Grant McCasland makes a bold claim about JT Toppin & details vision to take Texas Tech to Final Four

Jon Rothstein sits down with Grant McCasland for a wide-ranging conversation on his journey, his Texas Tech program, and what it takes to build a Final Four contender. McCasland reflects on turning 50, balancing family and coaching, lessons learned under Scott Drew, and how Texas Tech has grown through adversity this season. He breaks down the roster, injury updates, the impact of JT Toppin, recruiting Kingston Flemings, the challenges of coaching in the Big 12, and how often the Final Four goal is really on his mind. 0:00 Intro 0:15 Turning 50 this year 1:00 Coaching journey 2:00 Balancing family life 5:30 Learning under Scott Drew  7:00 Playing Baylor 8:50 How Texas Tech is 15-4 9:50 Change since loss to Purdue 12:30 Comeback vs. Duke 16:00 Comparisons to last year's team 17:30 Injury timetables 18:15 JT Toppin 21:15 Can they retain Toppin? 23:45 Christian Anderson comparison  26:00 Donovan Atwell 27:45 Jaylen Petty  29:15 Houston lookahead 31:45 Kingston Flemings 34:30 Coaching in Big 12 this year 36:30 Does he think about the Florida game? 37:30 How often does he think about Final Four 39:45 Keys to get to Final Four