I can't say enough about the job that Coach Jamie Dixon has done even in the short time he has been at TCU. For some inexplicable reason, Pitt's support for him began waning and he understandably jumped at the chance to go to his alma mater. The trouble is that TCU is not exactly a basketball powerhouse, or even barely a basketball doormat. They have been to the Elite Eight exactly one time, and that was way back in 1968 (when I was in junior high). Before Dixon arrived, the last time they had even been to the NCAA tournament was in 1998. As recently as 2014 they were winless in conference play. In other words, they have been awful, and did not care that they were.
Dixon has been there two years, and they won over 20 games both years, were NIT champions last season, and went to the NCAA tournament this season, even with the loss mid-season of their star point guard.
TCU is in Texas, where basketball is an afterthought; but it is reasonable to assume that TCU is at least a program on the rise.
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