For the second straight season, Texas Tech lost as the No. 7 seed and advanced the N0. 10 onto West Virginia. The Mountaineers, seeded second once again, and Texas play the day’s third quarterfinal at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.

The Longhorns don’t really have anything to play for except the automatic bid and avoiding a three-game season sweep by WVU this season, so they’re eager to let it fly.

Q. Coach, just thoughts about playing West Virginia? You guys exerted a lot of energy tonight. They will take more out of you. What are your thoughts about playing West Virginia?
SHAKA SMART: Excited. Excited about the opportunity to play ’em. One of the two teams that played just now was going to get the chance to play them and one of them was going to go home. So we’ll definitely take the opportunity to play them.

We played them in two games. One at our place, one at their place. I thought we had some stretches where we really played well. They keep coming at you in waves. They’ve got a toughness about them. That obviously comes from Coach Huggins and his staff and the players they recruit, and I think for us it’s about turning the page quickly from this game, and as Snoop said, letting our hair down and being aggressive and playing with nothing to lose.