No. 2 seed TCU punched the program’s first ticket to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 by defeating 7-seed Louisville 85-70.
— No. 2 seed TCU punched the program’s first ticket to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 by defeating 7-seed Louisville 85-70 in front of a women’s basketball record crowd of 7,494 fans at Schollmaier Arena.
It’s a remarkable turnaround for a program that went 1-17 in Big 12 play two years ago. Last year, a slew of injuries prompted TCU to hold open tryouts after forfeiting two games. The team affectionately named the walk-ons the « under frogs. » This season, the Horned Frogs are Big 12 tournament champions and were undefeated at home, going 21-0.
« Schollmaier was electric for 40 minutes and we needed all of it », said TCU coach Mark Campbell, the conference’s Coach of the Year. « So proud of this group to accomplish something that’s never been done here, men or women. To make it to the Sweet 16 is really hard to do. »
« [Campbell] took a huge risk on us, and we took a risk on this program not necessarily knowing what was going to come out of it », said sophomore guard Donovyn Hunter, a transfer from Oregon State.
