TCU Women's Basketball Defeats Washington, 62-59, in Overtime, to Advance to Sweet 16 of 2026 NCAA Tournament

Olivia Miles celebrates TCU's victory over Washington.   -- Photo by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

Olivia Miles recorded a double-double and the No. 3-seed TCU women's basketball team completed a dramatic comeback in overtime to secure a 62-59 victory over the No. 6-seed Washington Huskies in the second round of the NCAA Tournament inside TCU's Schollmaier Arena, in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, March 22. 

The Horned Frogs (31-5), who won their 44th consecutive home game, advanced to their second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance, for the first time in program history.

In the NCAA Sweet 16 on March 28, in Sacramento, California, TCU will face No. 10-seeded Virginia (22-11), which upset No. 2-seeded Iowa in double overtime in a second-round game that was played on Monday, March 23, in Iowa's Carver–Hawkeye Arena, in Iowa City, Iowa. 

The time of TCU's game against Virginia will be announced at a later date.

Virginia, which is in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018, will be making its first Sweet 16 appearance in 26 years. The Cavaliers are the only double-digit seed remaining in the tournament, and they are the first team to make the Sweet 16 after playing in the First Four. 

To advance to the first round of the tournament, Virginia won its First Four game, 77-75, over Arizona State. In the first round, the Cavaliers defeated No. 7-seed Georgia 82-73.

TCU trailed by as many as 10 points against Washington before the Horned Frogs erased an eight-point halftime deficit, caught the Huskies with 3:50 left in the game and eventually forced overtime with the game tied at 49-49.

Miles, a graduate guard, paced TCU with 18 points and 10 rebounds. In the game, Miles also set TCU’s single-season record for points. She has 698 points in the 2025-26 season, which surpasses Hailey Van Lith’s 680 points from the 2024-25 season.  

Sophomore center Clara Silva scored 16 points. She also had eight rebounds and two blocks. 

Senior guard Taylor Bigby added 15 points.

Graduate forward Marta Suarez scored nine points and collected eight rebounds.

Washington had four players who scored in double-figures. Sayvia Sellers led the Huskies with 18 points. Avery Howell scored 14 points. 

 

 

No. 1 Duke Eliminates TCU's Men's Basketball, 81-58, in 2026 NCAA Tournament's Second Round

 

TCU's Micah Robinson

 

No. 9-seed TCU men's basketball fell 81-58 to overall No. 1 seed Duke in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday, March 21, in Greensboro, South Carolina.

TCU ended its season with an overall record of 23-12 and a Big 12 Conference record of 11-7. 

With the loss to Duke, the Horned Frogs fell one win short of advancing to the program’s first Sweet 16 trip since 1968, when the tournament consisted of 23 teams.

On Thursday, March 19, in Greensboro, TCU had beaten No. 8-seed Ohio State, 66-64, in the tournament's first round, to earn the right to play Duke, which in the first round beat Siena 71-65.

Against Duke, TCU trailed at the half, 38-34. Foul trouble, poor shooting and improved execution by the Blue Devils doomed the Horned Frogs in the second half. 

Sophomore Micah Robinson led TCU with 18 points. He also scored 18 points against Ohio State.  

 

 

 

TCU Men's Basketball Defeats Ohio State, 66-64, in 2026 NCAA Tournament First-Round Game

TCU men’s basketball team of the Big 12 defeated Ohio State of the Big 10, 66 to 64, in a first-round NCAA Tournament game on Thursday, March 19, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, in Greenville, South Carolina.

The Horned Frogs (23-11, 11-7 Big 12) will face No. 1 seed Duke in a Second Round game on Saturday, March 21, at 4:15 pm (Central). The game will be broadcast on TV by CBS. The radio broadcast will be available on 1190 AM KFXR. 

The winner of the TCU-Duke game will advance to the Sweet 16, to be played in the Capital One Center in Washington, D.C., on March 26 or March 27.

The Frogs' win over Ohio State was TCU’s first NCAA Tournament win since 2023. TCU improved to 8-11 all-time in NCAA Tournament games. 

TCU and Ohio State were tied 61-61 with 1:16 to play before sophomore forward Micah Robinson’s career-best fourth 3-pointer of the game gave TCU a 64-61 lead. The Buckeyes' all-time leading scorer Bruce Thornton hit a three-point shot to tie the game at 64-64 with 32 seconds remaining.

TCU junior forward Xavier Edmonds, who finished with 16 points and eight rebounds, took the basketball in the paint on a pass from sophomore forward David Punch and scored the game-winning basket with 4.3 seconds left in the game. Ohio State missed a desperation shot at the buzzer.

Robinson scored a game-high 18 points. Punch recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 16 points and a career-high tying 13 rebounds.

Postgame press conference: here  (press conference begins at the 12:15 mark)

 

 

TCU Women's Basketball Defeats UC San Diego, 86-40, in 2026 NCAA Tournament First-Round Game

The third-seeded TCU women’s basketball team rolled to an 86-40 win over No. 14 seed UC San Diego on Friday, March 20, in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament, in Schollmaier Arena, on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

TCU advances to play No. 6 seed Washington at 9 pm (Central) on Sunday, March 22, in the round of 32, in Schollmaier Arena. The winner advances to the Sweet 16, to be played in Sacramento, California.

TCU posted its largest margin of victory in a postseason game in program history. The Horned Frogs led the Big West champion Tritons (24-9) by as many as 33 points in the first half and closed the game on a 19-0 run.

With the rout, the Horned Frogs (30-5, 15-3 Big 12) secured their second straight 30-win season. TCU joined 2025 Final Four participants UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina as the only Power Conference teams in the country to win 30 games in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 campaigns.

The win was TCU’s ninth all-time NCAA Tournament victory. The Frogs have won at least one game in the Big Dance in consecutive seasons for the first time in 22 years. TCU also extended its NCAA-leading home winning streak to 43 games with the result. 

The Horned Frogs benefitted from one of their best defensive efforts of the year. TCU held UC San Diego to 22 percent shooting from the field (15-of-66). The Titans made just six baskets in the second half. 

TCU snagged a season-high 56 rebounds. The Frogs also recorded 10 blocks.

In Friday’s win, TCU graduate guard Olivia Miles recorded a triple-double and broke TCU's single-game assists record.

Miles had 16 rebounds, 14 assists and 12 points, for her sixth triple-double of the season and the 12 triple-double of her career.

She became the first player in NCAA history to record at least 14 rebounds and 14 assists in an NCAA Tournament game.

Miles was one of five players to score in double figures for the Frogs and one of three to post a double-double.

Senior forward/guard Taylor Bigby tallied a career-high 27 points. Bigby connected on seven 3-pointers, which are a TCU NCAA Tournament single-game record and tied for the third-most ever by a player in March Madness.

Bigby’s 27 points broke TCU's NCAA Tournament single-game scoring record, which previously was 26 points, set by Hailey Van Lith in 2025.

Sophomore center Clara Silva scored 13 points. She also grabbed 11 rebounds, to lead all players, and she had a game-high four blocks.

Graduate forward/guard Marta Suarez had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Senior guard Veronica Sheffy had a season-high 12 points. 

TCU became the seventh team in NCAA history to have three teammates post a double-double or a triple-double in an NCAA Tournament game. The Frogs are the first program to achieve the feat since NC State in 2019.

Miles joined Sabrina Ionescu, a former Oregon player, as one of only two players in NCAA history to record two triple-doubles in March Madness. Miles’ first triple-double came in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, when she was a freshman at Notre Dame. Her latest triple-double was the first by a Big 12 player in an NCAA Tournament game.

In addition to breaking TCU all-time leading scorer Zahna Medley's single-game assists record, Miles' 16 rebounds against UC San Diego were the most in an NCAA Tournament game by a Horned Frog.

Miles also has matched Van Lith’s 2024-25 TCU single-season record for points scored (680).

With the win, TCU improved to 11-0 in postseason games inside Schollmaier Arena. The Horned Frogs also broke the program’s single-game NCAA Tournament record for points scored (86), field goals (32), 3-pointers (13), rebounds (56) and assists (23).

Postgame press conference: here