Early returns from Tuesday night’s first round of NIT action bode well for TCU’s opportunity to maximize its number of home games as the Horned Frogs (19-15) seek to qualify for a semifinals spot in New York once the 32-team field is whittled to four.
TCU, the No. 4 seed in its NIT quadrant, meets No. 5 seed Fresno State (20-12) at 7 p.m. tonight in Schollmaier Arena. A victory would secure a second-round meeting between the winner of tonight’s Iowa-South Dakota game in Iowa City, Iowa.
If the Hawkeyes (18-14) prevail as the No. 1 seed in the quadrant, a TCU victory would mean a second-round game for the Frogs in Iowa City.