Duke will leave Durham tomorrow and travel to San Francisco to take on The Texas Tech Red Raiders in the round of 16 on Thursday night. They are led by 65 year Mark Adams who was an assistant for former Coach Chris Beard at Texas Tech and other stops along the way. The Red Raiders are one of the most experienced teams in all of college basketball as their 9 man rotation sports 5 seniors and 4 juniors with several being super seniors and transfers. The Red Raiders are known as one of if not the top defensive teams in the country and also one of the most physical.
Here are their starters and key reserves.
6-8 Sr. Bryson Williams 13.9 points, 4.2 rebounds is a UTEP transfer.
6-6 Jr. Terrance Shannon 10.5 pts, 2.6 rebs, 2.1 assists
6-8 Sr. Kevin Obanor 10.0 pts, 5.4 rebs.
6-6 Jr. Kevin McCullar 9.9 pts, 4.6 rebs, 3.1 assists
6-6 Sr Adonis Arms 8.4 pts, 4.3 rebs, is a Winthrop transfer.
6-6 Sr. Davion Warren 9.7 pts, 3.1 rebs is a Hampton transfer.
6-7 Sr. Marcus Santos-Silva 4.8 pts, 4.2 rebs is a VCU transfer.
6-3 Jr. Mylik Wilson 2.6 pts, 1.7 rebs.
6-3 Jr. Clarence Nadolny 3.6 pts, 1.3 rebs.
Notes: The Red Raiders are averaging 72.1 points per game and hold their opponents to 60.2. They are shooting 47.2% from the field and hold their opponents to 38.2%. They are shooting 32.2% from three on 6.1 made per game and allow 31.4% on 7.7 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 6.2 and they are committing 13.6 turnovers per game and force 16.0 per game. They shoot 70% from the line.
The Red Raider have two wins over Baylor and tow over Texas along with one over Kanas, Tennessee and Iowa St. They do have losses to Providence and Gonzaga. They are listed by Ken Pom as # 6, offensively # 46 and defensively # 1. The Red Raiders only have 2 players on their roster who were rated in the top 100 coming out of high school, Shannon #81 and sophomore # 92 Agbo who seldom plays.
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