BOSTON -- Having already reached new program heights by advancing to the Elite Eight for the first time, Texas Tech finds itself one win from the Final Four.
Now all second-seeded Texas Tech has to do is get past top-seeded Villanova on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament East Region final at TD Garden.
"I told the guys, when you continue to advance in the tournament, you're just going to continue to play the best teams in the country, and that's certainly our opinion of Villanova," Red Raiders coach Chris Beard said at Saturday's off-day media conference.
"Just being a basketball guy, they're a team I'm familiar with because I try to watch them whenever they're on TV at night.