 (18-5, 5-4) |
Date | February 12, 2011 |
 (11-13, 3-6) |
PROBABLE STARTERS
| Position | Player | Ht/Wt | Class | Pts | Rbs | Ast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | John Roberson | 5-11/168 | SR | 13.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| G | David Tairu | 6-3/177 | SR | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
| G | Brad Reese | 6-6/195 | SR | 11.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| F | Mike Singletary | 6-5/235 | SR | 13.8 | 6.1 | 2.8 |
| F | Robert Lewandowski | 6-10/256 | JR | 9.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
| Position | Player | Ht/Wt | Class | Pts | Rbs | Ast |
| G | B.J. Holmes | 5-11/175 | SR | 9.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| G | Dash Harris | 6-1/175 | JR | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| F | Nathan Walkup | 6-7/210 | SR | 9.9 | 5.6 | 1.3 |
| F | Khris Middleton | 6-7/215 | SO | 14.9 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| F | David Loubeau | 6-8/230 | JR | 11.0 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
PREVIEW
WHAT TO EXPECT | Woo hoo! A basketball game. The Aggies had a tough stretch the past few weeks, losing games to Texas, Nebraska, Texas (again), and Baylor. Still, the Aggies have a winning conference record. TAMU is okay both defensively and offensively, just barely breaking the top 50 in offense, #47, and #52 in defense for KenPom adjusted efficiency. And when I say that the Aggies are okay, that's not meant to be a shot at the Aggie. I would love for Texas Tech to break #100. Anytime that I've watched TAMU, I've always felt that they're just fine defensively, but struggle a bit to score offensively. They're not the best offensive team and like their defense a bit more.
Per DT's Tommy Magelssen, head coach Pat Knight knows that it's going to be a close game:
"You really don’t think you’re going to win by 10 or nine points," he said. "You think it’s going to be a last possession deal or an overtime deal. I wish, I mean I’ve been on teams before, played on teams where you knew you were going to win, but not this year."We pretty much figure it’s going to be a tight game and come down to the end."
More after the jump.
KEY MATCHUPS | I'm a little bit concerned about the Walkup, Middleton and Loubeau frontcourt. Middleton is an aggressive low-post player and I think that Reese or Singletary can't match-up well with Middleton and so it will be important that D`walyn Roberts will be ready to cover Middleton off the bench. That's a much more favorable matchup for Texas Tech. Roberson should have the edge, offensively, against Holmes, they're both about the same size, but I think Roberson is a better offensive player.
FOUR FACTORS |
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