TCU
Arizona State
Preview: vs. Arizona State
12/13/2023 9:34:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Rematch of last season’s NCAA Tournament meeting to take place at Dickies Arena
NOTES
- TCU (7-1) will play Arizona State (6-3) in the US LBM Coast to Coast Challenge on Saturday at 9 p.m. in a neutral site game at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. The game will be shown on ESPNU.
- TCU is 3-1 in Dickies Arena and played the first college basketball game there against USC on Dec. 6, 2019.
- TCU and Arizona State will both be in the Big 12 Conference next season with the Sun Devils set to join in 2024.
- TCU's remaining strength of schedule rank is No. 7 nationally according to ESPN's BPI.
- TCU has a winning margin of 21.4, which ranks 10th nationally.
- Emanuel Miller, who has averaged 21.3 points over the last three games leads the team with 15.9 points per game.
- Miller is also the team leader with 5.6 rebounds per game.
- JaKobe Coles ranks sixth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (57.7) and Peavy ranks seventh (54.7).
- Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks second in the Big 12 and sixth nationally with 3.2 steals per game.
- Nelson is one of six players nationally that is averaging at least 11.0 points, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game.
- Miller and Nelson rank tied for sixth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 83.3 percent.
- TCU leads the nation with 27.8 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and fourth nationally in assists with 20.6 per game
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 12th nationally in field goal percentage at 51.1 percent.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 10th nationally with 88.5 points per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 10th nationally with 17.8 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and sixth nationally with 11.6 steals per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 17th nationally with 5.6 blocks per game.
- TCU ranks second nationally in average possession length at 13.7 seconds per offensive possession.
- Under Dixon, TCU has gone 75-12 in the months of November and December combined.
- Under Dixon, TCU is 29-14 in neutral site games.
- TCU was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 in a poll voted on by the league's coaches.
- TCU is receiving votes in the AP Top 25. TCU was No. 22 in the final ranking of the 2022-23 season.
- Of the sixteen 20-win seasons in TCU's history, five have come in the last seven seasons.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU is coming off its first loss of the season, 74-66 on Saturday to No. 24 Clemson in Toronto.
- Emanuel Miller led the Horned Frogs with 16 points in his hometown.
About the Opponent
- Arizona State is coming off an 89-84 loss at San Diego on Saturday, snapping a four-game win streak.
- The Sun Devils are led in scoring and rebounding by Frankie Collins' 13.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
- ASU, which has made the NCAA Tournament three times in the past five chances, is made up of 11 newcomers.
Series History
- TCU leads the all-time series 3-2 with a 2-0 advantage at neutral sites.
- The last time the two teams met was the first round of last season's NCAA Tournament at Ball Arena in Denver, Colo. A floater by JaKobe Coles with 1.5 seconds remaining gave six-seed TCU a 72-70 win over 11-seed Arizona State. Coles finished with 11 points and Chuck O'Bannon Jr. made three 3-pointers for 15 points.
UP NEXT
- TCU will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii for the Diamond Head Classic, Dec. 21-24. The Horned Frogs will first play Old Dominion on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
