T.M. Selection: Texas Tech/Duke UNDER.

I am on the under in the Texas Tech vs Duke game on Thursday. Texas Tech can put up a lot of points in their games when they want to but they usually only do it against teams they outmatch heavily. They put up 90+ points on Montana State in the round of 64 but when faced with a much tougher team in the round of 32, they kept a low scoring game winning 59-53 and they mainly won that game with their defense like they have in a lot of their games this year. Texas Tech always gives a great defensive effort in every game they play and I expect them to give their best effort in this game. Duke is the toughest team they will have faced in the tournament so far but they are also a very beatable team as we have seen many times this year and I think Texas Tech will play very hard on defense to keep Duke from scoring and they will try to shut them down that way. Duke does not get involved in a lot of low scoring games but they will when faced with a good defensive team. The last time they had a low scoring game was during the regular season when they beat Virginia 65-61 but Virginia would have been the only team since that game that gives as good an effort as Texas Tech does on playing defense. I think Duke will struggle to put up points in this game and I think Texas Tech will try to keep their offense pinned down this whole game. Texas Tech will not let this game get out of hand offensively and I think they will control the pace of play here keeping this a low scoring game. I like the under here.

T.M. Prediction: 67-61 Texas Tech.