No. 7 Texas takes on No. 22 TCU in Big 12 Tourney semifinal

The No. 7 ranked Texas Longhorns will be back on the court tonight at 8:30 central taking on No. 22 TCU in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament.

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The Longhorns (24-8) cruised to a 61-47 win over Oklahoma State last night in the quarterfinal after a slow start offensively.

Texas is locked in as a strong No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament with a 12th Quadrant 1 victory last night. Kansas is the only school in the country with more Quad 1 wins with 16.

The Horned Frogs (21-11) rode a hot shooting night from beyond the arc to an 80-67 win over No. 12 Kansas State. TCU shoots only 30% from three on the season, but hit on 11 of 25 last night.

Texas interim head coach Rodney Terry was named the Sporting News National Coach of the Year Wednesday. He has coached the Longhorns to a 17-7 record since being named the interim head coach.

Timmy Allen Update

Super senior forward Timmy Allen sat out Thursday night’s game with a very minor ankle sprain. If this was a NCAA Tournament game, he would have played.

The Longhorns are not expected to suit up Allen the remainder of the Big 12 Tournament, but instead make sure he’s 100% for the NCAA Tournament.

How to watch the game

TCU and Texas tipoff at 8:30pm p.m. Central on ESPN/ESPN2 with Rich Hollenberg (play by play), Chris Spatola (analyst) and Kris Budden (reporter) calling the action.

T-Mobile Center (19,135) – Kansas City, Missouri

The Longhorns lead the series 116-70. TCU won the last meeting 75-73 March 1, 2023 in Austin. Texas beat TCU 79-75 January 11 in Austin.

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Big 12 Tournament Schedule

Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 9
Gm 3: No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 5 Iowa State | 11:30am on ESPN
Gm 4: No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 West Virginia | 2pm on ESPN
Gm 5: No. 2 Texas vs. Oklahoma State | 6pm on ESPN2
Gm6: No. 3 Kansas State vs. No. 6 TCU | 8:30pm on ESPN/ESPN2

Semifinals — Friday, March 10
Gm 7: No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Kansas | 6pm on ESPN/ESPN2
Gm 8: No. 2 Texas vs. No. 6 TCU | 8:30pm on ESPN/ESPN2

Big 12 Tournament Championship Game — Saturday, March 11
Gm 9: Game 7 winner vs. Gm 8 winner | 5pm on ESPN

The Rodney Terry File

Rodney Terry enters Tuesday with a career record of 180-163. He has been a head coach at the Division I level for ten year prior to joining Chris Beard’s staff in Austin.

Terry built the Fresno State program up in his time in California. The Bulldogs won 20 or more games in four of Terry’s last five seasons. That included three times in post season play. Terry has a 0-1 record in the NCAA Tournament.

The Jamie Dixon File

Jamie Dixon is in his seventh season at TCU and his 27th season as a head coach. At TCU, he is 138-95 with two NCAA tournament appearances. His career record is 466-219.

Prior to TCU, Dixon was head coach at Pittsburgh. He won two Big East titles, one Big East tournament title, and made 11 NCAA tournament appearances. He has a 13-13 record in the NCAA Tournament.

TCU Horned Frogs starters

G Mike Miles Jr., 6-1, junior (17.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists)

G Damion Baugh, 6-3, senior (12.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.9 assists)

G Chuck O’Bannon Jr., 6-6, senior (7.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.0 assists)

F Emanuel Miller, 6-7, senior (12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists)

F Xavier Cork, 6-9, junior (4.7 points, 2.6 rebounds)

Key reserves

G Micah Peavy, 6-7, junior (7.3 points, 3.2 rebounds)

G Shahada Wells, 6-0, senior (6.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists)

G Rondel Walker, 6-5, junior (1.9 points, 1.5 rebounds)

F JaKobe Coles, 6-7, sophomore (8.6 points, 3.9 rebounds)

Texas starters

PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-1, sophomore (10.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists)

CG Marcus Carr, 6-2, super senior (16.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.6 steals)

SG Sir’Jabari Rice, 6-4, super senior (12.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists)

F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, freshman (4.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.7 steals)

PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, senior (7.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.4 blocks)

The reserves 

PF Christian Bishop, 6-7, super senior (6.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 0.9 steals)

CG Arterio Morris, 6-3, freshman (5.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists)

F Brock Cunningham, 6-6, senior (4.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists) 

PF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, freshman (1.8 points, 0.8 rebounds)