Monday, March 31
Birmingham, Ala.
6 PM
TCU
vs
Texas
Preview: Elite Eight
3/30/2025 4:22:00 PM | Women's Basketball
All-Lone Star State battle between TCU and Texas for ticket to Final Four
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Second-seeded TCU faces No. 1 seed Texas at 6 p.m. on Monday in the NCAA Birmingham Regional final at Legacy Arena.
The Game
Teams: #2 TCU (34-3, 16-2 Big 12) vs. #1 Texas (34-3, 16-2 SEC)
Date: 6 p.m. on Monday, March 31
Location: Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN
88.7 KTCU FM
Team Notables
The Game
Teams: #2 TCU (34-3, 16-2 Big 12) vs. #1 Texas (34-3, 16-2 SEC)
Date: 6 p.m. on Monday, March 31
Location: Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
Game Coverage
Television
ESPN
- Beth Mowins, Play-by-Play
- Debbie Antonelli, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- TCU and Texas are tied for the NCAA lead in total wins.
- The Horned Frogs and Longhorns boast an identical win percentage (.919). The figure trails only No. 1 overall seed UCLA (.943) for the national lead.
- The programs are colliding for the 57th time and first in postseason play.
- Hailey Van Lith ousted the Longhorns from the 2023 NCAA Tournament. She scored 21 points to lead Louisville past Texas, 73-51, in Austin in the round of 32.
- Sedona Prince spent her freshman season at Texas in 2018-19. She committed to the Longhorns in the eighth grade circa 2014.
- Mark Campbell and Vic Schaefer are coaching against one another in the Elite Eight for the second time. Campbell helped lead Oregon past Mississippi State and to its first Final Four in the 2019 NCAA Portland Regional final during his tenure as associate head coach in Eugene. Both Campbell and Schaefer were in their penultimate seasons on the sidelines at their respective institutions.
Team Notables
- TCU's combined 26-game year-over win improvement over the last two seasons is the largest of any Power Conference team.
- The Horned Frogs' 34 wins are tied for the fourth-most in a season by a Big 12 Conference team. TCU is also the first Big 12 team not named Baylor to win 34 games or more in a season.
- The Frogs have won five straight games over ranked teams and are one of just six programs nationwide to do so in 2024-25.
- TCU has led at halftime in 34 of its 37 games, second only to UConn across the national ranks.
- TCU's' 13-game winning streak is the second-longest in program history, trailing only their run of 14 straight victories to begin the Mark Campbell era in 2023-24.
- The Horned Frogs lead the nation in 3-pointers (350).
- TCU's 662 threes over the last two seasons are the most ever by a Big 12 team in a two-year period and are the third-most of any D1 program since 2023.
- The Frogs are the only team in the nation ranking in the top 10 in 3-pointers, 3-point percentage (6th, .380) and 3-pointers per game (9th, 9.5).
- TCU is the only team remaining in March Madness with five players who have drained at least 30 three-pointers; Madison Conner (127), Hailey Van Lith (65), Agnes Emma-Nnopu (48), Taylor Bigby (32) and Donovyn Hunter (32).
- TCU has reached double figures in 3-pointers in 18 games this season, the second-most of any team, and 34 times overall in the Campbell era.
- TCU has had four players score in double figures in 15 games. The Horned Frogs are undefeated this season and 24-1 under Campbell when four players finish with 10-plus points.
- Hailey Van Lith, Madison Conner and Sedona Prince teamed up to score 60 points vs. the Fighting Irish. The trio has combined for 60-plus in nine games, leading TCU to a 9-0 record in such games.
- TCU boasts the nation's sixth-best assist-to-turnover ratio (1.53). The Frogs are also one of three teams ranking in the top 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio, assists (5th, 688) and assists per game (8th, 18.6).
- The Frogs dished out 20-plus assists for the 16th time this season in its round of 32 win victory over Louisville. TCU ranks fifth nationally in games with at least 20 assists (16).
- 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's eight senior or graduate level players average 63.9 combined points per game. The net senior scoring average ranks seventh among all D1 programs and first at the Power Conference level.
- TCU shot 50 percent from the field (22-44) in Saturday's win over Notre Dame. The Horned Frogs have connected at or above a 50 percent clip in three straight games and 18 times this season.
- 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 to win both an undisputed regular season league title and conference tournament championship.
- TCU's jump of 10 regular season conference victories from last season (seven) to this season (19) is the largest in Division I basketball.
- TCU inspired a 65.5 percent increase in total fan attendance from the 2023-24 season. The Frogs increased their cumulative attendance figure by 29,332 fans. A total of 74,138 fans flocked to Schollmaier Arena compared to 44,806 last season.
- Hailey Van Lith (17.9 ppg), Sedona Prince (17.6 ppg) and Madison Conner (14.6 ppg) are the third-highest scoring trio in the nation at 50.1 points per game. They are also one of just three triads averaging at least 14.5 points per game.
- Van Lith, Prince and Conner also average 50.1 points per game vs. ranked teams. Prince and Van Lith both average better than 18 per night vs. AP Top 25 foes.
- Prince, Van Lith and Conner have all scored in double figures in 21 of TCU's 37 games.
- The trio accounts for 64 percent of TCU's cumulative scoring (1,836-2,867 points).
- Van Lith and Prince are the third-highest scoring duo in America at 35.2 combined points per game.
- Van Lith, Prince and Conner combine to make TCU one of just two teams alongside LSU with three 500-point scorers.
- Van Lith and Prince are one of two tandems alongside Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes and Khamil Pierre who have each scored 600 points.
- In each of TCU's three losses, the trio has been held to an average of 36.4 points per game, nearly 13 points below its usual per game average.
- Van Lith, Prince and Conner were three of eight players who earned All-Big 12 first team honors.
- Van Lith and Prince are two of 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award.
- Van Lith is the first player in NCAA history to lead three different programs to the Elite Eight.
- Van Lith has scored in double figures in 14 of her 17 career outings in March Madness. Only Paige Bueckers of UConn has reached double figures in more NCAA Tournament games (18).
- Van Lith's 16 combined NCAA Tournament victories are the most of any D1 player.
- Van Lith has finished with 15 points and five assists in 16 games, the most of any player still playing NCAA Tournament basketball and second only Kentucky's Georgia Amoore (20).
- Van Lith is tied with Paige Bueckers for the most 20-point games in NCAA Tournament play among active players. She has delivered 50 career 20-point performances, the fifth-most of any D1 player this season.
- Van Lith is averaging 20 points and 5.5 assists vs. ranked teams.
- Van Lith has scored 20-plus in five of TCU's seven neutral site affairs.
- Van Lith has played in 20 career NCAA Tournament games, most among all active DI players. Her 65 made free-throws in NCAA Tournament games also rank first.
- Van Lith is one of two players in America with at least 600 points and 200 assists.
- Van Lith ranks ninth in the country in assists (202).
- Prince has strung an NCAA-leading seven double-doubles vs. ranked teams.
- Prince is averaging 18.6 points, 11.6 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game opposite the AP Top 25.
- Prince is one of only two players averaging a double-double vs. ranked teams.
- TCU is 24-5 when Prince finishes with a double-double.
- Prince ranks second nationally in blocks (111) and has averaged three-or-more per game for the entirety of the 2024-25 campaign.
- Prince has finished with three-or-more blocks on 20 occasions and recorded nine games with at least five rejections. Her 20 multi-block games are the second-most of any player in America.
- Prince has finished with three-plus blocks in four of her seven career NCAA Tournament games.
- Prince is one of two D1 players averaging at least 17 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game.
- Prince is the only player in college basketball who has tallied 600 points, 300 rebounds and 100 blocks.
- Conner leads the country in 3-pointers (127) and ranks second in 3-pointers per game (3.4).
- Conner is four threes away from matching Taylor Robertson's 2019-20 Big 12 single-season record (131).
- Conner has drained four-or-more 3-pointers in an NCAA-leading 19 games.
- Conner is on pace to become the third player in Big 12 history to finish as the NCAA leader in threes.
- Conner ranks seventh in the country in 3-point percentage (.455). She is the only D1 player ranking in the top 10 in 3-pointers, 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage.
- Conner's career 3-point percentage (.422) is the best in program history.
- Conner is one of only two Horned Frogs to score 500-plus points in back-to-back seasons. The other is TCU all-time leading scorer Lauren Heard, who achieved the feat consecutively in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
- Campbell is one of four finalists for the Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year award.
- Campbell is the only coach in contention for Naismith Coach of the Year who has spent fewer than five years on the sidelines in a head coaching capacity.
- Campbell is the first coach in the history of the Big 12 to garner Conference Coach of the Year honors within two seasons of joining the league.
- 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 48-game year-over win increase across his four seasons as a head coach.
- Campbell has increased TCU's wins tally by 13 in each of his two seasons in Fort Worth.
- Campbell's 19 Big 12 wins are the most by a first-or second-year head coach in league history.
- Donovyn Hunter is averaging 7.1 points and 3.8 assists per game with a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio across TCU's 12-game winning streak.
- Hunter shot 6-6 from the field en route to a season-high 18 points in the round of 32 vs. Louisville.
- Hunter has shot 46.5 percent from the field (34-73) since TCU's loss to Kansas State on Feb. 5, a game she logged only seven minutes. The sophomore has doubled both her scoring and assist per game averages in that span.
- Hunter is averaging 9.6 points and 3.2 assists per contest over her last five NCAA Tournament games.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu leads all Big 12 guards and ranks 31st nationally at her position in offensive rebounds (70).
- Emma-Nnopu has snagged at least seven rebounds 32 times in a TCU uniform, most recently on Saturday.
- Emma-Nnopu scored a season-high 23 points and shot 4-5 from deep in TCU's second round win over Louisville.
- Emma-Nnopu averaged 10 points and seven rebounds per game vs. the Longhorns for her career.
- Aaliyah Roberson leads all D1 posts in effective field goal percentage (.677) and is connecting at a 49 percent clip from behind the arc.
- Roberson started the final 17 games of the 2023-24 campaign in place of an injured Prince, beginning with the Horned Frogs' 72-60 loss at Texas on Jan. 10. She scored in double figures and snagged six rebounds in both of TCU's battles with Texas last season.
- Boost TCU's record vs. the AP Top 25 to 10-2.
- Give the Horned Frogs the fourth-most ranked wins of any team in college basketball.
- Send TCU to its sixth consecutive ranked win.
- Go down as the second-highest ranked win in program history.
- Be the Horned Frogs' fifth all-time victory over Texas.
- Mark the second time TCU has defeated a ranked Longhorns squad, having last done so on Jan. 3, 2020, in a 65-63 triumph over No. 25 Texas in Austin.
- Tie for the longest winning streak in program history (14 games).
- Make TCU one of five Big 12 programs to reach a Final Four while an active member of the conference. The others are Baylor, Oklahoma Texas and Texas A&M.
- Give the Big 12 its first Final Four participant since Baylor won the NCAA Championship in 2019.
- Lift TCU to the third-most victories in a season (35) ever by a Big 12 team.
- The Horned Frogs held Texas 17 points below their season scoring average in both of their head-to-heads last season.
- TCU limited Texas to four 3-pointers in each of their tilts in 2023-24.
- TCU kept Texas to a 2023-24 season-low 22 field goals in its 72-60 defeat to the Longhorns on Jan. 10, 2024, in Austin.
- TCU played with just seven healthy scholarship players in the teams' most recent meeting on Feb. 10, 2024.
- The Horned Frogs' 43 points vs. the Longhorns last February are their fewest ever in a game in the Mark Campbell era.
- Aaliyah Roberson finished with 15 points and seven boards in the Frogs' visit to Austin in January of 2024.
- Agnes Emma-Nnopu came one rebound shy of a double-double in TCU's last collision with the Longhorns, tallying 11 points and nine rebounds.
- Monday's game signifies the 34th time TCU will face a ranked Texas team.
- 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, along with No. 4 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 73-51 victory over FDU in the opening round of the Big Dance was the program's first NCAA Tournament victory in 19 seasons.
- TCU was 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.
- TCU's 13-game year-over win improvement is the largest out of all Power Four conference participants. Only Fairleigh Dickinson (15 wins) enjoyed a greater increase.
- TCU, along with top-seeded UCLA, is one of two programs left in the field that has never reached the Final Four.
- TCU earned the university's 15th NCAA Tournament win when including the men's program in Saturday's 71-62 takedown of Notre Dame.
- Including the WNIT and WBIT, TCU's all-time postseason record stands at 22-17.
- TCU is making its 18th postseason appearance in 48 years of existence.
- Eight members of the Horned Frogs' roster appeared in a combined 58 tournament games before transferring to TCU. The eight players produced a 44-18 (.709) NCAA Tournament record from 2021-24.
- Hailey Van Lith is one of only five players since 2000 to advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament or farther in five seasons.
- Combined with Van Lith, five of TCU's 14 players have now advanced to the Elite Eight at least twice in their careers. Conner and Emma-Nnopu, along with Taylor Bigby and Donovyn Hunter, are making their second appearances in an NCAA Regional final.
- Campbell has now reached the Elite Eight on five occasions in his coaching career. He first reached the Regional finals during his second-and-final season as an assistant coach at Saint Mary's in 2009-10. Campbell then helped guide Oregon to three consecutive Elite Eight appearances from 2017-19.
- Emma-Nnopu and Conner both competed in the 2021 NCAA Championship, with Emma-Nnopu earning a ring in Stanford's title game triumph over Arizona.
- Campbell's career NCAA Tournament record stands at 15-6 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 12-0 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.
- TCU shot 63 percent from the field (29-46) in its second round victory over Louisville. The Frogs' field goal percentage was the fourth-highest clip ever recorded by a Big 12 team in an NCAA Tournament game.
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