Today's installment of the preseason bracketology series focuses on seed lines five through eight, which are comprised predominately of teams from the major conferences, including five from the ACC.
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Texas Tech heads into 2021 season with revamped roster
Mark Adams has taken over and completely reconstructed the Tech roster
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Texas Tech has a whole new roster and coaching staff going into 2021.
Going into the 2021 season, we don’t know what to expect. While the roster isn’t complete, we have a really good idea of what the roster will look like. Tech has collected a handful of transfers and returned a few players from last years team. There will be a lot of questions going into the season, some we won’t be able to answer until the season opener. The squad coming in though has loads of potential and with or without Terrence Shannon Jr, they should have a great opportunity to make the NCAA tournament and be successful once they get there.
First Round (Sat., Feb. 27), ESPN3
Game 1: No. 10 Presbyterian vs. No. 7 Hampton, 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 9 USC Upstate vs. No. 8 High Point, 4 p.m.
Quarterfinals (Mon., March 1), ESPN3
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. No. 2 Radford, 6 p.m.
Game 4: Game 2 winner vs. No. 1 Winthrop, 6 p.m.
Game 5: No. 5 Longwood vs. No. 4 UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.
Game 6: No. 6 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 3 Campbell, 7 p.m.
Semifinals (Thur., March 4), ESPN+
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 6/7 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6/7 p.m.
Finals (Sat, March 7), ESPN
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, Noon
The Favorite
Winthrop (20-1, 17-1): After starting the season 16-0, the Eagles were getting national attention. They have since lost and the attention has cooled down, though their play has not. Potential Big South Player of the Year, Chandler Vaudrin has scored in double digits in seven of his last eight games, and 2020 Rookie of the Year DJ Burns has dominated in the last two series,