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Kansas
Preview: at No. 22 Kansas
1/5/2026 12:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs face Jayhawks Tuesday at 8 p.m.
FORT WORTH – Winners of nine of its last 10 games, TCU (11-3, 1-0) will play its first true road game at No. 22 Kansas (10-4, 0-1) on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The game from Allen Fieldhouse will air on ESPN.
NOTES
- TCU is 1-0 on the road this season as its win vs. North Texas at Dickies Arena was designated a road contest.
- TCU is 1-1 against AP Top 25 ranked teams. TCU beat No. 10 Florida lost by four points to No. 6 Michigan.
- TCU's three losses this season were by a combined 10 points including one in overtime.
- Sophomore David Punch leads the team in points (14.0) and rebounds (7.7).
- Punch has scored in double figures in nine-straight games.
- Punch is one of four players nationally averaging at least 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 2.0 blocks.
- Punch's 2.43 blocks per game ranks first in the Big 12 and 18th nationally.
- Punch is shooting 53.8 percent from the field which ranks 13th in the Big 12.
- Punch ranks 10th in the Big 12 with 7.7 rebounds per game.
- Senior Jayden Pierre is TCU's top 3-point threat, making 42.9 percent from deep.
- Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 28th nationally with 5.9 assists per game.
- Harding ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 2.1 steals per game.
- Harding ranks seventh in the Big 12 with a 2.96 assist/turnover radio.
- Kansas City native Micah Robinson has come off the bench in every game and averages 10.1 points per game.
- TCU has had less than 10 turnovers in five of the last nine games.
- TCU ranks 19th nationally in KenPom's defensive efficiency rating at 97.4 and 18th in turnover percentage at 21.7.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 39th nationally with 15.1 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 24th nationally in turnover margin at +4.1.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 8.2 steals per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 with 16.9 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 15th nationally with 5.6 blocks per game.
- TCU returns six "scholarship" players from last season, the second most in the Big 12 only to Houston's nine.
- It is Jamie Dixon's 10th season with the Horned Frogs. His 514 career wins ranks 20th among active coaches.
- Of TCU's seven ranked road wins in its history, six have come in the last nine years under Dixon.
- Dixon was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in August.
- Dixon is one of just 11 active head coaches who have made at least 15 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Kansas is 10-4 overall and 1-0 in the Big 12 following Saturday's 81-75 loss to UCF.
- Darryn Peterson leads the Jayhawks in scoring with 20.6 points per game. However, the projected No. 1 draft pick in this year's NBA Draft has played in just five games.
- Center Flory Bidunga is averaging 14.2 points and a team-best 9.1 rebounds per game. Tre White has scored 14.5 points per game.
- Kansas is one of the best defensive teams ranking third nationally in 3-point defense (25.5 percent), fourth in field goal defense (37.1) and seventh in defensive efficiency (93.7).
SERIES HISTORY
- Kansas leads the all-time series 27-4 and has won the last three meetings.
- In Lawrence, the Jayhawks lead the series 12-1. TCU's one win in Lawrence was one of the biggest losses KU has had in Allen Fieldhouse, 83-60, on Jan. 21, 2023. The Jayhawks were ranked No. 2 at the time.
- TCU's last game in Allen Fieldhouse was exactly one year ago, an 83-81 loss on Jan. 6, 2024.
- Last season, TCU led by as many as 14 points but lost at home to Kansas, 74-61, on Jan. 22, 2025.
- It will be the first game in Allen Fieldhouse for any of TCU's players.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU led by as many as 14 points and held Baylor to its lowest scoring output of the season in a 69-63 win over the Bears on Saturday to open Big 12 Conference play.
- Micah Robinson recorded his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
UP NEXT
- For the third time in program history, TCU will host the No. 1 team in the nation when top-ranked Arizona visits Schollmaier Arena on Saturday at 3 p.m. The game will air on ESPN.
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