New Reasons
This squad can dominate teams, and the first two rounds showed that. Winning both of those games by a combined 37 points showed at any point, TCU can run away with the game.
Including the tournament wins and their conference championship win, this team has now won 12 straight and 14 of the last 15. They are one of the hottest teams in the country right now, and they showed no signs of slowing down so far.
This team is well balanced, with 4 of 5 starters reaching double digits in each of the first two games and having multiple players go for 23 (Madison Conner and Agnes Emma-Nnopu respectively) in their opening bouts. You can get a scoring explosion from anyone on this team at any moment, which makes them so hard to guard.
The shooting is scorching hot at the right time. When I see numbers like 63% from the field and 61.1% behind the arc in their 2nd round game, I see a team that has no reason not to win it all.
Things eventually have to go well for the Horned Frogs in the postseason, right? After three straight years of devastating losses for the men’s team and an absolute meltdown against Georgia in the national championship in football, you would think the universe would eventually stop punishing the university, right?
Original Reasons
To be blunt, this team is damned good. The 31-3 record and getting as high as 6th in the AP poll speaks for itself.
The Horned Frogs have one of, if not the best, dynamic duos in the country. Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince have a plethora of experience and are both averaging over 17 points a game. The intimidating one-two punch is capable of taking down any and everyone.
This squad is very careful and precise with the basketball. Possessing the fourth-best assist/turnover ratio in the country, the passing game alone will help TCU win a lot of games in the tournament.
Experience is vital in March Madness, and the Frogs have it. Van Lith, Prince, and third-leading scorer Madison Conner are all fifth-year seniors averaging 15 (rounded up) or more.
The team is full of star power with Sedona Prince and Hailey Van Lith. It is very possible every squad they face might be too starstruck to focus. I would say this group has it in the bag if they decided to do the tournament based on Instagram followers, but Paige Bueckers and UConn would have something to say about that.
Mason deLisser
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