In terms of a fairytale finish to a turnaround men’s basketball season, TCU received the right seed to the wrong tournament on Selection Sunday.
While most of the college basketball universe will be focused on March Madness, the Horned Frogs (19-15) will be a No. 4 seed in the NIT, complete with a Wednesday game against Fresno State (20-12) in Schollmaier Arena (7 p.m., ESPN3).
The placement is what this team has earned when breakthrough victories over top-ranked Kansas (Thursday) and No. 23 Iowa State (Jan. 14) are balanced against a seven-game losing streak to end the regular season and a non-descript nonconference schedule.