News Category: Texas Christian Horned Frogs

Tournament-experienced Utah State, TCU tangle in first round

INDIANAPOLIS — Two teams that earned at-large berths in the NCAA Tournament field will meet Friday as No. 8 seed Utah State takes on No. 9 TCU in a first-round Midwest Region contest. Led by national coach of the year finalist Danny Sprinkle, Utah State (27-6) won the regular season Mountain West title before losing to San Diego State in the conference tourney last week in Las Vegas. After taking Montana State to the tournament

No. 1 Houston seeks revenge against TCU in Big 12 tourney

Top-ranked Houston looks to continue its late-season hot streak and cement its spot atop the pack for the NCAA Tournament when it squares off against TCU on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo. The winner of the dustup between the Cougars, seeded No. 1 in the Big 12 tourney, and the eighth-seeded Horned Frogs will play the winner of the contest between fourth-seeded and No. 25 Texas Tech

Oklahoma, TCU look to solidify NCAA Tournament resumes

TCU and Oklahoma look to bounce back from losses in their regular-season finales and build on their respective resumes for the NCAA Tournament when they square off in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament on Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City, Mo. The winner of the game between the eighth-seeded Horned Frogs and the ninth-seeded Sooners will play top-ranked and No. 1 seed Houston on Thursday afternoon in the tournament quarterfinals. Both teams

Eyeing tourney bid, TCU out to finish strong vs. UCF

TCU can bolster its case for a spot in the NCAA Tournament when UCF visits in the Big 12 Conference and regular-season finale for both teams Saturday evening in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU (20-10, 9-8 Big 12) has a solid No. 38 spot in the latest NET rankings, which are used as a tool to help set the 68-team March tournament field. The Horned Frogs are also projected as a No. 10 seed by ESPN

TCU, West Virginia try to snap respective skids

With just two games left in the regular season, both TCU and West Virginia head to Morgantown, W.Va., for Wednesday night’s matchup carrying multi-game losing skids. TCU (19-10, 8-8 Big 12) has dropped two straight in addition to a 1-3 record on the road since the beginning of February. West Virginia (9-20, 4-12), last in the 14-team league, has three consecutive losses and is 1-7 since Feb. 3. The Mountaineers lost 81-70 at home Saturday

BYU tries to carry momentum from upset win into TCU tilt

BYU is doing things few people expected the Cougars to do in their first season competing in the Big 12 Conference. One such accomplishment was winning at Allen Fieldhouse. The Cougars host TCU on Saturday in Provo, Utah, fresh off beating No. 7 Kansas 76-68 on Tuesday for their third road victory in league play. In doing so, BYU (20-8, 8-7 Big 12) snapped the Jayhawks’ 19-game home winning streak. Other streaks also fell for

No. 11 Baylor, TCU meet with a lot on the line

No. 11 Baylor will look to get back on course and solidify its spot in the Big 12 standings when it travels to dangerous TCU on Monday in a key late-season conference clash in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs won the first game between the teams this season, outlasting Baylor 105-102 in triple overtime on Jan. 27 in Waco. Expect no less of a battle with plenty on the line on Monday. TCU and

TCU looking to beat Cincinnati for first time

Since the first meeting in a 1959 first-round NCAA Tournament game, Cincinnati has had TCU’s number. The Bearcats are 6-0 against the Horned Frogs all-time, but TCU (18-8, 7-6 Big 12 Conference) has a chance to snap that streak at home. Cincinnati (16-10, 5-8), who beat TCU at home, 81-77, in overtime on Jan. 16, travels to face the Horned Frogs on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU is 11-2 at home and comes off

No. 23 Texas Tech, TCU tied in standings entering Big 12 showdown

Two teams coming off big second halves with different outcomes collide in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday with a goal of staying in the upper echelon of the Big 12 Conference standings. TCU visits No. 23 Texas Tech for a second meeting this season as both teams remain in the mix in the standings bottleneck, two games out of first place entering Monday with three weeks left in the regular season. The Horned Frogs beat the

Up-tempo TCU looking to run against Kansas State

TCU and Kansas State meet in Manhattan, Kan., on Saturday afternoon in a matchup of two teams bunched in the middle of a crowded Big 12 race. TCU (17-7, 6-5) earned an 81-65 home victory over West Virginia on Monday, stopping a two-game losing streak. “We needed it,” Horned Frogs coach Jamie Dixon said. “… We’ve lost two home games already, which is two too many. “Offensively I thought it came easier to us a