How Sweet It Is: Texas Tech Headed To The Sweet 16!

Texas Tech defeated Florida Saturday night in Dallas to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2005.

On a night when the Texas Tech defense played one of its best games of the season, ironically, the Florida Gators had two wide-open looks in the final ten seconds of the game. Both clanged off the iron sending Texas Tech to the Sweet 16 with a 69-66 victory.

In front of a capacity crowd in Dallas, of which about 95% was clad in scarlet and black, Keenan Evans had another stellar performance to ensure his collegiate career would not come to an end in his hometown.

“As that clock runs down, kind of look at it like, man, I don’t want my season to be over.” Evans said after the game. “And…