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“Big 12 is a different intensity on the defensive end, and I think that bothered Gonzaga,” TCU’s Chuck O’Bannon said. TCU players are confident they can disrupt Gonzaga’s dynamic offense, averaging 87.5 points per game, with their size, pressure and physical play.

1 in the country in offensive efficiency, so nobody has quite figured it out.” “We’ve watched a lot of tape, and we recognize that they’re still No. “… We tried to watch teams that have done some of the things we would try to do and incorporate that into our plan, game plan. I think they’ve had some guys play a lot of minutes during that time and get a lot of confidence through that,” Dixon said. Coach Jamie Dixon’s staff watched both on Friday night, hours after edging Arizona State 72-70, and went back through the tape again Saturday morning. Those games were helpful for TCU while preparing for Gonzaga. In 2021-22, the Bulldogs routed Texas at home and beat Texas Tech at a neutral site, but this year’s group is 0-2 against the conference with a 93-74 road loss to Texas and a 64-63 loss to Baylor in a neutral-site game at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Gonzaga’s high end still hasn’t coincided with a game against the Big 12, though. “You know, when we’re at our highest end, we can go on the road and beat Alabama at Alabama basically in Birmingham,” Few said, referencing GU’s 100-90 win over the NCAA Tournament’s top overall seed in mid-December. The Bulldogs have tapped into that a few times this season and they enter Sunday’s matchup on a 10-game streak, winning seven of those games by double figures – including Friday’s opening-round 82-70 NCAA game against Grand Canyon. “I mean, I really feel like when they’re at their highest end, it’s as high as anybody in this tournament when you look at some of the things they’ve done.” “This team, TCU, I knew when the matchup popped up on the board Sunday that, like, it’s going to be tough,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. Sunday at Ball Arena with a trip to Las Vegas on the line. The Bulldogs (29-5) will also be seeking their eighth 30-win season when they tip off with the Horned Frogs (22-12) at 6:40 p.m. In this case it applies to TCU, the team standing in GU’s way of an eighth consecutive trip to the Sweet 16. That description could probably apply to any number of teams Gonzaga’s played from the Big 12 Conference over the years.