For Texas Tech basketball fans, Saturday can’t come soon enough. Seeing the Red Raiders appear in the Final Four for the first time in school history is like Christmas, your birthday, Halloween and summer vacation all rolled into one making this week feel like a slog.
Waiting for the Red Raiders in Minneapolis will be a team they have never faced, Michigan State. And while the Red Raiders are Final Four virgins, the Spartans have been around this block more than once.
This is the tenth time Michigan State has reached the final weekend of the tournament and eight of those appearances have come under current head coach Tom Izzo.