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Texas Tech basketball: Why the Red Raiders were able to beat the Wildcats

Jan 5, 2021; Lubbock, Texas, USA; The Texas Tech Red Raiders after the game against the Kansas State Wildcats at United Supermarkets Arena. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Let’s go inside the box score to see why the Texas Tech basketball team was able to defeat Kansas State on Tuesday in Lubbock.

During the Mike Leach era of Texas Tech football, we would often see the enigmatic head coach bring the entire team around him for an expletive-laced tongue lashing. We began to call those “Come to Leach” meetings. On Tuesday night, Chris Beard had one of the most intense “Come to Beard” meetings of his career…and his team was up 13 points at the time.