Basketball

• TTU goes down to WVU 79-74 in the Big 12 Tourney
  • https://texastech.com/boxscore.aspx?id=14423&path=mbball
  • WVU looked tough against OU the night before. OU almost took it to overtime on a last second shot from beyond the arc, but the toe was on the line.
  • Tech trailed by as many as 17 in the first half and didn’t take the lead until two minutes left in the game (the Culver blocked-three, coast-to-coast spectacular)
  • WVU 22-11 advantage in second-chance points.
  • Freshman Emmitt Matthews, Jr. went supernova. Averaging 3.9 pts/game coming into the game, came up with 28 points on 10-14 shooting (2-4 3PT), 6-6 from the line in 30 minutes. 6 ORB-2DRB.
  • Culver with a double-double (26 points, 10 boards) and 1000 career points (0-6 from 3).
  • Rebounds:
  • TTU – 7 ORB – 23 DRB (30 TOTAL)
  • WVU – 19 ORB – 25 DRB (44 TOTAL)
• “Learn & Burn” Beard on SVP: https://twitter.com/TexasTechMBB/status/1107657334497730561?s=19
• Headed to Tulsa
  • Picked a 3-seed and will face 14 Northern Kentucky on Friday at 12:30pm
    • BPI 91.8% chance for TTU win; predicted margin of victory 15 points
  • https://www.stakingtheplains.com/2019/03/18/linking-up-texas-techs-ncaa-berth/
  • Dan will have a Q&A with Austin Elmore – Producer of ESPN Radio (Cincinnati) and Northern Kentucky alum going up Thursday morning
  • Winner to face 6 Buffalo vs. 11 Arizona State/St. Johns (play-in game is Wed 8:10pm)
  • Interview with Rick Broering!

Football

• Debut of Saddle Up: https://texastech.com/watch/?Archive=18590&type=Live
• https://www.stakingtheplains.com/2019/03/18/a-clearer-view-of-matt-wells-coaching-philosophy/
• Four Players Suspended (DaLeon Ward, Joe Wallace, Demarcus Fields, and Corey Fulcher)
  https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190319/wells-suspends-four-tech-players-indefinitely
• Open scrimmage Friday night

Baseball

• 1-2 in Austin
  • Game 1 (L 4-3): TTU with no hits after 5th inning. Struggled scoring. Two run error in the 6th. Haveman had his first walk of the season, but terrible timing
  • Game 2 (W 3-0): Cutting it close with a potential walk-off to take the lead in the bottom of the 9th. Great pitching – UT with only 1 hit on the day.
  • Game 3 (L 4-3): More trouble at the plate
• Three game series at Home against Michigan (Thur-Sat) then two game series vs Stetson (Sun & Mon)

Questions

Going Yard

What we learned

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