TCU

Big 12 · Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas

1354-1498

All-time

0.475

Win %

NCAA titles

Final Fours

Tourney apps

#1 seeds

Weeks at #1

All-Americans

Greatest tournament games

TCU’s top NCAA tournament games of all time by Game Score.

#	Date	Season	Round	Match	Game Score
1	Mar 14, 1987	1987	Second Round	#19 TCU 57-58 #18 Notre Dame Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina	1.28
2	Mar 13, 1998	1998	First Round	#15 TCU 87-96 Florida State Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1.28
3	Mar 19, 2023	2023	Second Round	#22 TCU 81-84 #9 Gonzaga Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado	1.26
4	Mar 21, 1952	1952	First Round	TCU 64-68 #8 Kansas Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri	1.19
5	Mar 16, 2018	2018	First Round	TCU 52-57 Syracuse Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan	1.19
6	Mar 12, 1959	1959	Second Round	#16 TCU 73-77 #5 Cincinnati Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas City, Kansas	1.13
7	Mar 19, 2026	2026	First Round	TCU 66-64 Ohio State Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina	1.06
8	Mar 15, 1968	1968	Second Round	TCU 77-72 Kansas State Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas	1.01
9	Mar 20, 2022	2022	Second Round	TCU 80-85 #2 Arizona (OT) Viejas Arena, San Diego, California	0.90
10	Mar 16, 1968	1968	Regional Finals	TCU 68-103 #1 Houston Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas Elite Eight	0.87

Season by season

Year	School	Record	Conference	Conf	AP	SRS	Seed	Tournament
2026	TCU	23-12	Big 12	11-7		#43	9	NCAA tournament
2025	TCU	16-16	Big 12	9-11		#66
2024	TCU	21-13	Big 12	9-9		#35	9	NCAA tournament
2023	TCU	22-13	Big 12	9-9	#22	#21	6	NCAA tournament
2022	TCU	21-13	Big 12	8-10		#29	9	NCAA tournament
2021	TCU	12-14	Big 12	5-11		#123
2020	TCU	16-16	Big 12	7-11		#66
2019	TCU	23-14	Big 12	7-11		#39		NIT
2018	TCU	21-12	Big 12	9-9		#21	6	NCAA tournament
2017	TCU	24-15	Big 12	6-12		#29		NIT
2016	TCU	12-21	Big 12	2-16		#110
2015	TCU	18-15	Big 12	4-14		#51
2014	TCU	9-22	Big 12	0-18		#175
2013	TCU	11-21	Big 12	2-16		#214
2012	TCU	18-15	Mountain West	7-7		#142
2011	TCU	11-22	Mountain West	1-15		#142
2010	TCU	13-19	Mountain West	5-11		#155
2009	TCU	14-17	Mountain West	5-11		#115
2008	TCU	14-16	Mountain West	6-10		#157
2007	TCU	13-17	Mountain West	4-12		#156
2006	TCU	6-25	Mountain West	2-14		#195
2005	TCU	21-14	Conference USA	8-8		#94		NIT
2004	TCU	12-17	Conference USA	7-9		#134
2003	TCU	9-19	Conference USA	3-13		#146
2002	TCU	16-15	Conference USA	6-10		#97
2001	TCU	20-11	Western Athletic	9-7		#48
2000	TCU	18-14	Western Athletic	8-6		#90
1999	TCU	21-11	Western Athletic	7-7		#53		NIT
1998	TCU	27-6	Western Athletic ★	14-0	#15	#6	5	NCAA tournament
1997	TCU	22-13	Western Athletic	7-9		#55		NIT
1996	TCU	15-15	Southwest	6-8		#142
1995	TCU	16-11	Southwest	8-6		#132
1994	TCU	7-20	Southwest	3-11		#201
1993	TCU	6-22	Southwest	2-12		#227
1992	TCU	23-11	Southwest	9-5		#61		NIT
1991	TCU	18-10	Southwest	9-7		#104
1990	TCU	16-13	Southwest	9-7		#76
1989	TCU	17-13	Southwest	9-7		#136
1988	TCU	9-19	Southwest	3-13		#190
1987	TCU	24-7	Southwest ★	14-2	#19	#28	4	NCAA tournament
1986	TCU	22-9	Southwest ★	12-4		#39		NIT
1985	TCU	16-12	Southwest	8-8		#81
1984	TCU	11-17	Southwest	4-12		#148
1983	TCU	23-11	Southwest	9-7		#55		NIT
1982	TCU	16-13	Southwest	9-7		#71
1981	TCU	11-18	Southwest	6-10		#124
1980	TCU	7-19	Southwest	2-14		#209
1979	TCU	6-21	Southwest	1-15		#240
1978	TCU	4-22	Southwest	2-14		#236
1977	TCU	3-23	Southwest	0-16		#230
1976	TCU	11-16	Southwest	6-10		#175
1975	TCU	9-16	Southwest	4-10		#164
1974	TCU	8-17	Southwest	2-12		#215
1973	TCU	4-21	Southwest	2-12		#196
1972	TCU	15-9	Southwest	9-5		#108
1971	TCU	15-12	Southwest ★	11-3		#95		NCAA tournament
1970	TCU	10-14	Southwest	8-6		#97
1969	TCU	12-12	Southwest	5-9		#121
1968	TCU	15-11	Southwest ★	9-5		#99		Elite Eight
1967	TCU	10-14	Southwest	8-6		#111
1966	TCU	8-16	Southwest	6-8		#121
1965	TCU	6-18	Southwest	3-11		#137
1964	TCU	4-20	Southwest	0-14		#158
1963	TCU	4-20	Southwest	1-13		#145
1962	TCU	5-19	Southwest	4-10		#110
1961	TCU	5-19	Southwest	3-11		#154
1960	TCU	7-17	Southwest	4-10		#110
1959	TCU	20-6	Southwest ★	12-2	#16	#32		Sweet 16
1958	TCU	17-7	Southwest	8-6		#32
1957	TCU	14-10	Southwest	6-6		#64
1956	TCU	4-20	Southwest	2-10		#143
1955	TCU	17-7	Southwest	8-4		#103
1954	TCU	10-14	Southwest	5-7		#85
1953	TCU	16-8	Southwest ★	9-3		#66		Sweet 16
1952	TCU	24-4	Southwest ★	11-1		#30		NCAA tournament
1951	TCU	16-9	Southwest ★	8-4		#66
1950	TCU	13-11	Southwest	5-7		#107
1949	TCU	4-20	Southwest	1-11
1948	TCU	3-20	Southwest	1-11
1947	TCU	1-22	Southwest	1-11
1946	TCU	13-11	Southwest	6-6
1945	TCU	9-20	Southwest	7-5
1944	TCU	9-12	Southwest	6-6
1943	TCU	18-9	Southwest	5-7
1942	TCU	13-10	Southwest	6-6
1941	TCU	5-16	Southwest	0-12
1940	TCU	7-16	Southwest	1-11
1939	TCU	2-17	Southwest	0-12
1938	TCU	8-15	Southwest	1-11
1937	TCU	1-13	Southwest	1-11
1936	TCU	3-11	Southwest	2-10
1935	TCU	6-13	Southwest	2-10
1934	TCU	13-2	Southwest ★	10-2
1933	TCU	16-4	Southwest	9-3
1932	TCU	18-4	Southwest	9-3
1931	TCU	18-4	Southwest ★	9-3
1930	TCU	7-10	Southwest	4-8
1929	TCU	10-7	Southwest	5-7
1928	TCU	9-8	Southwest	5-7
1927	TCU	9-8	Southwest	6-4
1926	TCU	13-9	Southwest	7-5
1925	TCU	14-5	Southwest	11-3
1924	TCU	16-4	Southwest	15-4
1923	TCU	3-13	Independent
1922	TCU	8-4	Independent
1921	TCU	0-3	Independent
1920	TCU	1-7	Independent
1919	TCU	4-6	Independent
1918	TCU	4-4	Independent
1917	TCU	2-6	Independent
1916	TCU	1-3	Independent
1915	TCU	11-12	Independent
1914	TCU	2-9	Independent

Consensus All-Americans

2 AP All-American selections.

Year	Player
1998	Lee Nailon
1995	Kurt Thomas

NBA first-round picks

8 first-round NBA draft selections from this program.

Draft	Player	Last college yr
2020	Desmond Bane	2020
2020	Desmond Bane	2019
2020	Desmond Bane	2018
2020	Desmond Bane	2017
1995	Kurt Thomas	1995
1995	Kurt Thomas	1994
1995	Kurt Thomas	1992
1995	Kurt Thomas	1991