{"id":206926,"date":"2026-03-16T15:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/206926\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:39:16","slug":"tip-off-time-announced-for-texas-tech-akron-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/206926\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip off time announced for Texas Tech-Akron matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5-seeded Texas Tech learned its opponent for the first round of the NCAA Tournament: the MAC\u2019s finest, the Akron Zips. Now, we know a tip off time for their matchup in Tampa, FL.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Raiders and Akron will tip from Benchmark International Arena at 12:40 PM local time in Tampa, or 11:40 AM central, per CBS Sports\u2019 Matt Norlander.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech gets the action going in Tampa. 4-seed Alabama and 13-seed Hofstra follow the Red Raiders\u2019 matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Tom McCarthy, Candace Parker, Dan Bonner and AJ Ross will be on the call on TruTV.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Raiders dropped three-straight to conclude the season, including their first contest of the Big 12 Tournament versus Iowa State. The losses came after Texas Tech won three-in-a-row after losing All-American forward JT Toppin for the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Zips have made the NCAA Tournament four of the last five seasons and have their third-straight appearance in 2026. After finishing second in the regular season, Akron won the MAC Tournament championship in a narrow decision over Toledo. <\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation with other Red Raiders on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside The Double T<\/a>\u00a0forum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/register\/?returnto=\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe today<\/a>\u00a0to get the most in-depth Texas Tech sports and recruiting coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/redraidersports?s=21&amp;t=lBfTSdY9NaAjam8V0TzQBg\" rel=\"nofollow\">@RedRaiderSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like and follow us on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rrs_rivals?igsh=MWMyNDRsazdnMG5lZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@rrs_rivals<\/a>\u00a0&amp; like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redraidersports?mibextid=LQQJ4d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5-seeded Texas Tech learned its opponent for the first round of the NCAA Tournament: the MAC\u2019s finest, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-206926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}