Arkansas vs. Texas Tech Game Preview: Key Strategies

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00:00Second game in San Francisco will be Arkansas and Texas Tech.

00:06Calipari has been very impressed by what he has seen out of Texas Tech so far, looking at the tape.

00:15They can shoot the three, or if you try to take that away, they can post it.

00:21And they play that way, and they'll figure out where there's an advantage, and they go right after it.

00:26He's done a great job, he really has, and it's going to be a really hard game for us.

00:33But you know what?

00:35My kids, they've come through the fire, and my guess is,

00:44other than a fan of Arkansas, no one's picking us to win the game.

00:50But the great news in this tournament, you got to play the games.

00:54You got to play them.

00:56And so we'll see, and I'll tell the kids I'm going to do my best for 40 minutes to give you everything I have.

01:03Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not as good.

01:07But we'll see.

01:09Listen, it's amazing to me how no one mentions Grant McCaslin, and it's always about John Calipari.

01:18It has to be overwhelming for McCaslin, and for Texas Tech fans, and the Texas Tech SID, and the players.

01:29It's always about John Calipari.

01:32It's not even about the players on Arkansas.

01:36It never is.

01:37It's about him.

01:38Everything's about him.

01:39It was the same way at Kentucky.

01:40The difference was at Kentucky, every kid that he coached went and made tons of money in the NBA.

01:46We haven't seen that start coming to fruition at Fayetteville yet, but this game is about Texas Tech against John Calipari.

01:55And that doesn't jive with me.

01:57Texas Tech is flat out better than Arkansas.

02:01They're flat out better than them.

02:04And I've said on the show this week, I think they have a chance to cover.

02:10I still have a hard time believing they will.

02:14I really do.

02:15I think Texas Tech's going to beat them.

02:18And I know he's a great coach.

02:20I know that they showed, I think Marenci talked about how he never loses.

02:25He covers every game.

02:27He's tenant to all this stuff.

02:29He's not playing.

02:31I think he's a great coach, and he knows what he's doing.

02:35He's slick as they come.

02:37And he can talk, and he can sell it, and he can do the whole bit.

02:41But this team he's playing is a real, legit basketball team.

02:45They're really good.

02:47And they're dangerous.

02:49And I think they'll move on.

02:52Yeah, look, 5 1⁄2 right now, 147 1⁄2 is the total.

02:59And I believe the number is, and I have it here, Calipari, 8-3-1 against the spread as an underdog in the NCAA tournament.

03:06That is his numbers right in that spot.

03:09He covers every time, every time.

03:11That's all that matters.

03:13I like Texas Tech tonight.

03:16I'm with you.

03:18They're not going to shoot like St. John's did on Saturday.

03:20They're going to make their shots, and that's going to be a problem for Arkansas.

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