It was one of 18, but the opener of the Big 12 basketball schedule carried a lot of weight for TCU.
Because it may have been against the best team in the league.
Oklahoma is the country’s highest-scoring team, led by the country’s highest-scoring player. The Sooners got 39 points from Trae Young to eke out a 90-89 victory in Fort Worth last week.
The Horned Frogs matched the Sooners in firepower.
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They mave have to again in a matter of days with a schedule that includes two meetings against Oklahoma and one against 13-time defending league champion Kansas in the first five games.