Author: Josh Peter / Source: USA TODAY
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Earlier this season, Texas Tech coach Chris Beard said he received a letter from Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.
It arrived not long after the schools played at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 20.
This was among the tidbits apparently directed at people who might be surprised, if not shocked, that Texas Tech is headed for the Final Four for the first time in school history after the third-seeded Red Raiders beat top-seeded Gonzaga on Saturday at the Honda Center.
Unlike Gonzaga, Duke beat Texas Tech — by a score of 69-58, after Texas Tech pulled within 60-57 with 3:41 left to play — but the Red Raiders impressed Krzyzewski in the process.
“After the game in the handshake line and in the hallway, Coach K had some great things about our team,’’ Beard recalled Saturday. “ ‘What a heavyweight battle….
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