Now at No. 20 in the AP Top 25, TCU stands to get its toughest tests as a ranked team with games this week against SMU and Nevada.
SMU sounds right — the Mustangs have been an NCAA tournament team two of the past three years, are coming off a school-record 30-win season and have won five straight against TCU.
But Nevada?
Sure enough. The Mountain West favorite Wolfpack were 8-0 going into a Tuesday night game at Texas Tech and freshly ranked at No. 22. Rising NBA prospect Caleb Martin is scoring 19 points a game, and his twin Cody Martin is a 6-7 point guard averaging 14.