Déjà vu? TCU women's basketball follows last year’s blueprint into March
As TCU women's basketball prepares for its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, some can't shake the feeling of Déjà vu in the air.
FORT WORTH, TX — As TCU women's basketball prepares for its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, some can't shake the feeling of déjà vu in the air. The Horned Frogs secured the Big 12 regular-season championship for the second straight season and are one victory away from back-to-back 30-win seasons with a team built almost entirely from the transfer portal. Olivia Miles , a senior guard who's made an instant impact in her first season in purple and white, has led the charge.
Does that sound familiar? It's the same playbook TCU used last year, when senior transfers Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince led the Horned Frogs to their first Elite Eight appearance in program history. Junior guard Donovyn Hunter, one of five returning players, credited head coach Mark Campbell's ability to "put together pieces of a puzzle and build a program.
" Consider Campbell a puzzle enthusiast because he's found the perfect match yet again. "To have sustainability, you have to be able to rebuild each year," Campbell said ahead of TCU's first-round game against No. 14 UC San Diego on Friday.
"We've just put together really good teams the last two years out of the portal. "We've done a really good job of that. " MORE: How transfer-heavy TCU has bonded, set a goal for first Final Four TCU is riding a NCAA-leading 42-game home win streak into Friday's matchup at Schollmaier Arena.
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