TCU
Colorado/Oklahoma State
Preview: Big 12 Tournament
3/9/2026 7:19:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs will play in the second round at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday
FORT WORTH – No. 6 seed TCU (21-10, 11-7) will begin play in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPNU. The Horned Frogs will play the winner of Tuesday's first round game between No. 11 Colorado and No. 14 Oklahoma State.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs are 2-0 in neutral site games this season and 7-5 away from home.
- TCU is 10-13 all-time and 8-9 under Jamie Dixon at T-Mobile Center.
- TCU has won eight of its last nine games, the most conference wins over a nine-game stretch since 1998.
- TCU has outrebounded its opponents in the last nine games by an overall margin of +5.9.
- TCU is 3-3 against top 10 ranked teams this season, one of four teams in the Big 12 with at least three top 10 wins.
- Picked 10th in the Big 12 preseason poll, TCU finished sixth.
- The Frogs received 19 points in this week's AP Top 25 Poll, two spots away from being ranked.
- TCU swept three Big 12 opponents for the second time ever and the first since 2018.
- The Frogs' 11 Big 12 wins are the most they've had in a conference since 1998 when they were 14-0 in the WAC.
- TCU has at least 20 wins for the fourth time in the last five seasons and the seventh times in the last 10.
- TCU's five-straight wins is its longest in Big 12 play and most in conference since 14-straight in the WAC.
- Six of TCU's losses were by six points or less. Three losses were to teams currently ranked in the top five.
- Xavier Edmonds (third team) and David Punch (honorable mention) were named All-Big 12 Conference
- Punch leads the team in scoring with 13.6 points per game.
- Punch's 1.9 blocks per game ranks third in the Big 12 and 31st nationally.
- TCU is 7-1 since Micah Robinson was inserted into the starting lineup (last eight games).
- Edmonds ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 8.4 rebounds per game in conference play.
- Edmonds is averaging more points (14.9-10.5) and rebounds (8.4-4.2) in Big 12 play than he did in nonconference.
- Edmonds' 10 double-doubles are the most of any player in Big 12 games this season.
- Over the last nine games, Edmonds is averaging team-best 14.8 points and 9.2 rebounds per game.
- Brock Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 30th nationally with 5.9 assists per game.
- Harding has had four or more assists in all but two (at CU, at UCF) Big 12 game.
- Harding ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 1.8 steals per game.
- Harding in the last five games has 33 assists to six turnovers.
- TCU ranks 20th in defensive efficiency with a rating of 97.2 according to KenPom.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 with 14.2 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 in turnover margin at +3.2 and has had less than 10 turnovers in a game 11 times.
- TCU ranks second the Big 12 with 12.8 offensive rebounds in conference games only.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 8.0 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 35th nationally with 14.2 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 40th nationally with 4.5 blocks per game.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 525 career wins ranks 19th among active coaches.
- Dixon is one of just 11 active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
BIG 12 TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- TCU is 8-13 all-time in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament.
- The Frogs have won at least one game in the tournament in three of the last four years.
- Last season, TCU lost in the first round to Colorado, 69-67.
- TCU's best finish came in Dixon's first season when the No. 8 seed Frogs won two games to make the semifinals.
LAST TIME OUT
- Jayden Pierre scored a team-high 18 points on senior day to lead TCU to a 73-63 over Cincinnati Saturday at home.
- The Frogs forced 19 turnovers, their most in Big 12 play this season, and committed a season-low six turnovers.
- TCU had 21 assists to 26 made field goals.
UP NEXT
- TCU would face No. 3 seed Kansas in the quarterfinals at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.
