The 2025 Big 12 Championship game, featuring the No. 1-seed TCU Horned Frogs (30-3; 16-2 Big 12) and No. 2-seed Baylor Bears (27-6; 15-3 Big 12) tips-off this Sunday, March 9 at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN.
It’s been quite a ride for the Horned Frogs, who have had by far their most successful season since joining the Big 12 in 2012. Under second-year head coach Mark Campbell, TCU won its first-ever Big 12 regular-season title, with Campbell earning the conference’s Coach of the Year award and grad transfer Hailey Van Lith taking home Player of the Year honors. The Horned Frogs now have the opportunity to make even more program history by adding a Big 12 Tournament championship to their trophy case.
As the tournament’s top overall seed, TCU advanced directly to the quarterfinals, where the Horned Frogs defeated the No. 9-seed Colorado Buffaloes, 69-62, behind 24 points from Van Lith. TCU then beat the No. 4-seed West Virginia Mountaineers in the semifinals, 71-65, to secure its spot in the championship game.
TCU will now face a familiar foe in the Bears, who most recently outlasted the No. 3-seed Oklahoma State Cowgirls in an overtime thriller, 84-74. Unlike TCU, Baylor is no stranger to Big 12 success; the Bears have won 11 Big 12 Tournament championships dating back to 1997,…
