TCU’s NCAA Tournament chances seemed to be minimal at best after a 6-12 run through the Big 12.
A massive upset against the nation’s top-ranked team and potential No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed has the Horned Frogs dreaming big.
Playing with poise down the stretch, TCU stunned top-ranked Kansas 85-82 in the Big 12 quarterfinals on Thursday. The Horned Frogs moved two wins away from the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament berth in Jamie Dixon’s first season as coach.
“This is what you have to establish, winning a game like this when you go through a tough road, tough losses,” Dixon said. “You’re down, you have a lead, you give it away, they go up and then you find a way. So we’re just trying to teach that fight, that scrappiness and that emotion.”
TCU (19-14) moves on to face No. 23 Iowa State in the semifinals on Friday.