Life in the Big 12 doesn’t allow for a lot of time to dwell on disappointment or bask in the glow of a win, and that’s a test that Texas Tech and Baylor will both encounter Tuesday in another Top 25 matchup in arguably the toughest league in the country.
The No. 15 Red Raiders head to Waco to take on the No. 18 Bears with both teams coming off games decided in the final seconds on Saturday.
Texas Tech (16-5, 5-3 Big 12) dropped its second game in a row for the first time this season with a 75-72 setback against Cincinnati. Baylor (16-5, 5-3) avoided a fourth league loss by four points or fewer in the last five when Jayden Nunn’s length-of-the-court drive and basket with two seconds left secured a 70-68 triumph over Iowa State.
Those outcomes left the Red Raiders and Bears in a second-place tie in the Big 12 (with Iowa State), just half a game behind Kansas and Houston.
That means the stakes are high on Tuesday, but that tends to be the case in every Big 12 game this season when almost every game is decided at the wire.