Kansas Jayhawks vs. TCU Horned Frogs in Big 12 Tournament: Tipoff time, TV, lineups

The details

What: Big 12 Tournament semifinal

When/where: 6 p.m. Friday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City

TV/radio: ESPN2; WHB (810 AM)

About No. 5 seed TCU (20-11): The Horned Frogs rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat Texas, 65-60, in Thursday’s Big 12 quarterfinals at T-Mobile Center. TCU snapped a seven-game losing streak versus the Longhorns. Damion Baugh scored 17 points and Mike Miles 13 points for TCU. … TCU’s 18-point halftime deficit in a win was the largest at TCU under coach Jamie Dixon. It was also the second-largest comeback at halftime in the Big 12 tournament. The largest was in 2009, when Texas Tech defeated Texas A&M after trailing by 19 (48-29) at the half. ... TCU is 18-6 this season and 99-32 under Dixon when outrebounding its opponent. ... The Frogs are 16-3 this season and 99-23 under Dixon when outshooting the opponent. ... TCU is 4-6 in its last 10 games. … Dixon is 2-11 against Kansas as TCU coach. He is in his sixth season at the Fort Worth, Texas school… TCU has secured its fourth 20-win season under Jamie Dixon and its 15th in program history. … TCU is 5-4 against AP Top 25 teams this season. … TCU is 4-1 this season and 21-9 under Dixon in neutral site games. … TCU is 6-9 all-time in the Big 12 tournament and 4-5 under Dixon. … TCU was last a No. 5 seed during the 2018 Big 12 tourney and lost to Kansas State in the quarterfinals. … TCU’s best finish in the Big 12 tourney is a trip to the semifinals in 2017 where it lost to Iowa State a day after beating No. 1 Kansas. ... TCU is 7-7 in Quadrant 1 games this season.

About No. 1 seed and sixth-ranked Kansas (26-6): KU leads the all-time series against the Horned Frogs, 23-3. KU has won nine of 10 versus TCU. … TCU defeated Kansas, 74-64, on March 1 in Fort Worth, Texas. Mike Miles had 19 points, while Emanuel Miller and Damion Baugh had 11 points apiece. KU’s Ochai Agbaji and Jalen Wilson each scored 11 points. KU tripped the Horned Frogs, 72-68, in an immediate rematch on March 3 at Allen Fieldhouse. Emanuel Miller scored 18 points and Baugh 14 for TCU. Agbaji had 22 points for Kansas. …Bill Self is 20-3 against TCU as KU coach. … Self is 754-229 all-time, including 548-124 while at Kansas. … The 24-point margin of victory (over West Virginia Thursday) is the most by the Jayhawks in a Big 12 Tournament game since beating Texas Tech 91-63 in the 2013 quarterfinals in Kansas City. ... Kansas improved to 4-0 all-time in the Big 12 Tournament against West Virginia. The Jayhawks have picked up wins against the Mountaineers in 2016, 2018 and 2019 in addition to this year. ... KU is 21-3 this season when leading at halftime. ... Kansas led WVU by 22 points at the break, which ties for the largest lead at the half this season for the Jayhawks. Kansas also led by 22 against Missouri, 49-27, on Dec. 11. ... Kansas has won 11 league games for 28-straight seasons, a streak that started in 1994-95 in the Big Eight Conference era and is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I. KU has won at least 12 league games every season in the Self era which began in 2003-04. … KU is 4-1 in neutral-site games … Kansas is 22-3 in Big 12 tournament quarterfinals ... KU has reached the conference tourney semifinals for the 22nd time in Big 12 history and 40th time overall ... Kansas is 78-28 in league tournament play and 48-12 at the Big 12 tournament ... Kansas is 44-10 all-time in the T-Mobile Center, including 2-0 this season ... Self is 43-13 all-time in league tournaments (34-8 while at Kansas).

Projected lineups

Gary Bedore

The Kansas City Star

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Gary Bedore covers KU basketball for The Kansas City Star. He has written about the Jayhawks since 1978 — during the Ted Owens, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Bill Self eras. He has won the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year award and KPA writing awards.