Winner: Texas Tech
Winner on Saturday, winner this season, winner in general. What a remarkable campaign for Chris Beard in his second year at TTU. The Red Raiders got a no-doubt-about-it 80-73 win at Iowa State. Beard lost five of his seven best players from last season, was picked seventh in the Big 12 back in October ... and guides his guys to the top of the Big 12 standings -- helping end Kansas' 14-year streak in the process.
Oh, yeah: Texas Tech wins a regular-season crown for the first time in 23 years. The last time TTU did that, the Big 12 wasn't a thing yet -- the Red Raiders were a member of the old Southwest Conference. Beard is doing things at a rate that are unprecedented at that school. The Red Raiders don't have a shot at a No. 1 seed, but a 2 is very much within reach. Win the Big 12 tourney and it will be a lock.
So, in closing, Chris Beard probably needs to be the national Coach of the Year winner.
LINK
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...o-1-seed-villanova-backs-into-big-east-title/
Winner on Saturday, winner this season, winner in general. What a remarkable campaign for Chris Beard in his second year at TTU. The Red Raiders got a no-doubt-about-it 80-73 win at Iowa State. Beard lost five of his seven best players from last season, was picked seventh in the Big 12 back in October ... and guides his guys to the top of the Big 12 standings -- helping end Kansas' 14-year streak in the process.
Oh, yeah: Texas Tech wins a regular-season crown for the first time in 23 years. The last time TTU did that, the Big 12 wasn't a thing yet -- the Red Raiders were a member of the old Southwest Conference. Beard is doing things at a rate that are unprecedented at that school. The Red Raiders don't have a shot at a No. 1 seed, but a 2 is very much within reach. Win the Big 12 tourney and it will be a lock.
So, in closing, Chris Beard probably needs to be the national Coach of the Year winner.
LINK
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...o-1-seed-villanova-backs-into-big-east-title/
