Friday, March 7
Kansas City, Mo.
1:30 PM
TCU
vs
Colorado
Preview: Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
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No. 8 TCU begins play in quarterfinals at 1:30 p.m. on Friday
FORT WORTH – TCU looks to solidify its case for a high seed in the NCAA Tournament and clean sweep of the Big 12 titles as it heads to Missouri for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.
TCU earned the No. 1 seed and a double bye into the quarterfinals by virtue of its outright Big 12 regular season championship. The Horned Frogs face No. 8 seed Arizona, No. 9 Colorado or No. 16 Houston at 1:30 p.m. on Friday depending on results of the first two rounds of play.
A victory on Friday likely sets up a semifinal tilt vs. No. 4 seed West Virginia or No. 5 Kansas State at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
TCU's quarterfinal and semifinal games are both slated for a national telecast on ESPNU.
Sunday's championship tips at 4 p.m. and will air on ESPN.
The Game
Teams: No. 8 TCU (28-3, 16-2 Big 12) vs. Arizona / Colorado Houston
Date: 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7
Location: T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Game Coverage
Television
ESPNU
88.7 KTCU FM
TCU earned the No. 1 seed and a double bye into the quarterfinals by virtue of its outright Big 12 regular season championship. The Horned Frogs face No. 8 seed Arizona, No. 9 Colorado or No. 16 Houston at 1:30 p.m. on Friday depending on results of the first two rounds of play.
A victory on Friday likely sets up a semifinal tilt vs. No. 4 seed West Virginia or No. 5 Kansas State at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
TCU's quarterfinal and semifinal games are both slated for a national telecast on ESPNU.
Sunday's championship tips at 4 p.m. and will air on ESPN.
The Game
Teams: No. 8 TCU (28-3, 16-2 Big 12) vs. Arizona / Colorado Houston
Date: 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7
Location: T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Game Coverage
Television
ESPNU
- Eric Frede, Play-by-Play
- Christy Thomaskutty, Analyst
88.7 KTCU FM
- Chris Blake, Play-by-Play
- TCU will play for its second Big 12 Championship semifinal appearance in program history on Friday.
- By virtue of Sunday's regular season title, TCU earned its second top-three seed in the Big 12 Championship and first since 2015.
- The Horned Frogs have claimed three conference tournament titles in their 48-season history, most recently the 2005 Conference USA Basketball Championship.
- TCU is aiming to become the first team not named Baylor to win both the Big 12 regular season and tournament championships in 18 years.
- Mark Campbell has won three conference tournament championships when including his tenure as associate head coach at Oregon. Campbell's 2022-23 Sacramento State squad swept the Big Sky regular season and conference tournament titles.
- TCU won its seventh conference championship and first since 2010 in claiming the undisputed Big 12 regular season title on Sunday.
- The Horned Frogs are one of only two teams in Big 12 history to win a league title within two seasons of finishing in last place.
- TCU achieved its highest AP Top 25 ranking in program history on Monday. The Horned Frogs have been the league's top-rated team in The Associated Press poll for three months.
- The Horned Frogs are one of only two teams in Big 12 history to win a league title within two seasons of finishing in last place.
- TCU's combined 20-game year-over win improvement over the last two seasons is the largest of any Power Conference team.
- TCU has notched six ranked victories, a school record and tied for the sixth-most of any D1 program.
- The Horned Frogs have led at halftime in an NCAA-leading 29-of-31 games and all 18 Big 12 tilts.
- TCU ranks second in the country in 3-pointers (301) and seventh in 3-pointers per game (9.7).
- TCU, along with Utah, is one of only two teams in America ranking in the top 10 in 3-pointers, 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage (9th, .375).
- TCU is one of only two programs in Big 12 history to drain 300-plus threes in consecutive seasons.
- The Frogs are one of only seven teams at the D1 level scoring at least 79 points per game while surrendering 57-or-fewer.
- TCU's scoring margin (+21.7) is the eighth-best mark nationally. Half of the Horned Frogs' wins have been by at least 27 points.
- TCU boasts the third-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the country (1.65). The Frogs are also one of three teams ranking in the top five in both assist-to-turnover ratio and assists (5th, 596).
- TCU has dished out 20 assists in a league-leading 15 games, including four of its last six victories.
- TCU's eight senior or graduate level players average 63.8 combined points per game. The net senior scoring average ranks seventh among all D1 programs and first at the Power Conference level.
- The Frogs have finished with 80-plus points in 17 games, tied for the seventh-most nationally. TCU has eclipsed the 80-point threshold in 10 of its conference wins.
- TCU has held 24-of-30 teams below their season scoring average. Fourteen teams have been unable scored 50-or-fewer points vs. the Horned Frogs' defense.
- Hailey Van Lith, Madison Conner and Sedona Prince are the third-highest scoring trio in the country. They average a combined 50 points per game and have teamed up for 60-plus on eight occasions.
- Van Lith was tabbed Big 12 Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year on Tuesday. She is the first player in the 28-year history of the league to sweep both awards.
- Van Lith is the only player in the Big 12 to ranking in the top 10 in points per game (sixth), assists per game (fourth) and assist-to-turnover ratio (10th, 2.0).
- Van Lith is one of 11 players in the country with a 2-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and at least 165 assists.
- Campbell was crowned Big 12 Coach of the Year. He is the first Big 12 coach to receive the honor within two seasons of joining the league.
- Campbell is the only Big 12 head coach to win 16 conference games within two seasons of joining the league.
- TCU placed a league-leading three players on the All-Conference first team; Van Lith, Madison Conner and Sedona Prince. Their selections marked the first time TCU produced multiple All-Big 12 players.
- Prince was also a unanimous All-Big 12 defensive team honoree. She led the league and ranks third nationally in shot-blocking (93 blocks, 3.1 bpg).
- Prince has finished with three-plus blocks in 16 games, the third-most of any D1 player.
- Prince finished with 19 rebounds and 16 points on Sunday vs. Baylor. She has produced five double-doubles vs. ranked teams in 2024-25, the fourth most of any player in America.
- Prince became one of 10 active D1 players to record at least 1,400 career points, 700 rebounds and 200 blocks in TCU's victory at No. 17 Baylor on Sunday.
- Prince averages 19.3 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game vs. ranked teams. She is the lone Big 12 player averaging a double-double vs. ranked opposition.
- Conner continues to lead the country in 3-pointers (108).
- Conner has drained four-or-more 3-pointers in an NCAA-leading 17 games.
- Conner is on pace to become the third player in Big 12 history to finish as the NCAA leader in threes.
- Conner needs 24 three-pointers to break Taylor Robertson's 2019-20 Big 12 record (131).
- Mark Campbell is a three-time conference tournament champion coach. Campbell helped guide Oregon to the Pac-12 Tournament title in 2018 and 2020 during his tenure as associate head coach. He then led Sacramento State to its first Big Sky Tournament championship and first NCAA Tournament berth in 2023.
- Four of TCU's seven coaches were members of Oregon's 2020 Pac-12 Tournament-winning squad. Campbell, along with Xavi Lopez and Nia Jackson, served on head coach Kelly Graves' staff while Minyon Moore was an all-Pac-12 defensive team honoree and starting point guard for the Ducks.
- Campbell has advanced a team to a conference tournament title game five times.
- Campbell has won 16 conference tournament games as a head or associate head coach, dating back to his four-year run at Oregon State from 2010-14. Campbell is 13-5 in conference tournament play since 2016-17.
- Zahna Medley received Big 12 Championship all-tournament team honors in 2014. She is the lone Horned Frog to garner all-tournament team credentials in TCU's 12 seasons of conference membership.
- TCU's 77-76 loss to No. 2 Seed Oklahoma in the 2023 Big 12 Championship is one of just five games in the tournament's 26-year history to be decided by one point.
- The Horned Frogs scored 30 third quarter points in their 90-83 victory over Oklahoma in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Big 12 Championship. The 30 points are the second-most scored in a quarter in tournament history.
- TCU has earned three of its five Big 12 Championship wins as the lower-seeded team.
- our Horned Frogs have been a part of six combined conference tournament championship runs; Agnes Emma-Nnopu (Stanford, 2021, 2022), Sedona Prince (Oregon, 2020), Taylor Bigby (USC, 2024) and Natalie Mazurek (South Dakota, 2021, 2022).
- TCU garnered the No. 2 seed in the 2020 Big 12 Championship before the tournament was ultimately scrapped due to COVID-19.
- The Horned Frogs are 3-2 all-time in conference tournament championship games.
- Kansas State head coach Jeff Mittie guided TCU to each of its three conference tournament championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
- TCU went 10-2 in tournament play during its four-year stay in the Conference-USA.
- TCU 4-2 all-time as the No. 1 seed in a conference tournament.
- TCU won its first conference tournament title in its first time playing as the No. 1 seed when the Frogs' swept the 2001 WAC regular season and tournament championships.
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