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.

Barring a miracle run through the postseason, the Colorado men’s basketball team is destined for a 20-loss season. The Buffaloes, however, are hoping to delay that fate as long as possible.

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.

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.

The No. 16 seed Colorado Buffaloes are moving on in the Big 12 men's basketball tournament. Only three days after demolishing TCU in their regular season finale, the Buffs secured a more narrow victory over the Horned Frogs in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday,