In the days after taking the position of head coach with the Texas Tech basketball team ... inside Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, the crowd erupting for every high and low of the Final Four.

Texas Tech players huddle up during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament ... as Florida and its well-traveling crowd, and not the Red Raiders, celebrated ...

Once the final buzzer sounded at Chase Center and Texas Tech had been oh so close, fifth-year senior Kerwin Walton stood with his hands on his hips as Florida and its well-traveling crowd ...