When: 8:30 p.m. today

Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City

Who: TCU

Series: TCU leads 6-4

Hello rematch: Tonight’s opening round Big 12 tournament game between 10th seeded Kansas and No. 7 seed TCU is a rematch of the regular season finale, which TCU narrowly won, 55-52, in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. The Jayhawks nearly pulled off the upset but fell just short when a couple of bounces in the final couple of minutes failed to go their way. First-year coach Brandon Schneider said he was pleased by the way his team fought but that fight did not prevent the Jayhawks from becoming the first KU team to go winless in conference play since the 2001-02 squad finished 0-16 and 5-25 overall.

Reasons to believe: After getting embarrassed by the Horned Frogs, 70-44, at home on Feb. 17, the Jayhawks turned things around and played some of their best basketball of the season down the stretch. A near-upset of No. 20 Oklahoma at home and close calls against Texas Tech and at TCU have the Jayhawks’ confidence higher than it has been in a long time. On top of that, the Jayhawks know that they owned a halftime lead over this very same TCU squad last weekend and actually even led by one heading into the fourth quarter in that game. In that one, the KU defense limited TCU to 32 percent shooting and the Jayhawks also out-rebounded the Frogs 43-39. KU outscored TCU 24-20 in the paint, had more fastbreak points (6-4) and also got more production from its bench (13-4).

Medley the key: Slowing down TCU guard Zahna Medley could be the most important part of tonight’s game for the Jayhawks. In the finale, Medley finished with 21 points and three assists and got to the free throw line 10 times. In the earlier meeting in Lawrence, the TCU senior scored 13 points on 6-of-12 shooting and grabbed six boards in 28 stress-free minutes.

Streaking: Freshman forward Tyler Johnson finished the season on a high note, tallying eight points and seven rebounds in the Jayhawks’ loss at TCU in just 25 minutes. It was the third strong game in a row for the freshman from Leavenworth, who averaged 9.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in KU’s last three games.

Slumping: Since the inception of the Big 12 Conference in 1997, the Jayhawks are just 13-19 in conference tournament action. In fact, you have to go all the way back to 1983 to get the Jayhawks above .500 in conference tournament games (32-30).

Probable starters

Kansas (5-24 overall, 0-18 Big 12)

G — Lauren Aldridge, 5-7, so.

G — Aisia Robertson, 5-7, fr.

G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, fr.

G — Chayla Cheadle, 6-0, so.

F — Caelynn Manning-Allen, 6-4, jr.

TCU (16-13 overall, 8-10 Big 12)

G — AJ Alix, 5-6, so.

G — Zahna Medley, 5-6, sr.

G — Veja Hamilton, 5-10, sr.

F — Jada Butts, 5-10, jr.

C — Carol Willie, 6-2, jr.