The last time the college basketball world at-large focused on Texas Tech was March.
Coach Chris Beard was telling Whataburger stories while preaching unselfish offense and lockdown defense all the way to the Elite Eight against Villanova.
Now No. 12 Tech, 10-0 for the second time in school history and the first time since 1929-30, is back in the national spotlight, facing No. 2 Duke (10-1) Thursday at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Actually, Tech never quite went anywhere despite inexplicably being picked seventh in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll.
Some faces and roles may have changed, with Keenan Evans and Zhaire Smith among the players who left.