Texas Tech lost to West Virginia tonight by a final score of 82-71, but nothing that happened in the game rivaled what happened in the final few minutes of the contest.
After a foul discrepancy of 29-20, which included 39 West Virginia free throws compared to just 20 attempts from the Red Raiders, two of which were on a questionable call that took the game to a three-possession game, Chris Beard had seen enough.
In his first technical foul as head coach of the Red Raiders, Beard wanted to get his money s worth, and boy, did he. Down six with 23.5 seconds left in the game, Beard had a gentleman s disagreement with the officials that, how should I say it,
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