West Texans are a different breed of people. Known for being earnest, stubborn, unbreakable and hard-nosed, those that call life on the Caprock home appreciate what the Texas Tech basketball program has become under the watch of Chris Beard because Tech basketball has perfectly assumed the personality of Lubbock and West Texas. And in Saturday’s win over Arkansas, two particular plays from the Red Raiders epitomized why Tech hoops has captured the heart of Red Raiders everywhere.
Let’s first take a minute to reset the matchup between the home team and Arkansas. We talked about how the two teams were polar opposites in regards to the way each approaches the game with Arkansas preferring an up-tempo style to Tech’s grind-it-out physical scheme.