NEW YORK -- After making its first appearance in the Top 25 in eight years, No. 22 Texas Tech faces Seton Hall in the first game of the Under Armour Reunion on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
The Red Raiders (6-0) were last ranked Dec. 28, 2009, when coach Chris Beard served as an associate head coach under Pat Knight.
This is only the second meeting between Texas Tech and Seton Hall (5-1). The Red Raiders defeated the Pirates 87-69 in the first round of the NIT in 2010.
"I'll say this real clearly: I'd rather be in the conversation of the rankings than not be," Beard told the Lubbock Avalanche Journal.