffalo, a four-point lead over the Norse, a nine-point hole against WVU at the Big 12 tournament, a two-point deficit at Iowa State, a nine-point lead over Texas and a 20-point halftime deficit at Kansas.The Red Raiders have led at halftime in 22 of their 34 games.

25-WIN MILESTONE: The Red Raiders have now won 25 games or more four times in program history and are a 28-win team for only the second time in program history. The program also won 25 games in the 1975-76 season and set the program record with 30 wins in the 1995-96 season. Tech reached the 20-win milestone with its victory over Oklahoma State and has now recorded 20 wins in a season 13 times in program history. The team went 27-10 last season and has back-to-back 20-win years for the first time since the 2003-04 and 2004-05 under head coach Bob Knight. We are in the midst of the winningest two years span in program history.

MAINTAINING POSSESSION: Texas Tech has a plus-4.3 turnover margin advantage during the course of the last 10 games after forcing NKU to commit 17 turnovers and Buffalo 16. The Red Raiders have forced 142 turnovers by their opponents during those games and have only lost 99 possessions during the 10-game span. For the season, TTU has a plus-3.3 turnover margin advantage which was second in the Big 12 and is 22nd nationally. Tech committed only nine turnovers at ISU, had seven against Texas and OSU and limited turnovers to eight against KU during a late-season stretch of wins. The team has 11 games with single-digit turnovers this season and had a season-low six turnovers in the non-conference win over Northern Colorado. Tech had 14 turnovers against Buffalo to extend a streak of 14 straight games where it has not committed more turnovers than its opponents.

ROAD SHOW: Texas Tech went 6-3 on the road in conference play after earning wins at West Virginia, Texas, OU, OSU, TCU and Iowa State. The Red Raiders finished the regular-season 9-4 away from home, including wins over Southern Cal and Nebraska at the Sprint Center and over Memphis in Miami. The team is 5-2 in neutral court games coming into the matchup against Michigan.

HOME DOMINANCE: Texas Tech matched a program record by going 17-1 at home this season and is 50-5 at home under Chris Beard the past three seasons. In Big 12 play, the Red Raiders finished the year with an 8-1 record on their home court this season and are 22-5 during the Beard era. Tech is currently 93-75 in conference play and 248-90 all-time at the United Supermarkets Arena since the first game on Nov. 19, 1999. The Red Raiders went 9-0 this season at home in non-conference play to extend a 47-game non-conference home winning streak. The Red Raiders pushed that total to 47 with a 67-64 win over Arkansas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 26. They will go into next season on a seven-game home winning streak with the only loss this season coming in a 68-64 loss to Iowa State on Jan. 16.

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