The Moment Before THE Moment: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas, Toughest Team Wins

Federiko Federiko versus Arkansas 2025 NCAA Sweet 16 (Photo by Steven Leija/Sideline Pros)

Give them an inch, they will take a mile. Give them 1.9% odds of winning and the Texas Tech Red Raiders will pry open a window with a toothpick, bust through a wall and run right on through to the third Elite 8 in program history.

“I kept telling them we are going to make them when it matters, and I believed it with all my heart. That’s Red Raider basketball, it doesn’t matter what the score is or what’s stacked against us.”

Grant McCasland, Texas Tech Head Coach

But before the back-to-back – call him a dawg not a freshman – guns up three balls from Christian Anderson. Before the Elijah Hawkins – it doen’t matter how many you make as long as you make it when it matters – clutch OT three. And even before Darrion Williams went full – take a number and sit down because I’m about to serve everyone – to win it for Texas Tech… there was one pivotal stretch of play that turned the tide.

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