The UCF Knights and TCU Horned Frogs square off in Orlando on Saturday in a pivotal Big 12 matchup as both teams look to climb out of the middle of the conference standings. With identical 3-4 Big 12 records, this game is an opportunity for one team to establish momentum in a tightly contested league.

With over a month left in the college basketball regular season, the thought of UCF facing a must-win game seems overly dramatic. But in a conference like the Big 12, where every game could make or break a team’s postseason resume,

TCU and UCF meet on Saturday night! Our College Basketball odds series has our TCU-UCF prediction, odds, and pick.

TCU (10-8, 3-4 Big 12) will travel to Orlando to play UCF (12-6, 3-4 Big 12) Saturday at 3 pm CT. The Frogs enter the game off a 13-point loss to No. 12 Kansas, and need a bounce back win like last weekend to get back to even in conference play.

A pair of Big 12 teams battling to stay within the top half of the conference standings square off Saturday when UCF hosts TCU in Orlando, Fla. The Knights (12-6, 3-4 Big 12) and Horned Frogs (10-8, 3-4) entered Friday in a four-way tie for eighth place with BYU and Utah.