Texas Tech succumbed to two Final Four teams in the NCAA Tournament in its first two seasons under coach Grant McCasland -- including eventual national champion Florida last year in a gritty Elite Eight outing -- but is reloaded this offseason with a major roster overhaul that could catapult it into contender status in the Big 12 and beyond.

McCasland and his staff lost three of their five starters from last year's 28-win team -- assists leader Elijah Hawkins, minutes leader Chance McMillian and star swiss-army knife Darrion Williams -- but they managed to lure back Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin and have put plenty of pieces around him to remain one of the most fearsome squads in the country.

However, whether the sum of the returning and incoming parts are enough to help the

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