TCU Frogs vs. No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks: Basketball lineups, TV, time, score, prediction
TCU basketball put itself in position for a March Madness berth by knocking off Texas Tech on Saturday. The Horned Frogs can essentially lock in a spot with a victory this week.
Easier said than done with back-to-back games against No. 6 Kansas. The Jayhawks visit Fort Worth on Tuesday and the Frogs travel to Kansas on Thursday. TCU closes its regular season with a game at West Virginia on Saturday.
A victory in any of those games would push TCU to the eight-win mark in Big 12 play, which should be enough to go dancing given how strong the conference is this season.
The Frogs are feeling good, too, after they upset the Red Raiders.
“There’s a lot of momentum. This win was huge, but now we have to clear it and move on,” junior forward Emanuel Miller said after Saturday’s victory. “We have Kansas coming up, a great team just like Texas Tech, and we’re going to need the same energy that we gave today. The Big 12 is the best conference in the world so we’re going to get it every night.”
With that being said, here’s everything else you need to know going into the game:
The Details
When/where: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth
TV/radio: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mark Neely, Lance Blanks); KLIF (570 AM) with Brian Estridge and John Denton
Records: TCU 18-9, 7-8 Big 12; Kansas 23-5, 12-3 Big 12
About TCU: TCU is 3-3 against AP Top 25 teams this season, including a 2-1 mark at home. It has never had four Top 25 wins in a season and has never beaten Top 25 teams in consecutive games. ... Frogs forward Chuck O’Bannon Jr. turns 23 on Tuesday. ... When outrebounding its opponent, TCU is 16-5 this season. ... TCU’s lone victory over Kansas at home came on Feb. 6, 2013, a 62-55 victory over the then-No. 5 Jayhawks.
About Kansas: The Jayhawks are 22-2 all-time against the Frogs. ... KU was riding a four-game winning streak before its loss at Baylor on Saturday. ... KU leads the Big 12 in scoring offense (79.6 points per game), which is 16th nationally. ... Senior Ochai Agbaji leads the Big 12 in scoring at 20.4 points per game, which is 15th nationally. ... The Jayhawks have four players on their roster who were born in Texas — Jalen Wilson (Denton), Michael Jankovich (Dallas), Zach Clemence (San Antonio) and KJ Adams Jr. (Austin).
Projected lineups
TCU: Mike Miles, Damion Baugh, Chuck O’Bannon Jr., Emanuel Miller, Eddie Lampkin
Kansas: Christian Braun, Dajuan Harris Jr., Jalen Wilson, Ochai Agbaji, David McCormack
Prediction
TCU is riding high following its victory over Texas Tech. KU, meanwhile, is coming off a loss at Baylor on Saturday. But the Frogs have never defeated ranked teams in consecutive games throughout program history. There’s a first time for everything, but this doesn’t feel like it. The Jayhawks will be motivated to keep the inside track to a Big 12 regular-season championship. Plus, the Jayhawks are 9-1 all-time in Fort Worth. KU 76, TCU 69.
