TCU Horned Frogs vs. Iowa State Cyclones: Basketball lineups, TV, time, score prediction
Selection Sunday is less than four weeks away. TCU basketball looks like a program that will be dancing once again under Jamie Dixon.
The Horned Frogs are projected as a 7-seed in CBS Sports’ latest bracketology, and an 8-seed in ESPN’s field. But those projections are subject to change over the final month.
TCU has to continue proving its worth and, given that it’s playing one of the toughest schedules in the country, it doesn’t have much margin for error down the stretch.
In other words, TCU has to take care of business in home games against opponents such as Iowa State on Tuesday. The Frogs knocked off then-No. 15 Iowa State 59-44 in Ames last month, and will be favored going into the rematch.
Iowa State is riding a four-game losing streak and has won only one Big 12 road game to date — at Oklahoma State on Jan. 26.
TCU, meanwhile, is coming off a loss at No. 9 Texas Tech on Saturday but it has not lost consecutive games this season.
With that being said, 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 (Chuckie Kempf, King McClure); KLIF (570 AM) with Brian Estridge and John Denton
Records: TCU 16-6, 5-5 Big 12; Iowa State 16-9, 3-9 Big 12
About TCU: TCU has won its last three meetings against Iowa State. ... Coach Jamie Dixon is 9-3 in his career against the Cyclones. ... The Frogs held the Cyclones to 44 points in the first meeting. That was the lowest point in Iowa State history at Hilton Coliseum. ... Damion Baugh had a career-high 23 points in TCU’s victory over Iowa State. ... TCU ranks first in the Big 12 in rebounding margin at +9.68. ... TCU’s Mike Miles ranks fifth in scoring in the league with 15.42 points per game.
About Iowa State: All of Iowa State’s losses have come in Big 12 play. ... The Cyclones are led by Izaiah Brockington, who is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring (17.04 points per game). Brockington had a team-high 19 points in ISU’s loss to TCU earlier this season. ... Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger is in his first season as head coach of the Cyclones. He spent the previous two years leading UNLV. ... Iowa State shot just 3 of 26 from 3-point range in the first game against TCU.
Projected lineups
TCU: Mike Miles, Damion Baugh, Chuck O’Bannon Jr., Emanuel Miller, Eddie Lampkin Jr.
Iowa State: Izaiah Brockington, Tyrese Hunter, Gabe Kalscheur, Aljaz Kunc, George Conditt IV
Prediction
TCU basketball has found ways to rebound following losses all season. The Frogs haven’t lost consecutive games, which is impressive given that the Big 12 is the best basketball league in the country. And the thought here is that TCU finds a way to get it done against an Iowa State team that is desperate to get back on the winning track. TCU 67, Iowa State 61.
