TCU’s against-the-odds journey to secure an automatic berth in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament came to a halt Friday night in the Sprint Center.
The Horned Frogs fell to No. 23 Iowa State 84-63 to end their hopes of securing a Big 12 tournament title, and, during the postgame news conference, they talked openly about NIT bid possibilities.
TCU (19-15), which began the event as the No. 8 seed, saw its two-game winning streak in Kansas City disappear on a night when it was outshot, outrebounded and outplayed by the Cyclones (22-10).
“They played well. We didn’t.