Olivia Miles and Marta Suarez teamed up at TCU and trying to get past Sweet 16 in March Madness
Marta Suarez wanted the opportunity for a deep run during March Madness in her final college season before turning pro. The 6-foot-3 forward from Spain was already talking to TCU last year when she found out that Olivia Miles was coming to finish her college career with the Horned Frogs, who had just ended a record 34-win season with their first NCAA Elite Eight appearance. "The moment that they said Olivia Miles ...
that kind of sold me to it. ”
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Marta Suarez wanted the opportunity for a deep run during March Madness in her final college season before turning pro. The 6-foot-3 forward from Spain was already talking to TCU last year when she found out that Olivia Miles was coming to finish her college career with the Horned Frogs, who had just ended a record 34-win season with their first NCAA Elite Eight appearance. “I’m asking who’s going to be playing with me,” Suarez said.
"The moment that they said Olivia Miles ... that kind of sold me to it. ” With playmaking point guard Miles and Suarez headlining another transfer-dominated roster for third-year coach Mark Campbell, the Frogs won the Big 12 regular-season title again.
Third-seeded TCU (31-5) is now in the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row after never before getting that far, and plays 10th-seed Virginia on Saturday in Sacramento, California. “We understand that it’s way bigger than us. But it starts with us,” Miles said.
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