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TCU (11-2 SU, 7-6 ATS) travels to Lawrence to face No. 2. Kansas (12-1 SU, 5-7 ATS) on Saturday at 2pmET from Allen Fieldhouse.
Last season, TCU crushed the Jayhawks 83-60 from Allen Fieldhouse and Kansas got their revenge with a 63-58 road inw as a 3-point favorite.
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TCU has just two losses, but they both came at home against Nevada and Clemson. TCU is not ranked at 11-2 because their strength of schedule is just 345th according to KenPom. They haven't had many big tests and when they've had them, they didn't pass them. In their most recent game, they destroyed Texas A&M-Commerce 77-42 on Monday. The Horned Frogs had five players score in double figures and shot just 3-of-15 from beyond the arc and just 12-of-24 from the free-throw line. Defensive they held Texas A&M Commerce to just 9% (2-of-22) from three-point range and outrebounded them by 25.
On the injury front, Charles O'Bannon Jr. (7.3ppg, 3.4rpg) and JaKobe Coles (11.4ppg, 5.4rpg) are listed as questionable due to a thumb and foot injury respectively. Emmanuel Miller, a 6-7 senior, leads the Horned Frogs with 16 points per game and 6.0 rebounds on 50.7% shooting (35.7% 3pt). One interesting player for TCU who may be a factor on Saturday is 6-11 center Ernest Udeh Jr, who averages just 4.4 points and 55 rebounds, but is a Kansas transfer.
TCU is averaging 85.8 points per game (14th) on 49.9% shooting (20th) and 32.8% from long range (220th). They allow 66.5 points per game on 41.4% shooting (30.8% 3pt). They also rank 18th in the country in rebounding margin at +9.4 per game