Texas Tech vs Michigan 3/28/19 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The No. 3 seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders meet the No. 2 seeded Michigan Wolverines on Thursday in an NCAA Tournament West Region Sweet 16 tilt at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Red Raiders easily disposed of the Buffalo Bulls 78-58 in the second round on Sunday. The Texas Tech defense suffocated the potent Bulls offense and Jarrett Culver came through on the offense for the Red Raiders with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Michigan played tough defense in its second round victory over Florida defeating the Gators 64-49. This is the third straight season and fifth in the last seven seasons the Wolverines have reached the Sweet 16. Michigan held Florida to 29% shooting during the second half and 34.5% for the full game. Jordan Poole led Michigan with 19 points. Xavier Simpson came up all 9’s with nine points, nine assists and nine rebounds. Jarrett Culver leads the Red Raiders in scoring, rebounding and assists with averages of 18.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Davide Moretti is the second leading scorer with an average of 11.6 points per game. Texas Tech is shooting 47.4% from the field and 36.6% from 3-point territory.

Ignas Brazdeikis is the leading scorer and second leading rebounder for Michigan with averages of 15.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. The leading rebounder is Jon Teske with an average of 6.9 per game, while Zavier Simpson leads the Wolverines in assists with an average of 6.6 per game. Michigan is shooting 45.1% from the field and 35.1% from 3-point territory.