The 2025–26 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Horned Frogs, led by tenth-year head coach Jamie Dixon, played their home games at Schollmaier Arena located in Fort Worth, Texas as a member of the Big 12 Conference. For the first time since the 2000-01 season, the Horned Frogs finished with a winning in-conference record.
Previous season The Horned Frogs finished the 2024–25 season 16–16, 9–11 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. Due to a tiebreaker, as the No. 9 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they lost to Colorado in the first round. They did not receive any at-large bids to the post-season NCAA basketball tournaments.
Offseason Departures Source: Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Vasean Allette 3 G 6'2" 190 Junior Scarborough, Ontario Transferred to UTSA Frankie Collins 11 G 6'2" 200 Graduate senior Sacramento, CA Transferred to Vanderbilt Cole Despie 35 G 6'4" 190 Graduate senior San Jose, CA Out of eligibility Isaiah Manning 1 F 6'8" 220 RS sophomore Mansfield, TX Transferred to Sam Houston Ernest Udeh Jr. 8 C 6'11" 260 Senior Orlando, FL Transferred to Miami (FL) Brendan Wenzel 0 G 6'8" 215 Senior San Antonio, TX Out of eligibility Trazarien White 13 F 6'6" 185 Senior Mansfield, TX Out of eligibility
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Xavier Edmonds 24 F 6'8" 245 Junior Long Beach, CA Salt Lake Community College Brock Harding 2 G 6'0" 160 Junior Moline, IL Iowa Liutauras Lelevicius 3 G 6'7" 225 Junior Kaunas, Lithuania Oregon State Jayden Pierre 1 G 6'0" 177 Senior Elizabeth, N.J. Providence Vianney Salatchoum 23 C 6'10" 215 Senior Yaounde, Cameroon FIU Tanner Toolson 55 G 6'5" 195 Junior Vancouver, WA Utah Valley
Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class
Preseason The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released on October 16, 2025. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players. The Big 12 preseason media poll was released on October 30, 2025.
Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll Big 12 CoachesPoints 1.Houston224 (12) 2.BYU204 (1) 3.Texas Tech200 4.Arizona179 (1) 5.Iowa State170 6.Kansas163 7.Baylor137 8.Cincinnati120 9.Kansas State117 10.TCU90 11.West Virginia79 12.Oklahoma State77 13.Utah50 14.UCF39 15.Colorado37 16.Arizona State34Reference: (#) first-place votes
Big 12 Preseason Media Poll Big 12 Media 1.Houston 2.Texas Tech 3.BYU 4.Arizona 5.Iowa State 6.Kansas 7.Baylor 8.Kansas State 9.Cincinnati 10.TCU 11.West Virginia 12.Oklahoma State 13.Utah 14.UCF 15.Colorado 16.Arizona StateReference:
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
*AP did not release a week 8 poll.
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