Gonzaga’s elite offense meets Texas Tech’s elite defense in Elite Eight
Gonzaga forward Rui Hachimura, right, and forward Brandon Clarke celebrate the team's win against Florida State. By Jacob Bogage and Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow Dan Steinberg Dan Steinberg Editor and columnist focusing on Washington sports and its history, Washington sports media, sports blogging Email Bio Follow March 30 at 4:53 PM • Texas Tech Coach Chris Beard has a 7-2 career NCAA tournament record, while Gonzaga’s Mark Few is 31-19.
• Three of Gonzaga’s four trips to the Elite Eight have come in the past five years. The Zags have only advanced to the Final Four once, in 2017. Texas Tech has never been to the national semifinal round. Texas Tech shared the Big 12 regular season title with Kansas State before falling to West Virginia in the conference tournament quarterfinals. The No. 3 seed Red Raiders have hardly been tested in the NCAA tournament, with comfortable wins over No. 14 Northern Kentucky , No. 6 Buffalo and No. 2 Michigan .Odds: Gonzaga minus-4Fast facts: Gonzaga entered the weekend leading the nation in field goal percentage, scoring offense and assist-to-turnover ratio. . . .
“We have a lot of guys who aren’t five-star guys. The coaching staff and Coach Beard . . . came from a mid-major and started out coaching random teams and has worked his way up, and a lot of our guys are the same way. We try to embrace that, you know. We weren’t the highest recruited guys, but that not doesn’t mean we can’t compete with the best of the country.” — Texas Tech guard Matt Mooney.
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