US EditionBattle for Texas: Former Big-12 foes TCU, Texas ready for Elite Eight showdown at women’s tourney
- The TCU Horned Frogs and Texas Longhorns, both with a 34-3 record, will compete in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight in Birmingham, Alabama, on Monday at 7 p.m. EDT.
- Both teams enter the Elite Eight with strong conference records, as the Horned Frogs are 19-2 in Big 12 play and the Longhorns are 18-2 against SEC opponents, with the Longhorns also boasting a 16-1 non-conference record.
- Texas averages 78.9 points per game and outscores opponents by an average of 23.0 points, while TCU's defense allows only 57.6 points per game, making for a potentially close matchup as Texas averages 21.3 more points than TCU allows.
- Key players for the Longhorns include Jordan Lee, shooting 38.4% from beyond the arc and averaging 5.6 points, while the Horned Frogs rely on Madison Conner, who averages 14.6 points and shoots 45.5% from three-point range, and Hailey Van Lith, averaging 19.4 points over the last 10 games.
- TCU, under coach Mark Campbell, has transformed from a team that had to forfeit games due to lack of players to one competing for a Final Four spot, while this game reflects a shift in Big 12 basketball with TCU beating Baylor multiple times this year.
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TCU went from a near-winless Big 12 season and forfeiting games to the Elite 8 against Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) — TCU is a year removed from forfeiting two Big 12 Conference games due to a lack of players, facilitating a need to hold open tryouts. Two seasons ago, the Horned Frogs were 1-17 in conference play, and the program looked in disarray. That's the past, however, and now the program is in its first Elite Eight on Monday with a familiar foe ahead — the Texas Longhorns. Texas forward Taylor Jones (44) and Tennessee forward Zee Spearman…
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Longhorns, Horned Frogs set for showdown
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A little over a year ago, coach Mark Campbell's TCU women had to forfeit a pair of games and hold open tryouts on campus because they didn't have enough healthy players.
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My Mother LodeBattle for Texas: Former Big-12 foes TCU, Texas ready for Elite Eight showdown at women’s tourney
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A little over a year ago, coach Mark Campbell’s TCU women had to forfeit a pair of games and hold open tryouts on campus because they didn’t have enough healthy players. The Horned Frogs added four walk-ons. They had an awful stretch in which they lost 11 of 12 games. Two of those losses were to Vic Schaefer’s Texas Longhorns, who TCU will meet Monday in the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Building his program…
Battle for Texas: Former Big-12 foes TCU, Texas ready for Elite Eight showdown at women's tourney
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A little over a year ago, coach Mark Campbell’s TCU women had to forfeit a pair of games and hold open tryouts on campus because they didn’t have enough healthy players. The Horned Frogs added four walk-ons. They had an awful stretch in which they lost 11 of 12 games. Two of those losses were to Vic Schaefer’s Texas Longhorns, who TCU will meet Monday in the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Building his program…
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