Basketball

• 3 TTU takes down 14 Northern Kentucky Norse, 72-57
  • https://texastech.com/boxscore.aspx?id=14438&path=mbball
  • Tech pulled away after a 30-26 halftime lead
  • Held Drew McDonald to 5 pts on 2-13 shooting (came in to game averating 19.1 ppg
  • Culver (29 points, 10-17 FG, 3-5 3pt, 34 minutes)
  • Turnovers: TTU 11 – NKU 17
  • NKU Shooting: 37% FG, 23% 3PT, 75% FT
  • TTU Shooting: 53% FG, 35% 3PT, 59% FT
  • NKU (ORB-DRB REB) 12-27 39
  • TTU (ORB-DRB REB) 2-29 31
• 3 TTU demolishes 6 Buffalo Bulls, 78-58
  • https://texastech.com/boxscore.aspx?id=14441&path=mbball
  • Tech went on an 9-0 run to end the half and lead 33-25; eventually goes on 26-3 run spanning end of 1H into 2H
  • Buffalo went without a field goal for over an hour real time
  • TTU lead by 29 at one point in the second half
  • Odiase (14 points, 4-4 FG, 6-7 FT, 15 REB 25 minutes)
  • Turnovers: TTU 14 – Buffalo 16
  • Buffalo Shooting: 37% FG, 33% 3PT, 50% FT
  • TTU Shooting: 48% FG, 31% 3PT, 76% FT
  • Buffalo (ORB-DRB REB) 13-19 32
  • TTU (ORB-DRB REB) 15-30 45
• Anaheim, California
  • Will face 2 Michigan on Thursday at 8:39pm (central) on CBS
  • By the Numbers: https://www.stakingtheplains.com/2019/03/26/by-the-numbers-texas-techs-ncaa-tournament-odds-sweet-16/
    • TTU BPI 17.4
    • Michigan BPI 18.4
    • FiveThirtyEight has TTU at slight favorite (51-49)
    • Haslam has Tech losing 60.8-61.4
    • Spread is Michigan -1.5 or -2
    • Michigan at -135 (O/U total at 126)
      • Am seeing -120 in places for Michigan and +110 for Tech
        https://www.oddsshark.com/ncaab/texas-tech-michigan-odds-march-28-2019-1106423
    • Translation: IT’S GONNA BE CLOSE, FOLKS
  • Charles Matthews v. Culver https://971theticket.radio.com/articles/john-beileins-plan-slow-down-texas-tech-star-jarrett-culver-charles-matthews
    • Red Raiders rank First in Defensive Efficiency
    • Michigan ranks third behind VCU
    • TTU ranks third in ppg (59.2) only behind Michigan and Virginia
  • Dan will have an interview with Dylan Burkhardt of UMHoops.com
• Sweet Sixteen
  • Thursday
    • 1 Gonzaga v 4 FSU West; 6:09 PM CBS
    • 2 Tennessee v 3 Purdue South; 6:29 TBS
    • 2 Michigan v 3 Texas Tech West; 8:39, CBS
    • 1 Virginia v 12 Oregon South; 8:59, TBS
  • Friday
    • 2 Michigan State v 3 LSU East; 6:09 CBS
    • 1 North Carolina v 5 Auburn Midwest; 6:29 TBS
    • 1 Duke v 4 Virginia Tech East; 8:39 CBS
    • 2 Kentucky v 3 Houston Midwest; 8:59 TBS

Football

• Saddle Up – Episode 2 https://texastech.com/watch/?Archive=18631&type=Archive
• Lubbock Spring Game – Saturday, 3/30

Baseball

• Three game sweep of #22 Michigan, outscored Wolverines 29-10
• Split a two-game series on Sun-Mon with Stetson
• Big 12 Play resumes this weekend in Manhattan vs. Kansas State (Fri-Sun) on ESPN3
• Two game mid-week series the following Tue-Wed against New Mexico in the ‘Querque on Mountain West Network

Questions

https://twitter.com/B_DonCarlos/status/1110647866903707649?s=19

Going Yard

2nd mow, first fertilizer application down; almost time for you Bermuda folks

What we learned

Cooked my first Hello Fresh meal. Did not burn down the house or contract food poisoning. https://www.hellofresh.com/recipes/figgy-balsamic-pork-5a5ce49ed56afa5c2710c852