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Texas Tech basketball slips in latest NCAA Tournament bracketology
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Fresh off a 29-point beatdown of No. 6 Kansas, it's time to take another look at the Texas Tech basketball team's latest NCAA Tournament projections.
Most of these projections were released prior to the 79-50 drubbing of the Jayhawks , so the Red Raiders didn't get much of a boost from that victory. Not yet, anyway.
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The Red Raiders split last week's games, falling at Baylor and holding off UCF at home. Those contests make up the base of the latest projections.
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ESPN: 7-seed (East Region)
Joe Lunardi held the Red Raiders steady as a No. 7 seed, though switched up the region and matchup from last Tuesday's bracket. He has Texas Tech in the Midwest Region and heading to Boston to take on 10-seed Boise State. Based on this projection, the winner of that game would get the winner of 2-seed North Carolina and 15-seed Colgate.
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CBS Sports: 9-seed (Midwest Region)
Jerry Palm has regularly had the highest projected seed for Texas Tech, but not anymore. Palm dropped the Red Raiders down to a 9-seed in his Monday afternoon bracket. There, he has Tech taking on 8-seed Nevada in Indianapolis with top overall seed Purdue awaiting the winner (if the Boilermakers were to beat the 16-seed).
Fox Sports: 9-seed (Midwest Region)
Another 9-seed projection for the Red Raiders comes from Mike DeCourcy at Fox Sports . Like Lunardi and Palm, DeCourcy had Texas Tech as a 7-seed in last week's roundup. This projection shows the Red Raiders facing 8-seed Indiana State, once again in the same region as Purdue.
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Field of 68: 8-seed (East Region)
Released on Monday afternoon, the Field of 68's updated bracket has Texas Tech as an 8-seed and facing 9-seed Florida. Connecticut is the top seed in this region.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Here's the latest NCAA Tournament projections for Texas Tech basketball
