No. 11 TCU women’s basketball wins back-to-back Big 12 titles and enters the 2026 Big 12 Tournament as the No. 1 seed in Kansas City.
The No. 11 TCU women’s basketball team isn’t just winning, it’s rewriting the Big 12 record book.
By knocking off No. 18 Baylor to secure a second straight outright Big 12 regular season championship, the Horned Frogs (27-4, 15-3) cemented themselves as one of the nation’s most compelling stories heading into the 2026 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament.
TCU becomes the first program in conference history to capture consecutive regular-season crowns within three seasons of finishing last.
Now the Horned Frogs head to Kansas City as the No. 1 seed, armed with a double-bye and a quarterfinal tipoff set for Friday, March 6 at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
The tournament runs March 4-8 (or March 9 if BYU reaches the title game) at T-Mobile Center, featuring all 16 Big 12 teams in what projects to be one of the deepest conference brackets in the country.
Momentum is squarely on TCU’s side. The Frogs also earned a No. 11 overall ranking in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee’s Top 16 reveal on ESPN’s College GameDay, marking the first time the show has aired from a Big 12 campus for a women’s matchup. The national respect is real.
Waiting in the quarterfinal mix are heavyweights like No. 2 West Virginia (24-6, 14-4), No. 3 Baylor (24-7, 13-5), and No. 4 Oklahoma State (23-8, 12-6). Texas Tech (25-6), Colorado (20-10), Iowa State (22-8), and Utah (19-11) also loom after earning first-round byes.
The conference itself is stacked.
The Big 12 is one of only two leagues nationally with 75 percent of its teams inside the top 60 of the NET rankings. It also boasts multiple active 2,000-point scorers in Olivia Miles and Audi Crooks - proof this bracket won’t lack star power.
And in a twist befitting 2026, the tournament will debut a full LED GlassFloor court ... the first time the technology will be used for official competition in the United States.
Back-to-back titles. A No. 1 seed. National buzz. The Horned Frogs aren’t sneaking up on anyone anymore. They’re hunting another banner.