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MARCH 11 | SPRINT CENTER (18,972) | KANSAS CITY, MO. | 8 PM
(7) TCU Horned Frogs (16-15, 7-11 Big 12)
HC: Jamie Dixon (TCU ‘87) • At TCU: 84-56 (4th) • Career: 412-179 (17th)
vs. (10) KANSAS STATE Wildcats (10-21, 3-15 Big 12)
HC: Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ‘78) • At School: 260-110 (8th) • Career: 453-265 (22nd)

GAME INFO
Broadcast: ESPNU
Play-By-Play: Rich Hollenberg Analyst: Chris Spatola Reporter: Kris Budden
Online: WatchESPN.com // ESPN App
Radio: KLIF 570 AM
Play-By-Play: Brian Estridge
Analyst: John Denton
Online: HFTV // TuneIn
Series: Kansas State leads 16-8
In Fort Worth: KSU leads 6-3
In Manhattan: KSU leads 8-3
Neutral: Tied 2-2
First Meeting: KSU won 75-17 (12/11/47) in Manhattan
Last Meeting: TCU won 68-57 (2/15/20) in Fort Worth
Winning Streak: TCU, 2
Dixon vs. KSU: 4-5

GAME NOTES
• No. 7 seed TCU will face No. 10 seed Kansas State in the first round
of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Wednesday at 8 p.m. on ESPNU.
• TCU is 5-7 all-time at the Phillips Big 12 Championship and has
played in the quarterfinals in each of the last five season. TCU is a
seven seed for the first time in its eight years in the Big 12. It will be
the fourth time the Frogs will face the Wildcats in the tournament.
• TCU is 1-1 this season and 14-6 under Jamie Dixon in neutral site
games.
• Jamie Dixon has 412 career wins, tied for the third-most of any
head coach through 17 seasons.
• TCU leads the Big 12 in 3-pointers made per game (8.6) and blocks
(4.8). The Frogs rank 25th nationally in blocks per game.
• With just three returning players from last season in senior
Desmond Bane and sophomores RJ Nembhard and Kevin Samuel, TCU
was picked to finish 10th in the preseason poll, but finished seventh.
• Bane became the first TCU player to earn First Team All-Big 12
honors. He ranks second in the Big 12 in scoring (16.6) and leads the
Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage (44.1) and 3-point field goals
made (2.9). He’s made a 3-pointer in 21 straight games. Bane also
ranks in the top 10 in assists (7, 3.9) and rebounds (10, 6.3) and is the
only player to rank in the top 10 in points, rebounds and assists.
• Samuel is shooting 64.8 percent from the field and is averaging 8.4
rebounds per game, which ranks sixth in the Big 12, and 2.6 blocks per
game, which leads the Big 12 and ranks 15th in the nation. Samuel’s 11
double-doubles rank second in the Big 12. He's had at least five blocks
in a game eight times this season.
• Bane is top five all-time at TCU in career points (3rd), field goals
(4th) and 3-pointers (2nd). At 1,768 career points, Bane is chasing
current player development coordinator Corey Santee for second
(1,832). Bane is the all-time leader in 3-pointers at TCU with 247.
• At 158 career blocked shots, Samuel is fifth on TCU's all-time list.
Kurt Thomas is next at 166 blocks. Samuel’s 81 blocks this season is
the third-most in a season at TCU. Vladimir Brodziansky’s 82 during
the 2016-17 season is No. 2.

LAST TIME OUT
Desmond Bane scored 24 points on 10-of-18 shooting, 19 in the first
half, but TCU was unable to hold onto a 20-point lead as it fell, 78-76,
to Oklahoma Saturday. Bane also became TCU’s all-time leader in
3-pointers (247). Jaire Grayer scored a season-high 18 points in the
final home game for himself and fellow seniors Bane and Edric Dennis.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
Kansas State is 10-21 overall, 3-15 in the Big 12. The Wildcats snapped
a 10-game losing streak with a 79-63 win over Iowa State on Saturday. KSU is led by senior Xavier Sneed’s 14.4 points per game, the ninth-
best in the Big 12.

SERIES HISTORY
Kansas State leads the all-time series 16-8. TCU swept the season series
for the first time ever with a 59-57 win at KSU on Jan. 7 and a 68-57 win
at home on Feb. 15. TCU is 1-2 in the Big 12 Championship against KSU.
The Wildcats have eliminated the Frogs the last two seasons.

UP NEXT
The winner of Wednesday’s game will face No. 2 seed Baylor in the
quarterfinals on Thursday at 6 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPN2.
 
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