MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — TCU’s Jamie Dixon and his team came to Morgantown needing to take care of business.

The Horned Frogs failed, falling to West Virginia 104-96 in a triple-overtime thriller behind standout performances from Derek Culver and Jordan McCabe on Tuesday night to soften their bubble.

The possible bursting of the Horned Frogs’ (18-10, 6-9 Big 12) NCAA Tournament bubble came with four seconds remaining in regulation, when West Virginia’s McCabe picked the pocket of TCU’s Desmond Bane with the game tied at 68-68.

In overtime, West Virginia (11-17, 3-12) managed to stay deadlocked with TCU after Chase Harler nailed a jumper with 40 seconds remaining. Harler nabbed the rebound after Alex Robinson’s missed jumper, but the Mountaineers were unable to capitalize, sending the game to a second overtime.

Similar story in the second overtime for the Mountaineers, Derek Culver put up the last shot and it came up just short.

The dam finally broke for the Horned Frogs in the third overtime, when the Mountaineers took a 10-0 run midway through with three-pointers by Harler and Lamont West as well as a layup and a pair of free throws by Jermaine Haley.

McCabe had his second straight game in double figures with a career-high 25 points and his first career double-double with 11 assists.