Thursday, May 22
Arlington, Texas (Globe Life Field)
7:30 p.m.
TCU
vs
Houston
Preview: at Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
5/21/2025 10:06:00 AM | Baseball
TCU enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed
FORT WORTH – After earning a first-day bye by virtue of finishing third in the Big 12 standings, the TCU baseball team will play its opening game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Thursday night at Globe Life Field against the winner of Wednesday's Kansas State/Houston tilt. The championship is single elimination this year.
INSIDE THE SERIES
TCU (37-17, 19-11 Big 12)
Thursday, May 22 • 7:30 p.m.
vs. No. 6 Kansas State/No. 11 Houston
TV: ESPNU/ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU picked up a 2-1 series win at Utah to close out the regular season and earned the three seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
• TCU finished 7-3 in Big 12 series this season and tallied two series sweeps (Kansas, BYU) and did not get swept.
• TCU, 23-11 in its last 34 games, sits at No. 17 in the latest RPI which is the highest ranking in the Big 12.
• TCU's strength of schedule sits at 18th nationally, while its non-conference SOS is also 18th.
• TCU is third in the league with a .300 average, fourth in ERA at 4.41 and eighth with a .974 fielding percentage.
• TCU hit three more home runs over the weekend to run its season total to 65, its most since the 2019 season.
• TCU is third nationally with 27 triples.
• TCU is hitting .345 in the month of May and .321 since the calendar flipped to April.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
• TCU's side of the bracket features No. 2 Kansas, No. 6 Kansas State, No. 7 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Baylor and No. 11 Houston
• TCU played Kansas (3-0) and Baylor (2-1) at home, Kansas State in a non-conference tilt (0-1) at Globe Life Field, Houston on the road (2-1) and did not face Oklahoma State.
• TCU is 7-3 against its side of the bracket this year.
• The other side features No. 1 West Virginia (DNP), No. 4 Arizona (1-2), No. 5 Arizona State (1-2), No. 8 Cincinnati (2-1), No. 9 Texas Tech (2-1) and No. 12 BYU (3-0).
• TCU was a combined 9-6 against the teams that comprise the other bracket.
• Two of the five series (Arizona and Texas Tech) were played on the road.
• The tournament is single-elimination.
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT NOTABLES
• TCU owns two conference titles in Conference USA, four in the Mountain West and four in the Big 12.
• TCU has won 10 titles in the last 19 years of the conference tournaments, including the 2014, 2016, 2021 and 2023 Big 12 championships.
• TCU has played in a tournament championship game 10 times and is 9-1 in those contests. One championship game (2005 vs. Tulane) was rained out.
• TCU is 31-15 in conference tournaments with Kirk Saarloos on staff and 60-37 all-time dating back to its first tournament appearance in 1991 as members of the SWC.
• TCU is 29-15 in the Big 12 Tournament.
• TCU has had 75 players honored on the all-tournament squads in program history.
• TCU has had 32 all-tournament selections and four tournament MVPs in the Big 12.
• TCU has failed to win a conference tournament game just four times (1994, 1998, 2003 and 2015) in program history.
• The Frogs have won tournament titles at Houston, at Southern Miss, at UNLV twice, at TCU, at San Diego State, in Oklahoma City twice and at Globe Life Field.
• TCU is 16-11 in conference tournament openers, including 9-3 in Big 12 Tournament openers.
• TCU is 6-3 vs. Oklahoma State, 5-1 against West Virginia, 2-3 against Kansas, 5-2 vs. Baylor, 2-1 vs. Texas Tech and 5-1 against K-State in the Championships.
GLOBE LIFE NOTABLES
• TCU has played at least one regular season game every year in Globe Life since it opened.
• The Horned Frogs have played 27 games in Globe Life over the last five seasons.
• TCU is 18-9 all-time at Globe Life Field.
INSIDE THE SERIES
TCU (37-17, 19-11 Big 12)
Thursday, May 22 • 7:30 p.m.
vs. No. 6 Kansas State/No. 11 Houston
TV: ESPNU/ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU picked up a 2-1 series win at Utah to close out the regular season and earned the three seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
• TCU finished 7-3 in Big 12 series this season and tallied two series sweeps (Kansas, BYU) and did not get swept.
• TCU, 23-11 in its last 34 games, sits at No. 17 in the latest RPI which is the highest ranking in the Big 12.
• TCU's strength of schedule sits at 18th nationally, while its non-conference SOS is also 18th.
• TCU is third in the league with a .300 average, fourth in ERA at 4.41 and eighth with a .974 fielding percentage.
• TCU hit three more home runs over the weekend to run its season total to 65, its most since the 2019 season.
• TCU is third nationally with 27 triples.
• TCU is hitting .345 in the month of May and .321 since the calendar flipped to April.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
• TCU's side of the bracket features No. 2 Kansas, No. 6 Kansas State, No. 7 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Baylor and No. 11 Houston
• TCU played Kansas (3-0) and Baylor (2-1) at home, Kansas State in a non-conference tilt (0-1) at Globe Life Field, Houston on the road (2-1) and did not face Oklahoma State.
• TCU is 7-3 against its side of the bracket this year.
• The other side features No. 1 West Virginia (DNP), No. 4 Arizona (1-2), No. 5 Arizona State (1-2), No. 8 Cincinnati (2-1), No. 9 Texas Tech (2-1) and No. 12 BYU (3-0).
• TCU was a combined 9-6 against the teams that comprise the other bracket.
• Two of the five series (Arizona and Texas Tech) were played on the road.
• The tournament is single-elimination.
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT NOTABLES
• TCU owns two conference titles in Conference USA, four in the Mountain West and four in the Big 12.
• TCU has won 10 titles in the last 19 years of the conference tournaments, including the 2014, 2016, 2021 and 2023 Big 12 championships.
• TCU has played in a tournament championship game 10 times and is 9-1 in those contests. One championship game (2005 vs. Tulane) was rained out.
• TCU is 31-15 in conference tournaments with Kirk Saarloos on staff and 60-37 all-time dating back to its first tournament appearance in 1991 as members of the SWC.
• TCU is 29-15 in the Big 12 Tournament.
• TCU has had 75 players honored on the all-tournament squads in program history.
• TCU has had 32 all-tournament selections and four tournament MVPs in the Big 12.
• TCU has failed to win a conference tournament game just four times (1994, 1998, 2003 and 2015) in program history.
• The Frogs have won tournament titles at Houston, at Southern Miss, at UNLV twice, at TCU, at San Diego State, in Oklahoma City twice and at Globe Life Field.
• TCU is 16-11 in conference tournament openers, including 9-3 in Big 12 Tournament openers.
• TCU is 6-3 vs. Oklahoma State, 5-1 against West Virginia, 2-3 against Kansas, 5-2 vs. Baylor, 2-1 vs. Texas Tech and 5-1 against K-State in the Championships.
GLOBE LIFE NOTABLES
• TCU has played at least one regular season game every year in Globe Life since it opened.
• The Horned Frogs have played 27 games in Globe Life over the last five seasons.
• TCU is 18-9 all-time at Globe Life Field.
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