When your coach and leading scorer are both ejected in the opening minutes of a road game against a higher-ranked team that's won 33 straight at home, you're supposed to lose. No real person would take issue with that sentence,

Playing from a disadvantage all game, the Texas Tech basketball team got its biggest win of the Grant McCasland era, beating Houston on the road in overtime.

The Cougars take on Texas Tech in a Big 12 Conference showdown between ranked squads. Houston is ranked No. 6 in this week’s Associated Press poll and No. 5 in the latest USA Today coaches’ poll, while the Red Raiders come in ranked No.