TCU
Colorado
Preview: at Colorado
1/30/2026 3:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs and Buffaloes meet at 1 p.m. CT on TNT
FORT WORTH – TCU (13-8, 3-5) will continue its season Sunday at Colorado (12-9, 2-6) at 1 p.m. CT on TNT as well as TruTV and HBO Max.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs are 4-3 away from Schollmaier Arena this season.
- TCU is looking for consecutive road wins for the first time since Dec. 24, 2023 (at Georgetown, at Hawaii).
- Of TCU's five Big 12 losses, three were by six points or less.
- According to ESPN's Power Index, TCU has the easiest remaining schedule among Big 12 teams.
- Sophomore David Punch leads the team in points (14.7) and rebounds (7.5).
- Punch is one of three players nationally averaging at least 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
- Punch's 2.3 blocks per game ranks second in the Big 12 and 17th nationally.
- Punch ranks 11th in the Big 12 with 7.5 rebounds per game.
- Liutauras Lelevicius is TCU's top 3-point shooter at 41.9 percent. He is at 57.7 percent in Big 12 play.
- Jayden Pierre is TCU's top 3-point shooter at 41.1 percent. He has made a three in all but two games.
- Brock Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 21st nationally with 6.3 assists per game.
- Harding has had five or more assists in every Big 12 game and 10-straight games overall.
- Harding has had five or more assists in 16 games this season, which ranks as the 10th most nationally.
- Harding ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 1.9 steals per game.
- Harding is one of three players in the Big 12 averaging at least 8 points, 6 assists and 1 steal.
- Xavier Edmonds has recorded three-straight double-doubles, the first TCU player since 2018 to do so.
- Edmonds is averaging 17.2 points and 8.8 rebounds in the last five games.
- Edmonds earned a spot on this week's Big 12 Starting Five.
- Tanner Toolson is leading the Big 12 in free throw percentage in Big 12 play at 90.9 percent.
- TCU ranks 24th nationally in KenPom's defensive efficiency rating at 98.3.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 14.3 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 39th nationally in turnover margin at +3.0.
- TCU has had less than 10 turnovers in a game seven times this season.
- TCU ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 7.6 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 28th nationally with 15.4 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 19th nationally with 5.1 blocks per game.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 517 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
- Dixon was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in August.
- Dixon is one of just 11 active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Colorado is 12-9 overall and 2-6 in the Big 12 following its sixth-straight loss, a 97-67 defeat at No. 8 Iowa State on Thursday.
- The Buffaloes are led in scoring by Isaiah Johnson's 16.6 points per game which ranks 16th in the Big 12. Barrington Hargress is averaging 14.0 points and 4.5 assists. His assist/turnover ratio of 3.39 ranks fourth in the Big 12.
- Colorado ranks second in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in free throw percentage, shooting 77.1 percent from the line. The Buffaloes average just 9.9 turnovers per game, which ranks second in the Big 12.
SERIES HISTORY
- Colorado leads the all-time series 4-3.
- The Buffaloes won the series last season, 2-1. CU beat TCU, 69-67, in the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on March 11, 2025. During the season, both teams defended their home court with TCU winning 68-57 and CU winning 76-56.
- TCU's last win in Boulder came on Dec. 3, 2008 with the score 62-46.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU held Houston to 28.6 percent shooting in the second half but could not overcome a 13-point deficit at halftime in a 79-70 loss to the No. 10 Cougars.
- The difference came at the free throw line where Houston was 22-of-24 and TCU was 16-25.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host Kansas State on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. The game will air on TNT and at halftime, TCU will recognize the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Southwest Conference Championship.
