TCU men’s basketball will spend Thanksgiving weekend in San Diego, as the Horned Frogs have a chance to land two signature wins at the Rady Children’s Invitational.
TCU will face defending national champion No. 10 Florida in the opening round of the invitational at 2 p.m. Thursday on FS1. in what will be one of the Horned Frogs’ most challenging games of the season.
The Gators are off to a 4-1 start with wins over in-state rivals Florida State and Miami. Their lone loss came in a 93-87 thriller against No. 2 Arizona led by freshman standout Koa Peat.
Arizona was able to match the size of Florida’s elite front court and that will be the biggest challenge for TCU. The Gators are led by the 6-foot-11 Alex Condon (17.2 ppg, 9.0 rpg), 6-9 Thomas Haugh (17.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg) and 6-10 center Rueben Chinyelu (10.4 ppg, 11.4 rpg).
The Gators may have a better frontline than Michigan, which pounded TCU on the glass with a 42-20 advantage in a comeback 67-63 win over the Horned Frogs on Nov. 14.
TCU’s starting frontcourt of Xavier Edmonds and David Punch are skilled, but they stand at 6-8 and 6-7, respectively. They’ll have their hands full and TCU will need its wings like Jace Posey and Micah Robinson to make an impact on the glass.
The Gators did lose most of their guards from last season, but replaced them with two of the top transfer portal guards in Boogie Fland (Arkansas) and Xavian Lee (Princeton).
Fland is averaging 10.4 points per game, but is shooting below 40% from the field while Lee has struggled with the jump up in competition. After averaging 16.9 points last season, Lee is averaging just 7.8 with the Gators and shooting 22.6% on the season.
TCU guards Brock Harding and Jayden Pierre could end up being the key to TCU pulling off the upset.
Depending on the outcome of Thursday’s game, TCU will face Wisconsin or Providence on Friday. The Badgers started the season ranked No. 25, but fell out of the rankings after losing to BYU. Wisconsin is still 4-1 on the season.
The Friars are 4-2 with a win over Penn State, but losses to Colorado and Virginia Tech.
Game schedule dates, times, locations
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Rangers ▶
May 15 Houston 2, Rangers 0
May 16 Houston 4, Rangers 1
May 17 Rangers 8, Houston 0
May 18 Colorado 7, Rangers 6
May 19 Rangers 10, Colorado 0
May 20 Rangers 5, Colorado 4
May 22 at L.A. Angels, 8:38 p.m., CW
May 23 at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m., RSN
May 24 at L.A. Angels, 6:20 p.m., NBC Sports, Peacock
May 25 vs. Houston, 6:05 p.m., RSN
May 26 vs. Houston, 7:05 p.m., RSN
May 27 vs. Houston, 7:05 p.m., RSN
May 28 vs. Houston, 7:05 p.m., RSN
TCU Baseball ▶
May 8 TCU 3, Utah 0
May 9 TCU 3, Utah 1
May 10 TCU 4, Utah 3
May 14 West Virginia 2, TCU 0
May 15 TCU 4, West Virginia 0
May 16 West Virginia 6, TCU 4
Big 12 Tournament (at Surprise, Ariz.)
May 20 No. 11 Kanas State 9, No. 7 TCU 4 (second round)
Wings▶
May 9 Wings 107, Indiana 104
May 12 Atlanta 77, Wings 72
May 14 Minnesota 90, Wings 86
May 18 Wings 92, Washington 69
May 20 Wings 99, Chicago 89
May 22 at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m., Ion
May 24 at New York, 2:30 p.m., NBC, Peacock
May 28 vs. Las Vegas, 7 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
June 1 vs. Seattle, 7 p.m., KFAA, USA
June 5 at Los Angeles, 9 p.m., Ion
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2026 season
Aug. 29 vs. North Carolina (at Dublin), 11 a.m., ESPN
Sept. 12 vs. Grambling State, TBA
Sept. 19 vs. Arkansas State, TBA
Sept. 26 at Central Florida, TBA
Oct. 3 vs. BYU, TBA
Oct. 17 at Baylor, TBA
Oct. 24 vs. West Virginia, TBA
Oct. 31 vs. Kansas, TBA
Nov. 6 at Arizona, TBA
Nov. 14 vs. Kansas State, TBA
Nov. 21 vs. Utah, TBA
Nov. 26 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m., ESPN
Cowboys ▶
Sept. 13 at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m., NBC
Sept. 20 vs. Washington, 3:25 p.m., Fox
Sept. 27 vs. Baltimore (at Rio de Janeiro), 3:25 p.m., CBS
Oct. 4 at Houston, 12 p.m., Fox
Oct. 8 vs. Tampa Bay, 7:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
