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Does Texas Tech baseball have a résumé worthy of NCAA Tournament inclusion?
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The Texas Tech baseball team has made seven consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Is an eighth in a row a possibility for the Red Raiders?
Texas Tech enters this week's Big 12 Tournament with a 31-24 record, going just 2-11 down the stretch of the regular season. The Red Raiders also finished 12-18 in conference play.
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Are these numbers enough to make a case for another regional? Here's a look at the numbers.
Where Texas Tech baseball's NCAA Tournament resume stands entering Big 12 Tournament play
The Red Raiders have tumbled down the national outlook over the final six weeks of the regular season. Entering Tuesday's Big 12 Tournament opener against Texas, Texas Tech's live RPI ranks 58th in the nation, according to Warren Nolan Baseball.
Texas Tech ranks 40th in strength of schedule and went 8-20 against teams in the top two quadrants (3-13 against Quad 1 teams, 5-7 against Quad 2). The Red Raiders are 19-2 against Quad 4 teams and 4-2 against Quad 3 squads.
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Tournament projections
For good reason, the Red Raiders fell out of NCAA Tournament projections from Baseball America and D1Baseball more than a month ago and aren't currently even considered a bubble team.
To put Tech's position into perspective, the team with the lowest RPIs to make it into the NCAA baseball tournament field were No. 47 Louisiana-Lafayette and No. 45 Arizona. Teams ahead of them like Georgia (No. 42) and Louisville (No. 43) each had 20 conference losses to be excluded.
Long story short, if the Red Raiders are going be in the NCAA Tournament, they'll need to win the Big 12 Tournament to get there.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: A look at Texas Tech baseball's NCAA Tournament résumé
