TCU
Arizona
Preview: No. 1 Arizona
1/8/2026 8:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs Host Wildcats Saturday at 3 p.m.
FORT WORTH – For the third time in program history, TCU (11-4, 1-1) will host the No. 1-ranked team when top-ranked Arizona (15-0, 2-0) visits Schollmaier Arena Saturday for a 3 p.m. tip on ESPN.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs are 8-3 at home this season and have won five straight.
- TCU's four losses this season were by a combined 14 points and two came in overtime.
- TCU is 1-2 against AP Top 25 teams this season with a win over No. 10 Florida and four-point losses to No. 6 Michigan and No. 22 Kansas.
- TCU is 10-8 against AP Top 25 teams at home since the 2021-22 season.
- The Frogs have won six of the last eight games against top 10 opponents at home.
- TCU is 1-10 all-time against No. 1 ranked teams with the win coming against No. 1 Kansas in 2017.
- Sophomore David Punch leads the team in points (14.4) and rebounds (7.8).
- Punch has scored in double figures in 10-straight games.
- Punch is one of two players nationally averaging at least 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
- Punch's 2.60 blocks per game ranks first in the Big 12 and 11th nationally.
- Punch ranks 11th in the Big 12 with 7.8 rebounds per game.
- Senior Jayden Pierre is TCU's top 3-point threat, making 42.5 percent from deep.
- Harding ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 22nd nationally with 6.2 assists per game.
- Harding ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 2.1 steals per game.
- Xavier Edmonds is averaging 10.6 points, but 15.0 over the last four games.
- Liutauras Lelevicius is averaging 9.6 points and has made 11 of last 16 attempts from 3-point range.
- Micah Robinson has come off the bench in every game and averages 10.5 points per game.
- TCU ranks 24th nationally in KenPom's defensive efficiency rating at 97.9 and 20th in turnover percentage at 21.1.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 33rd nationally with 15.0 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 33rd nationally in turnover margin at +3.6.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 8.1 steals per game.
- TCU ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 31st nationally with 16.3 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 12th nationally with 5.7 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.
- Under Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 124-43 overall and 47-35 in Big 12 games.
- 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
- No. 1 Arizona is one of six undefeated teams in the country, currently 15-0 after a 101-76 win over Kansas State on Wednesday.
- The Wildcats rank in the top 10 offensively and defensively. They rank second nationally in rebound margin at +15.1 and fourth with 44.3 rebounds per game.
- Four Wildcats are scoring in double figures, led by Brayden Burries' 15.1 points per game. Tobe Awaka is nearly averaging a double-double with 9.9 points and 10.3 rebounds.
SERIES HISTORY
- The all-time series is tied, 2-2. It is the first time the two teams will play in Fort Worth.
- Arizona has won the past two meetings, including a 90-81 victory in Tuscan last season.
- The most well-known matchup came on March 20, 2022 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in San Diego, Calif. The Wildcats won 85-80 in overtime.
LAST TIME OUT
- TCU led by as many as 16 points in the second half and by 15 with under five minutes remaining but could not withstand a Kansas comeback in a 104-100 overtime loss to the No. 22 Jayhawks on Monday in Allen Fieldhouse.
- The Frogs led for 31:46 and made 15 3-pointers, their most since Feb. 15, 2020 vs. Kansas State.
- Liutauras Lelevicius made five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points.
UP NEXT
- TCU will hit the road for a game at No. 9 BYU on Wednesday at 10 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
