Heading into the Big 12 tournament, TCU had lost four of their last five regular season games. They stumbled to the No. 9 seed and came up short against the 16th seed Colorado Buffaloes 69-67. Many of TCU's losses can be attributed to extremely poor starts to both the first and second half.

Less than a month later, TCU went one-and-done in the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, falling 69-67 to No. 16 seed Colorado on Tuesday. It was a perplexing collapse for a team that seemed to be finding its identity at the right time.

The No. 9 seed TCU Horned Frogs take on the No. 16 Colorado Buffaloes in round one of the Big 12 Men’s Conference Championship tournament.