6 seed Texas Tech (17-10) opens a loaded slate of Big 12 teams playing in the NCAA Tournament with an intriguing matchup with 11 seed Utah State (20-8). Texas Tech is only favored by 4 points in this game and with potentially good reason: Utah State has been an elite defensive squad this season and ranks 16th in offensive rebounding rate. That rebounding prowess could be key, since Texas Tech ranks all the way down at 254th in defensive rebounding rate. I expect a low scoring matchup that Tech ultimately wins, but if you want a potential upset game to pick this is one to consider.
Big 12 MBB Preview: NCAA Tournament First Round
