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With four minutes on the clock, the Blue Devils were down one despite four players being in double-digit points.

Though Bryson Williams sank a three to catch the Red Raiders up, a drive from Moore and an and-one kept the Blue Devils’ narrow one-point lead. Finally, a wing three from Griffin dotted the “i” on a Duke run that knotted the score at 47 with 12 to go. Thirteen seconds, up two points, Duke had to figure out a way to close out the game. However, Roach then missed the free throw, and Texas Tech responded with a dunk, cutting Duke’s lead to three with 26 seconds remaining. Two Jeremy Roach drives, a Banchero triple and a Mark Williams block later, Duke was up three with one and a half to go. You’re just playing to win," freshman phenom Paolo Banchero—who finished with a team-leading 22 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals—said after the game.

It's not the same as a buzzer beater. We wouldn't compare it to Duke-Kentucky or the Austin Rivers game or the Tre Jones/Wendell Moore miracle. You could make a ...

But this team has developed in startling ways, and at warp speed. And somewhat like Texas Tech, Arkansas is athletic and supremely tough mentally. It’s not the same as a buzzer beater.

Adonis Arms and Davion Warren also played their only season as the Red Raiders leaving it all on the court in both instances. Arms helped his professional ...

Marcus Santos-Silva will also be gone and what an impact he made on the program and community. More on that in a minute. Arms helped his professional career immensely by coming to Texas Tech.

The Texas Tech guard just completed his junior season with the Red Raiders. Is the NBA Draft next for Terrence Shannon Jr.?

In a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, Shannon Jr. was among 50 players named to watch during the season. Shannon Jr. entered his name into the NBA Draft last year. The NBA Draft is scheduled to begin on June 23. "I feel like everyone was unselfish," said Shannon following their win against the Bobcats. "Nobody was hurrying shots. Terrence Shannon Jr. played four years of high school basketball with Lincoln Park High School in Chicago. In 2018, he walked off the court of his final high school game without a Division I basketball offer. Here's three things to know about Shannon Jr. college basketball journey and where he is projected in the NBA Draft

Duke got all it could handle against Texas Tech in a game that featured 11 ties and 13 lead changes, but the Blue Devils won 78-73 to send Mike Krzyzewski ...

And they used it to secure the win and a trip to the Elite Eight on Saturday. Duke battled Michigan State in the second round to advance to the Sweet 16 and then needed a comeback in the second half of Thursday's game. With a minute to go, however, Banchero and his teammates slapped the floor in unison, a Duke tradition. So when you are doing that, you are not afraid of the moment as a team." His trust in them helped the program secure a trip to the Elite Eight and a matchup against Arkansas. Jeremy Roach (15 points, five assists) made clutch plays, including consecutive jumpers to extend the Blue Devils' lead in the final minutes, and kept the energy going when he verbally sparred with a few Texas Tech players. Texas Tech shot 33% from the field against the zone Thursday compared with 44% against man-to-man defense. Late in the second half, Duke freshman Paolo Banchero (22 points) countered Texas Tech guard Kevin McCullar's 3-pointer with a shot from beyond the arc that gave the Blue Devils a 69-68 lead with 2:57 to play. McCullar and Bryson Williams combined to score 38 points for the Red Raiders, but the defensive change made them think twice about every shot. Duke extended Krzyzewski's final season with key decisions and clutch plays down the stretch. "It was like a Catholic boys' choir," Krzyzewski said about his players' collective call for the second-half tweak. "It was a chorus.

We go over who the best player to watch on the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team heading into the Sweet 16 of the 2022 NCAA tournament.

He’s a good rebounder, not a great one. He’s a good scorer, not a great one. He’s also a key reason why the Red Raiders have the nation’s best defensive adjusted efficiency rating on KenPom.

Jeremy Roach and Paolo Banchero hit key shots down the stretch and the Blue Devils made their free throws in surviving a physical Red Raiders team.

“When you’re playing a team like Duke that has so much firepower on their offensive end and a lot of guys that can do a lot of great things on the floor one-on-one, it's always going to be hard to stop,’’ said forward Bryson Williams, who led the Red Raiders with 21 points. The defensive changes illustrated not only the dire nature of the moment but also Krzyzewski’s willingness to adjust and trust his players. The game pitted Duke’s usual collection of blue-chip prospects likely bound for the NBA after a brief college stop – tops among them Banchero and guard AJ Griffin – against an experienced Texas Tech roster featuring several transfers and five upperclassmen in the starting lineup. A 9-1 surge gave Duke its first lead of the second half, 49-47, when Paolo Banchero (game-high 22 points) hit a short baseline jumper at the 11:35 mark. Only one of Duke’s starters, junior forward Wendell Moore, has played more than two seasons of college basketball. The Blue Devils were fortunate the deficit wasn’t bigger, but it would surely grow if something didn’t change.

But his team didn't have Roach, Mark Williams and Paolo Banchero and those guys were unbelievable. Roach has grown so much in the postseason that it's hard to ...

0% They’re really a lot like Virginia and you have to think that UVA prepared Duke for a game like this. And Banchero getting ruthless? He was a bit shaky as a freshman, then solid this year then he had a streak where he basically didn’t turn the ball over for a very long time and then this? We can’t overstate how much we admire Adams and his team. What we saw against Michigan State, and now Thursday against a great - not good, great - team that - is a Duke team with incredible heart and in the case of Jeremy Roach, the heart of a lion.

Sports bars across the city are getting ready for a busy night as fans head out to show their support.

Like just want to sit, drink and watch the game all the time.” It’s great for our business and our employees and for I think the city overall.” “Whenever there’s a Texas Tech game we promote it on social,” Jackson said. “I’ll probably have like 12 tables that are ready to go. Sports bars across the city are getting ready for a busy night as fans head out to show their support. “We see a huge increase in customers, especially on a weekday when we wouldn’t normally be that busy,” Eric Washington with Two Docs Brewing Co. said.

Follow live coverage of the Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament game between Texas Tech basketball and Duke March 24.

Red Raiders were packing bars and watch parties near the Texas Tech campus and around Lubbock, even as Gonzaga vs. A-J photographer Annie Rice is capturing all the dunks and other highlights from Texas Tech vs. How Texas Tech basketball got to the Sweet 16 The Red Raiders were a No. 3 seed in the tournament and Duke is a No. 2 seed in the West region. Live: Texas Tech basketball takes on Duke in the Sweet 16 Texas Tech basketball played Duke in the Sweet 16, at 8:39 p.m. CT Thursday in San Francisco, falling to the Blue Devils 78-73.

Krzyzewski described his 100^th NCAA Tournament win as “a tremendous game” and I don't think he'll get an argument from anyone. Poll. Player ...

“The resolve of Jeremy Roach was incredible,” Krzyzewski said. Duke went back to man-to-man for the final few minutes. When you’re out there, you’re not even thinking, you’re just playing to win and you’re playing extremely hard. Still, Duke was playing uphill much of the second half, never behind by very much but behind nonetheless. The zone helped keep the game close. “We practiced it a little bit during the year,” Krzyzewski said, “where our guys just know to keep the wings high. Lots and lots and lots of zone. “They had a seven-point lead and we were able to score and then not let them score.” But Duke could not get over the hump, not in the first half anyway. Duke made its first four shots after the timeout and tied the game at 12-12. Duke shot air-balls on three of its first four possessions and then had two live-ball turnovers that led to fast-break baskets and Mike Krzyzewski was forced to call timeout with his team down 10-2 barely four minutes into the game. Forget every notion you may have heard about Duke being a Cadillac team or some such.

A day after suffering a 78-73 loss to Duke, the Texas Tech men's basketball team may be without the services of a key contributor.

As a freshman, he finished the year netting 9.8 points per game. If he declared for the NBA Draft again, Shannon would not be eligible to play in college. He finished 14 games in single digits with one of those performances consisting of him injuring his knee following a dunk attempt in the first half before returning to end with nine in a road victory against West Virginia. Shannon, who also averaged 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest, poured in a season-best 23 points in a home win against West Virginia — marking one of three times he eclipsed the 20-point threshold during the 2021-2022 campaign. Williams exhausted his eligibility. Terrence Shannon, Jr., who finished with eight points in the defeat, confirmed to the Avalanche-Journal on Friday that he is entering the transfer portal but still considering a return to the Red Raiders.

Texas Tech basketball could win the March Madness in his first season. Here are five things to know about coach Mark Adams, who replaced Chris Beard.

Mark Adams has coached basketball on the collegiate level for almost 25 years. He got it, and massive fan support that's only grown as the current season has progressed. We're going to do that together." And we're going to do that with hard work. We're building. We're not settling.