Texas Tech vs Alabama live updates: Prediction, how to watch March Madness Round 2 game
While JT Toppin and Aden Holloway won't play, Christian Anderson vs. Labaron Philon is worth your attention in Texas Tech vs. Alabama in Round 2.
Follow all of Sunday's NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports' live updates . The last entrant into this year's Sweet 16 will either be Texas Tech or Alabama . Both are dealing with major absences in their lineups -- for two very different reasons.
Texas Tech star JT Toppin, the 2025 Big 12 Player of the Year, tore his ACL on Feb. 18 and will miss the rest of the season. The Red Raiders went 3-3 entering the NCAA Tournament without him.
March Madness conference records: Big Ten leads at 12-2; How are SEC, Big 12 doing? Alabama will be playing without its second-leading scorer Aden Holloway after he was arrested on two felonies on March 16, for possession 2. 1 pounds of marijuana in his residence.
The University of Alabama released a statement and said Holloway was removed from campus and won't return to the team until the university's office of student conduct finishes its investigation. But even with those two missing, there's still a matchup of stars worth your attention: Texas Tech's Christian Anderson vs. Alabama's Labaron Philon.
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