TCU Frogs vs. Texas Longhorns: Basketball lineups, TV, time, score prediction
TCU basketball is coming off its biggest ranked road victory in program history, knocking off Iowa State on Saturday.
That generated some buzz locally but the Horned Frogs aren’t making too much noise nationally. The latest AP Top 25 poll released Monday had TCU in the “receiving votes” category once again, and not really close to cracking the rankings.
Only two AP voters had TCU on the ballot (Stephen Tsai of the Honolulu Star Advertiser had it at No. 22 and Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star had it at No. 24).
“Rankings don’t mean nothing. It’s just a number,” said TCU guard Damion Baugh, who had a career-high 23 points and seven steals against Iowa State.
Baugh and the rest of the team are more concerned about what happens at the end of the season. And they’re confident they’ll be worthy of a March Madness invitation.
“We like our chances, of course,” Baugh said. “We know we’re a tournament team.”
TCU has a chance to add another data point in its favor against Texas on Tuesday night. Here’s everything you need to know going into the game:
The Details
When/where: 8 p.m. Tuesday at Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth
TV/radio: ESPNU (Rich Hollenberg, Fran Fraschilla); KLIF (570 AM) with Brian Estridge and John Denton
Records: TCU 13-3, 3-2 Big 12; Texas 14-5, 4-3 Big 12
About TCU: The Frogs have held their opponents to fewer than 60 points for four consecutive games for the first time since the 2014-15 season. ... Point guard Mike Miles has been in a slump of late but still ranks fifth in the Big 12 in scoring (15.5 points). ... Guard Chuck O’Bannon Jr. has made a 3-pointer in eight straight games. ... TCU ranks first nationally in offensive rebounds per game with 15.1.
About Texas: The Longhorns lead the all-time series against the Frogs 113-68, including a 76-64 victory in the last meeting last year. ... UT has won five straight and 22 of the last 29 meetings against TCU. ... Texas is a perfect 14-0 this year when holding its opponent below 60 points.
Projected lineups
TCU: Mike Miles, Damion Baugh, Chuck O’Bannon Jr., Emanuel Miller, Eddie Lampkin Jr.
Texas: Timmy Allen, Marcus Carr, Courtney Ramey, Christian Bishop, Tre Mitchell
Prediction
This has the makings for yet another low-scoring affair that will come down to the final minutes. TCU gets the edge as the home team and the thought that Mike Miles snaps out of his shooting slump. TCU 61, Texas 57.
