Friday, March 21
Fort Worth, Texas
2:30 PM
TCU
vs
FDU
Preview: NCAA Tournament First Round
3/19/2025 8:53:00 AM | Women's Basketball
TCU hosts FDU at 2:30 p.m. on Friday in return to March Madness
FORT WORTH – TCU is ready to dust off its dancing shoes, as the Horned Frogs host FDU in the round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament at 2:30 p.m. on Friday.
TCU was awarded the No. 2 seed in the Birmingham 3 Regional and hosting rights for the first two rounds of play. Joining the Frogs and No. 15 seed Knights in Fort Worth are No. 7 seed Louisville and No. 10 seed Nebraska. The winners of Friday's first round games face off on Sunday for a ticket to the Sweet 16.
The Horned Frogs are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 15 seasons and 10th all-time.
FDU heads south riding a 22-game winning streak and is 29-3 overall. The Knights swept the Northeast Conference regular season and tournament championships.
Friday's ballgame will air on ESPN2, with the Louisville-Nebraska game to follow at 5 p.m. on ESPN.
The Game
Teams: #2 TCU (31-3, 16-2 Big 12) vs. #15 FDU (29-3, 16-0 NEC)
Date: 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN2
88.7 KTCU FM
TCU was awarded the No. 2 seed in the Birmingham 3 Regional and hosting rights for the first two rounds of play. Joining the Frogs and No. 15 seed Knights in Fort Worth are No. 7 seed Louisville and No. 10 seed Nebraska. The winners of Friday's first round games face off on Sunday for a ticket to the Sweet 16.
The Horned Frogs are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 15 seasons and 10th all-time.
FDU heads south riding a 22-game winning streak and is 29-3 overall. The Knights swept the Northeast Conference regular season and tournament championships.
Friday's ballgame will air on ESPN2, with the Louisville-Nebraska game to follow at 5 p.m. on ESPN.
The Game
Teams: #2 TCU (31-3, 16-2 Big 12) vs. #15 FDU (29-3, 16-0 NEC)
Date: 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21
Location: Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN2
- Brenda VanLengen, Play-by-Play
- Andrea Lloyd, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- TCU last won an NCAA Tournament game in 2006, a 69-65 victory over No. 6 seed Texas A&M.
- TCU is aiming to become the first basketball team in school history to reach the Sweet 16. The Horned Frogs have reached the round of 32 five times.
- TCU, along with No. 3 seed Kentucky, is one of only two programs to make it to March Madness within two seasons of finishing in last place in their respective leagues.
- TCU's 10-game year-over win improvement is the third-largest of any team in the Tournament. FDU tops the 68-team bracket with a win improvement differential of 15 games.
- TCU and FDU are two of 11 teams in the field with winning percentages greater than 90 percent.
- Head coaches Mark Campbell and Stephanie Gaitley share a commonality in that they each spearheaded a sweep of conference regular season and tournament championships in their second season at their respective schools.
- TCU and FDU have never met on the hardwood.
- TCU is 10-3 vs. NCAA Tournament participants and 8-2 against the AP Top 25. The eight ranked wins are tied with Notre Dame for the fifth-most in the country.
- The Horned Frogs' combined 23-game year-over win improvement over the last two seasons is the largest of any Power Conference team.
- TCUs 31 victories are the second-most of any team in America.
- The Horned Frogs are one of only two teams in Big 12 history to capture a league title within two seasons of finishing in last place.
- TCU is the sole team at the Power Conference level and one of 15 overall to win both an undisputed regular season league title and conference tournament championship.
- TCU has led at halftime in an NCAA-leading 32 games and 24 straight.
- The Frogs enter March Madness as the only team in America ranking in the top 10 in 3-pointers (T-3rd, 326), 3-pointers per game (7th, 9.6) and 3-point percentage (9th, .376).
- TCU has reached double figures in 3-pointers in 17 games this season, the second-most of any team, and 33 times overall in the Campbell era.
- TCU has drained 638 threes over the last two seasons, putting the Frogs are five away from overtaking Iowa State (2020-22) for the most by a Big 12 team in a two-season period.
- TCU scored 74 points per game vs. Big 12 opposition after averaging 62.2 in 2023-24. The +11.8 points per game increase in league play was the sixth largest in all of Division I basketball.
- TCU had four players score in double figures for the 13th time in its Big 12 Championship victory over Baylor. The Horned Frogs are undefeated this season and 22-1 under Campbell when four players finish with 10-plus points.
- TCU boasts the fourth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the country (1.59). The Frogs are also one of three teams ranking in the top 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio, assists (6th, 642) and assists per game (7th, 18.9).
- The Frogs' average 11.9 turnovers per game, the 11th-fewest in the country. TCU is one of four Power Conference teams in the NCAA Tournament giving the ball away less than 12 times per game.
- TCU's eight senior or graduate level players average 63.4 combined points per game. The net senior scoring average ranks seventh among all D1 programs and first at the Power Conference level.
- TCU has held 27-of-33 teams overall and 18-of-21 Big 12 foes below their season scoring average. Fourteen teams have scored 50-or-fewer points vs. the Horned Frogs' defense.
- Van Lith has finished with 15 points and five assists in 15 games, the third-most of any player behind only Kentucky's Georgia Amoore (19) and Virginia's Kymora Johnson (16).
- Van Lith averages 15.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in the NCAA Tournament. She has scored 20-plus in eight of her career 17 Tournament games.
- Van Lith is tied with Paige Bueckers for the most 20-point games in NCAA Tournament play among active players. She has delivered 49 career 20-point performances, the fifth-most of any player.
- Van Lith is one of 10 players nationally with a 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio and at least 180 assists.
- Van Lith is averaging 21.5 points per game over TCU's last six victories.
- Prince has strung an NCAA-leading seven double-doubles vs. ranked teams.
- Prince is averaging 18.4 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game opposite the AP Top 25.
- Prince is one of only two players averaging a double-double vs. ranked teams.
- Prince ranks third nationally in blocks (99, 3.0 bpg). She has finished with three-or-more blocks on 17 occasions and recorded eight games with at least five rejections. Her 17 multi-block games are the fourth-most of any player in America.
- Conner ranks second nationally in 3-pointers (118) and 3-pointers per game (3.5).
- Conner averages 4.5 threes per game at home. She has connected four-plus times from downtown in 21 of her 34 career outings inside Schollmaier Arena.
- Conner ranks fifth in the country in 3-point percentage (.452). She and Utah's Gianna Kneepkens are the only D1 players ranking in the top 10 in 3-pointers, 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage.
- Conner is 13 threes away from matching Taylor Robertson's 2019-20 Big 12 single-season record.
- Campbell is one of only two head coaches in the NCAA Tournament to win 30 games within two seasons of taking over his/her respective program.
- Campbell is the only participating head coach in the NCAA Tournament who has twice led a team to a conference regular season and tournament championship sweep and berth in the Big Dance within two years of his or her hire.
- Campbell has facilitated a combined 45-game year-over win increase across his four seasons as a head coach.
- Campbell's 19 Big 12 wins are the most by a first- or second-year head coach in league history.
- TCU is aiming to become the first team in school history to reach the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
- The Horned Frogs' snapped the fourth-longest NCAA Tournament drought of any team in the field (15 years) with their automatic berth into the Big Dance.
- TCU is the only Power Four conference team and one of 15 in the field that won an outright regular season conference championship and its conference tournament. The others are UConn, Florida Gulf Coast, Montana State, High Point, Green Bay, Fairfield, Grand Canyon, Ball State, Norfolk State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Tennessee Tech, Lehigh, UNC Greensboro and Southern.
- TCU, along with No. 3 seed Kentucky, is one of only two programs to make it to March Madness within two seasons of finishing in last place in their respective leagues.
- TCU is one of seven Big 12 teams to enter the NCAA Tournament with at least 31 wins.
- Mark Campbell is one of only two head coaches in the NCAA Tournament to win 30 games within two seasons of taking over his/her respective program. The other is Chelsea Lyles of Florida Gulf Coast.
- Campbell is the only Power Four conference head coach in the field to lead his/her team to an undisputed regular season conference championship within the first two seasons at his/her respective school.
- TCU's 10-game year-over win improvement is the largest out of all Power Four conference participants. The Frogs' spike of 10 victories from 2023-24 is tied with Tennessee Tech for the third-largest in the field. Only Fairleigh Dickinson (15 wins) and Montana State (13 wins) have enjoyed greater increases.
- Nineteen years have passed since TCU won an NCAA Tournament game. The Horned Frogs' most recent March Madness victory occurred on March 19, 2006, when 11th-seeded TCU upset No. 6 Texas A&M, 69-65, in Cleveland.
- Three of the Horned Frogs' five NCAA Tournament triumphs have come as the lower-seeded team.
- Five players scored in double figures in TCU's most recent NCAA Tournament game, a 67-66 opening round defeat to No. 8 seed Dayton on March 20, 2010. TCU led by 18 points with 13:07 remaining.
- Ashley Davis scored a team NCAA Tournament record 24 points vs. No. 7 seed Ole Miss on March 18, 2007.
- Including the WNIT and WBIT, TCU's all-time postseason record stands at 19-17.
- TCU is making its 18th postseason appearance in 48 years of existence.
- Eight members of the Horned Frogs' roster have appeared in a combined 58 tournament games. The eight players hold a combined 44-18 (.709) NCAA Tournament record.
- Hailey Van Lith has advanced all four of her teams to the Elite Eight and guided Louisville to the 2022 Final Four her sophomore season.
- •Agnes Emma-Nnopu and Madison Conner both competed in the 2021 NCAA Championship, with Emma-Nnopu earning a ring in Stanford's title game triumph over Arizona.
- Donovyn Hunter (Oregon State) and Taylor Bigby (USC) joined Van Lith in the 2024 Elite Eight. Combined with Conner and Emma-Nnopu, five of TCU's 13 active players have reached the NCAA quarterfinals.
- Campbell's career NCAA Tournament record stands at 13-6 when including his tenures as associate head coach at Oregon (2014-21) and an assistant coach at Oregon State (2010-14).
- Campbell and TCU associate head coach Xavier Lopez give the Horned Frogs five combined players or coaches with Final Four familiarity. Campbell and Lopez helped guide Oregon to its first NCAA semifinal in 2019.
- Campbell-led teams are 9-0 as the higher-seeded team in the NCAA Tournament.
- TCU is the third program Campbell has helped lead to the NCAA Tournament within his first two years in town. Both Oregon State (2012) and Sacramento State (2023) earned berths in Campbell's second season.
- Stake TCU to its first NCAA Tournament victory in 19 years.
- Count as the sixth all-time NCAA Tournament victory in the history of TCU men's and women's basketball and mark the first time the University has won an NCAA Tournament game in four consecutive seasons.
- Send TCU to its second-longest winning streak in the Mark Campbell era at 11 games.
- Signify the fourth straight season in which Campbell has increased his team's yearly win total by at least 11 games.
- Extend TCU's home winning streak to 23 games dating back to Feb. 13, 2024.
- Boost TCU's home record in postseason play to 9-0.
- Count as the Horned Frogs' fifth all-time win vs. the Northeast Conference and first in five seasons. TCU last faced an NEC foe when it defeated Robert Morris, 66-61, on Nov. 5, 2019, in its 2019-20 season-opener.
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