Preview: Kansas vs TCU Basketball in Big 12 Tournament

• Who: No. 6 Seed TCU (22-10, 11-7) vs. No. 3 Seed Kansas (22-9, 12-6)
• What: Second meeting between these teams this season and Kansas' first game in the Big 12 Tournament
• When: Thursday, March 12 at 8:30 p.m CT.
• Where: T-Mobile Center (18,972) in Kansas City, MO.
• TV/Streaming: ESPN2 (To access link, CLICK HERE)
• Announcers: Jon "Boog" Sciambi (play-by-play), Fran Fraschilla (analyst), Angel Gray (sideline)
• Radio: As always, fans can tune into Jayhawk Radio Network to listen to the Voice of the Jayhawks, Brian Hanni, call the contest (810 AM, 1510 AM, 99.3 FM in Kansas City, 94.7 KSKU, 99.3/1370 KIOL in Wichita). The pregame show begins 30 minutes prior to tip-off at 8 p.m.
• Radio announcers: Brian Hanni (play-by-play)
• This season: Kansas had an extremely up and down run in conference play, starting off league action with a 1-2 record before ripping off an eight-game winning streak. But after that stretch, the Jayhawks wrapped up the regular season losing three of their last five games. Meanwhile, TCU is playing its best basketball of the season and has now won nine of its last 10 games. That streak features victories over Iowa State at home and Texas Tech on the road.
• Series history: Kansas holds a 28-4 all-time lead over TCU in a series that dates back to 1952. The two programs have met three times in the Big 12 Tournament before, with the Jayhawks coming out victorious in 2015 and 2022. However, TCU did upset top-ranked Kansas in the 2017 conference tourney because of Josh Jackson's infamous traffic incident that led to him being suspended for the game.

Meet the Coaches

• Jamie Dixon, TCU: Dixon is one of the longest tenured coaches in the Big 12, taking over at the helm in Fort Worth a decade ago. During that 10-year span, the program boasts a 198-136 record with four March Madness appearances (soon to be five). Before taking the TCU job, Dixon coached some extremely talented teams at Pitt.
• Bill Self, Kansas:  Historically, Self has been dominant when facing off with TCU. He improved to 26-4 against the program with the team's win over the Horned Frogs in January.

Leading scorers

Kansas

• G Darryn Peterson: 19.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 45.7 FG%
• G Tre White: 14.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 43.5 3PT FG%
• C Flory Bidunga: 13.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.7 bpg, 64.4 FG%

TCU

• F David Punch: 13.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 50.8 FG%
• F Xavier Edmonds: 12.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 57.6 FG%
• F Micah Robinson: 10.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 31.8 3PT FG%