BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— After TCU fell to Texas 58-47 in the Elite Eight on Monday, some TCU players were doing cartwheels in the middle of the locker room. Their teammates were cheering them on, and the room was filled with an unexpected, deafening joy.
“We don’t have room for a roundoff!” someone shouted.
The emotions seemed to come from what they experienced throughout a magical season rather than what happened on Monday night. Despite having 11 transfers on the roster, the Horned Frogs grew into a squad anchored by friendship. They used that to their advantage, winning the Big 12 and reaching the Elite Eight for the first time.
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“We truly, truly are a sisterhood,” graduate guard Maddie Scherr said. “We are so, so tight.”
In 2022-23, the Horned Frogs went 1-17 in conference play. Last year, they improved to 21-12 overall, despite forfeiting two games due to injuries. They concluded this year with a program-record 34 wins.
They say their play and chemistry was buoyed by their shared hardship.
“We've been through so much adversity as people,” center Sedona Prince said. “We just love each other, we enjoy each other. I think it's very special and rare, but I think God brought us all together, genuinely.”
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