It's win or no NCAA Tournament this weekend for TCU women's hoops

This weekend will tell the tale of the TCU women's basketball season.

Once ranked in the Top 25 after a 7-game winning streak in January, the Horned Frogs are on the bubble as far as the NCAA Tournament goes.

They'll have a chance to improve their resume on Saturday when they open up Big 12 Tournament play as the No. 5 seed against No. 4 seed Oklahoma at 11 a.m. on FSSW Plus at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

A win against the Sooners would mean that the Frogs would advance past the Big 12 quarterfinals for the first time in school history.

TCU (18-11, 9-9) and Oklahoma (16-13, 11-7) split their season series with each team winning at home. Oklahoma won, 84-71, in Norman on Jan. 4, despite TCU leading after three quarters. TCU then won, 62-58, in Fort Worth on Jan. 27, despite Oklahoma leading after three quarters.

The Frogs, who last played in a conference tournament semifinal in 2011 at the Mountain West Tournament, have sputtered a bit since that win over OU, losing 3 of 9 and two in a row.

They're currently not projected to make the NCAA Tournament, according to ESPN's Bracketology with Charlie Creme. Oklahoma is projected as one of the "First four out."

Baylor (2-seed in Lexington Region), Texas (2-seed in Kansas City Region), and Oklahoma State (9-seed in Albany Region) are the only Big 12 teams projected to go dancing, according to Creme.

A win would advance TCU to its first ever Big 12 Championship semifinal. The Frogs would face top-seeded Baylor, No. 8 seed Kansas State or No. 9 seed Kansas at 2 p.m. on Sunday on FS1. The Wildcats and Jayhawks play in the tournament’s first round on Friday night with the winner taking on Baylor in Saturday’s second quarterfinal.

2018 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship

March 2-5 ~ Oklahoma City, Okla. ~ Chesapeake Energy Arena

Friday, March 2 (FCS-Central)

Game 1: No. 8 Kansas State vs. No. 9 Kansas 6:00 p.m.

Game 2: No. 7 Iowa State vs. No. 10 Texas Tech 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 3 (FSSW Plus)

Game 3: No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 5 TCU 11:00 a.m.

Game 4: No. 1 Baylor vs. Game 1 Winner 1:30 p.m.

Game 5: No. 2 Texas vs. Game 2 Winner 6:00 p.m.

Game 6: No. 3 Oklahoma State vs. No. 6 West Virginia 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 4 (FS1)

Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner 2:00 p.m.

Game 8: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner 4:30 p.m.

Monday, March 5 (FS1)

Game 9: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner 8:00 p.m.

All Times Listed as Central

This story was originally published March 2, 2018 at 2:14 PM with the headline "It's win or no NCAA Tournament this weekend for TCU women's hoops."