Big 12 Tournament - Texas Tech Game Preview

by Beergut on Mar 10, 2009 6:22 PM CDT Comment 0 comments

The Aggies will play Texas Tech for the third time this season on Wednesday in Oklahoma City. As the #6 seed in the tournament, the Ags face the #11-seeded Red Raiders at 8:20 pm tomorrow.

Here's a look at Texas Tech's complete season stats:

			FG			3PT			FT			Rebounds			Misc
	G	M	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	PPG
John Roberson	31	35.3	4.6	11.9	39.1	2.3	6.2	36.3	2.8	3.5	82.2	0.3	3.3	3.6	6.5	3.5	1.0	0.1	2.6	14.4
Alan Voskuil	31	35.7	4.4	9.8	44.9	2.8	6.3	44.9	2.5	2.8	89.5	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.1	1.4	1.2	0.0	2.0	14.1
Nick Okorie	27	25.3	3.9	9.4	41.1	1.1	3.1	36.1	2.7	3.6	74.5	0.9	2.2	3.1	1.4	1.6	0.8	0.1	3.1	11.5
Mike Singletary	31	22.6	3.5	7.5	46.4	0.2	0.7	33.3	3.9	5.4	72.0	1.4	4.4	5.7	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.4	2.5	11.1
Trevor Cook	14	14.0	2.8	5.6	49.4	0.5	1.9	26.9	1.5	1.9	77.8	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.3	7.6
Robert Lewandowski	30	16.3	2.9	5.0	58.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.8	56.4	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.7	2.1	6.9
D`Walyn Roberts	31	16.9	2.1	3.8	54.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.5	60.4	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.1	5.1
Tyree Graham	13	14.3	1.2	4.1	30.2	0.5	1.5	31.6	1.0	1.2	86.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.5	3.9
Michael Prince	25	15.6	1.6	2.3	67.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.5	45.9	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	2.0	3.8
Darko Cohadarevic	24	10.3	1.5	3.5	41.7	0.0	0.4	11.1	0.5	0.7	75.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.7	3.5
Rogdrick Craig	22	6.7	1.1	3.2	33.8	0.4	1.4	25.8	0.1	0.2	50.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.0	2.6
Damir Suljagic	22	8.8	1.0	2.2	47.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6	53.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.4
Wally Dunn	13	3.2	0.8	1.2	62.5	0.5	0.8	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	2.0
Corbin Ray	16	7.1	0.7	1.3	52.4	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.7
Esmir Rizvic	11	10.0	0.5	0.9	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	40.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	2.1	1.3
	30	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	1.8	3.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

What has changed since the last time we played Tech? Well, they blew out the conference champions, Kansas, in their final home game, with senior Alan Voskuil going crazy from behind the line, putting up 39 points in his last game in Lubbock. Voskuil and PG John Roberson are still the offensive keys to this team; if we can control them and make Tech rely on their inside game to beat us, we win this game.

Like our previous two match-ups, I think we have the advantage inside against Tech with Elonu/Davis/Loubeau, so we need to continue to work it inside and press our advantage. Loubeau has come on big as of late, so I expect him to receive some real minutes in this game. However, Elonu has been struggling in his last few games, and we need him to step it up if we're going to get far in the post-season.

I am also anxious to see if we're going to continue to see offensive improvement from Dash Harris. We keep seeing flashes from him, especially in the last few games, that show he has the potential to be a game-changing type of player for us, but he hasn't put it altogether yet. This would be as good a time as any for him to come up big for us.

I really don't see Tech being able to stop our inside-outside game, especially if Carter/Holmes/Sloan/Walkup are hot from the outside, but this is a one-and-done format. Tech knows their chances of playing another game depend on winning tomorrow, so they are going to be playing with a sense of desperation, and a desperate team can be a dangerous team. We just need to take care of business, and we'll be fine.

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