In a vacuum, this isn’t a bad loss. Going to Waco and dropping a game to a top ten team isn’t shameful in and of itself, but the way this game played out, and what it means for TCU Basketball’s future, makes this loss feel worse than it would have appeared on paper.
For the Horned Frogs, whose remaining schedule — seven games in 14 days — is the fifth toughest in college basketball, for a team who came into the game slotted as a ten seed in the NCAA Tournament but is likely bounced to the bubble at best after, in facing an opponent that played just seven players and didn’t hit a three ball until the final seven minutes of the contest.