TCU Horned Frogs vs. KU Jayhawks at Big 12 tournament: probable starters, notes
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- Kansas leads series 28-4 and has won four straight, 6 of last 7.
- TCU has won six straight and is 9-1 since Robinson entered starting lineup.
- Quarterfinal tipoff 8:30 p.m. at T-Mobile Center on ESPN2; key matchups noted.
The Kansas Jayhawks, who defeated TCU 104-100 in overtime on Jan. 6 at Allen Fieldhouse, will meet the Horned Frogs in a Big 12 tournament quarterfinal game at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at T-Mobile Center.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
TCU vs. Kansas: How to watch
When: 8:30 p.m., Thursday
Where: T-Mobile Center
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM).
Probable starters
KANSAS (22-9)
F (No. 40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 13.8 ppg
F ( 15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 8.3
G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 14.3
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 13.4
G (22) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 19.9
TCU (22-10)
F (No. 5) — Micah Robinson, 6-6, Soph., 10.6 ppg
F (15) — David Punch, 6-7, Soph., 13.6
F (24) — Xavier Edmonds, 6-8, Jr., 12.8
G (2) — Brock Harding, 6-0, Jr., 8.3
G (1) — Jayden Pierre, 6-3, Sr., 10.4
About No. 3 seed Kansas (22-9): KU leads the all-time series, 28-4. KU has won four in a row and six of the last seven vs the Horned Frogs. … The Jayhawks defeated TCU 104-100 in overtime on Jan. 6 at Allen Fieldhouse. Darryn Peterson scored a career-high 32 points in 32 minutes, while Tre White had 22 points, Melvin Council Jr. 18 and Flory Bidunga 16. Liutauras Lelevicius, a guard from Lithuania, scored 23 points, while David Punch had 20, Jayden Pierre 16 and Xavier Edmonds 11 for TCU. Brock Harding had 10 assists and Punch nine rebounds and five blocked shots. KU rallied from 15 points down with 4:38 left in regulation. Peterson was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 1.9 seconds left and made all three free throws to tie the game at 87-87. …
Kansas is the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tournament for the fourth time in the 30-year history of the conference. KU was No. 3 seed in 1999, 2004 and 2019. The Jayhawks won the 1999 Big 12 tournament after also winning it in 1997 and 1998. KU advanced to the semifinals of the 2004 event and the championship game of the 2019 tourney. …
Kansas has won 16 conference tournament titles and this does not include the 2018 title that was later vacated. KU has won 11 Big 12 tournaments, with its last in 2022. … Kansas has a 79-30 mark in conference tournament play, including 50-14 in the Big 12 tournament. This does not include the 2018 tourney. … KU has 22 or more wins for the 31st time in the last 33 seasons. KU won 12 league games for the 20th time in Bill Self’s 23 seasons at KU. … Self is 631-165 while at Kansas, 838-270 all-time.
About No. 6 seed TCU (22-10): TCU advanced by defeating No. 14 seed Oklahoma State, 95-88, in a second round game Wednesday night. David Punch led the Horned Frogs with 26 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots. Xavier Edmonds had 14 points and 11 boards and Jayden Pierre 13 points and five assists. Tanner Toolson came off the bench to score 19 points with seven rebounds. He was 2-of-4 from 3 on a night TCU hit 8 of 23 shots from beyond the arc. OSU was 4-of-19 from 3. Anthony Roy led the Cowboys with 25 points, nine rebounds and three assists.
Now in his 10th season at TCU, coach Jamie Dixon has compiled a 3-16 record versus the Jayhawks. … TCU is 1-2 versus KU at the Big 12 tournament. … TCU has won six consecutive games. The Frogs have won nine of their last 10 contests. … TCU went 14-5 at home this season, 5-5 on the road and are now 3-0 on neutral courts. … The Frogs finished regular season conference play with a program-record 11 Big 12 wins. …
TCU is 9-1 since Micah Robinson was inserted into the starting lineup. … Punch has scored in double figures in 24 games. Brock Harding has had five or more assists in 21 games. Harding in the last five games has 33 assists to six turnovers … Lelevicius has scored in double figures in four of the last five games. He is 44-of-48 from the line this season. … TCU has outrebounded its opponents in nine of its past 10 games (before wed). …TCU is 3-3 against top 10 ranked teams. … TCU has 20 wins for the fourth time in the last five seasons and the seventh times in the last 10.
Bill Self’s comment on TCU: “They whipped us (in first meeting). They controlled the game. They’ve won eight of their last nine (now 9 of 10) and are probably as hot as any team in the league, maybe the hottest team in the league. They’re good. We need to bring it, because I really feel like that they’re a team that’s playing with house money and they also know they’re already in the (NCAA) Tournament, so there’s no pressure. They’ll just let it go.”
