West Virginia Mountaineers Vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders Preview: Big 12 Quarterfinals

OPENING THOUGHTS

I don’t know about you guys, but WVU’s game was very boring.

It moved so slowly and just about nothing good happened.

At least the Pens won last night.

Now we play Texas Tech, which is a team we actually matchup fairly well with. It should be a very interesting elimination game.

WHEN/WHERE

Date: Friday, May 26th

First Pitch: 4:15 PM ET

Where: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK

Tickets: General Public

WATCH/LISTEN

TV: FCS Central, Fox Sports Southwest+, Fox Sports Midwest+

Streaming Video: Fox Sports GO

Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Affiliates) ; WWVU U92 (91.7 FM in Morgantown)

Streaming Audio: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG on TuneIn Radio ; U92 on TuneIn Radio

STARTING PITCHERS

West Virginia: TBD

Texas Tech: TBD

BIG 12 TOURNAMENT BRACKET

THE ENEMY

Where are they from? Lubbock, Texas

Series History: Texas Tech leads the series 9-7

Last Time: No. 4 Texas Tech 3, West Virginia 2 on May 7 in Morgantown

SB Nation Blog: Viva The Matadors

Record: 43-14 (16-8 Big 12)

Head Coach: Tim Tadlock

KEYS TO THE GAME

• Base running. Leaving ten men on base is just bad.
• Calls to the bullpen. Let’s not put ourselves in a position where we make four pitching changes in one game.

HOW AFRAID SHOULD WE BE? (SCALE 1-10)

Ten. I’m as afraid of the Red Raiders as I am of bad movies.

PREDICTION THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE WRONG

Hate to say it (and I know my man m-townjoe will disagree), but I think the Mountaineers are going home early.

Texas Tech beats West Virginia