Shooting 50 percent, TCU ended a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night at Kansas State and boosted its postseason chances.
None of that is unrelated.
“Making some shots early made the whole difference,” coach Jamie Dixon said. “I would say it’s the elephant in the room, but it’s been out there so long. Everybody’s been talking about it, what we were shooting in those games.”
For two weeks, TCU shot 41.7 percent in a four-game losing streak that knocked them down to bubble status for the NCAA Tournament. At K-State on Wednesday night, the Frogs made 31 of 62 shots in winning for the first time in Manhattan since 1999.