TCU Earns NCAA Tournament Bid
3/15/2026 8:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs will face Ohio State on Thursday
FORT WORTH – TCU will make its 12th NCAA Tournament appearance when the No 9 seed Horned Frogs face No. 8 seed Ohio State on Thursday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.
Tip time will be at 11:15 a.m. CT and air on CBS.
It will be TCU's fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in five seasons and the fifth appearance under head coach Jamie Dixon, who is in his 10th season with the Horned Frogs. Dixon is making his 16th appearance as a head coach after earning a bid 11 times in his 13 seasons as Pittsburgh.
Ohio State leads the all-time series with TCU, 4-0. The two teams met four times in the 1960s with the last game coming on Dec. 29, 1969, an 89-80 win by the Buckeyes.
The winner of Ohio State and TCU would face the winner of No. 1 overall seed Duke and No. 16 seed Siena on Saturday at a yet to be determined time.
Picked 10th in the preseason Big 12 poll, the Horned Frogs (22-11) finished the season winning nine of their last 11 games and finished sixth in the conference. TCU is the only team in the country that faced three of the four No. 1 seeds in Arizona, Florida and Michigan. The win over No. 10 Florida was one of three top 10 ranked wins throughout the season.
The Horned Frogs are led by the All-Big 12 Conference frontcourt of Xavier Edmonds (third team) and David Punch (honorable mention). Punch leads the team in scoring with 14.3 points per game and in rebounding at 6.7 per game.
