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HORNED FROGS BASKETBALL FORT WORTH, TEXAS SCHEDULE/RESULTS MARCH 10 | T-MOBILE CENTER | KANSAS CITY, MO. | 5:30 PM NOVEMBER (8) TCU Horned Frogs (12-13, 5-11 Big 12) Date Opponent AP Rank TV Time/ HC: Jamie Dixon (TCU ‘87) n At TCU: 96-70 (5th) n Career: 424-193 (18th) TCU/Opp Result Wed. 25 Houston Baptist -/- Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 69-45 Sat. 28 vs. Tulsa^ -/- ESPN3 W, 70-65 vs. (9) KANSAS STATE Wildcats (8-19, 4-14 Big 12) Sun. 29 vs. Liberty^ -/- ESPN2 W, 56-52 HC: Bruce Weber (Wisc.-Milwaukee ‘78) n At School: 169-129 (9th) n Career: 482-284 (23rd) DECEMBER PROBABLE STARTERS Thur. 3 N’Western State RV/- Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 74-68 Po. No. Name Hgt. Wt. Yr. Ppg Rpg Apg Hometown Sun. 6 Oklahoma* RV/- ESPN2 L, 82-78 G 1 Mike Miles 6-2 195 Fr. 13.8 3.5 3.2 Lancaster, Texas Wed. 9 Providence -/- ESPNU L, 79-70 G 22 RJ Nembhard 6-5 195 Jr. 15.9 4.3 4.0 Keller, Texas Sat. 12 vs. Texas A&M% -/- Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 73-55 G 4 PJ Fuller 6-4 175 So. 5.7 2.0 1.5 Seattle, Wash. Wed. 16 at Oklahoma State* -/RV ESPN W, 77-76 F 5 Chuck O’Bannon 6-6 215 R-Jr. 6.8 3.8 0.5* Las Vegas, Nev. Tue. 22 North Dakota St. -/- ESPNU W, 89-82 C 21 Kevin Samuel 6-11 255 Jr. 9.1 8.0 1.7* Codrington Village, Barbuda Wed. 30 Prairie View A&M -/- Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 66-61 * blocks per game JANUARY NOTES GAME INFORMATION Sat. 2 at Kansas State* -/- ESPNU W, 67-60 n The first game of the 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship will Broadcast: ESPN Tue. 5 Kansas* -/6 ESPN L, 93-64 be the same as the last game of last year’s tournament. No. 8 seed Play-By-Play: Bob Wischusen Sat. 9 Baylor* -/2 ESPN L, 67-49 TCU will face No. 9 seed Kansas State in the first round at 5:30 p.m. Analyst: Fran Fraschilla Tue. 12 at Oklahoma* -/- Big 12 Now/ESPN+ L, 82-46 Wednesday on ESPN at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. Reporter: Holly Rowe Sat. 16 at West Virginia* -/- Big 12 Now/ESPN+ Postponed n It will be a rematch of the final game of the 2020 championship Online: WatchESPN.com // ESPN App Sat. 23 Texas* -/- ESPN2 Postponed when the two teams met in the first round before COVID-19 forced the Thu. 28 at Kansas* -/15 Big12Now/ESPN+ L, 59-51 tournament to be canceled. Radio: KLIF 570 AM | XM/Online: 199/953 Sat. 30 at Missouri# -/12 ESPNU L, 102-98 (OT) All but three of TCU’s losses this season have come against teams n Play-By-Play: Brian Estridge with a NET ranking of 33 or better and are to teams currently ranked FEBRUARY in the top 25. TCU is 10-3 in non-quadrant 1 games. TCU has two Q1 Analyst: John Denton Wed. 3 Oklahoma State* -/RV ESPN2 W, 81-78 wins, both against Oklahoma State, which is currently ranked 12th in Online: HFTV // TuneIn Sat. 6 at Baylor* -/- Big12Now/ESPN+ Postponed the AP Poll. Tue. 9 Iowa State* -/- ESPNU W, 79-76 n In his fifth season as TCU’s head coach, Jamie Dixon is four wins Series: KSU leads 18-9 Sat. 13 at Texas* -/13 Longhorn L, 70-55 away from 100. In his 18th season as head coach, Dixon has never had In Fort Worth: KSU leads 7-3 Thu. 18 Texas Tech* -/- TBA Postponed a losing season. In Manhattan: KSU leads 8-4 Sat. 20 Kansas State* -/- Big 12 Now/ESPN+ L, 62-54 n TCU is 5-8 in the Big 12 Championship and 3-4 under Dixon. Neutral: KSU leads 3-2 Tue. 23 West Virginia* -/10 ESPN2 L, 74-66 n TCU features one of the top backcourts in the Big 12 with freshman First Meeting: Sat. 27 at Iowa State* -/- ESPNU W, 76-72 Mike Miles and junior RJ Nembhard, both earned All-Big 12 Conference KSU won 75-17, Dec. 11, 1947 at KSU honors this week. Nembhard was on the third team and Miles was Last Meeting: MARCH honorable mention as well as on the All-Freshman Team. KSU won 62-54, Feb. 20, 2021 at TCU Tue. 2 at Texas Tech* -/18 Big 12 Now/ESPN+ L, 69-49 n Nembhard is fifth in the Big 12 in scoring with 15.9 points per Winning Streak: KSU, W1 Big 12 Now/ESPN+ Thu. 4 at West Virginia* -/6 L, 76-67 game. His seven 20-point games rank fourth in the Big 12. Nembhard Dixon vs. KSU: 6-6 Sun. 7 Texas* -/15 Big 12 Now/ESPN+ L, 76-64 also ranks seventh in assists (4.0). n Miles has four 20-point games this season, the second-most of STATISTICAL COMPARISON Wed. 10 vs. (9) Kansas State -/- ESPN 5:30 p.m. any freshman in the Big 12. He also ranks 13th in the Big 12 in scoring Thu. 11 vs. (1) Baylor -/2 ESPN/2 1:30 p.m. (13.8). Among freshmen, his scoring average is second in the Big 12 Fri. 12 Big 12 Semifinals -/- ESPN/2 5:30/8:30 p.m. and 15th nationally. Sat. 13 Big 12 Finals -/- ESPN 5 p.m. n Junior center Kevin Samuel is TCU’s career leader with 205 blocked shots, which ranks as the sixth most nationally among active players. 67.5 ppg Scoring Off. 61.2 ppg His 1.7 blocks per game leads the Big 12. ALL TIMES CENTRAL 71.2 ppg Scoring Def. 70.9 ppg * - Big 12 Conference game n Samuel ranks third in the Big 12 with 7.9 rebounds per game and -3.7 Scoring Mar. -9.6 first with 3.0 offensive rebounds per game. ^ - Hall of Fame Classic Presented by ShotTracker (Kansas City, Mo./T- 44.0% FG % 40.9% n TCU is one of the youngest teams in the country with nine 44.8% FG% Def. 46.1% Mobile Center) underclassmen. According to KenPom, the Frogs rank 319 out of 345 % - Played at Dickies Arena teams in experience with an average of 1.14 years per player. 67.6% FT % 66.4% # - SEC/Big 12 Challenge 34.6 RPG 32.9 FOLLOW TCU BASKETBALL LAST TIME OUT +0.4 Reb Mar. -0.1 No. 15 Texas’ second-half run and 3-point barrage were too much 6.8 3FG Per Game 6.5 for TCU to overcome in a 76-64 loss on Sunday. TCU was led by RJ 34.3% 3FG% 29.1% /TCUBasketball Nembhard’s 13 points. Mike Miles added 12 points to go with a team- high six rebounds and four assists. 33.5% 3FG % Def. 36.8% @TCUBasketball Website 13.3 Assists 12.9 www.GoFrogs.com ABOUT THE OPPONENT 3.5 Blocks 1.6 TCUMBB Kansas State has won three of its last four games. KSU won its last 6.0 Steals 5.2 game, 61-56, against Iowa State on Saturday. Freshman Nijel Pack 14.2 Turnovers 14.9 TCU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS leads the team in scoring at 12.0 points per game. Senior Mike McGuril MBB Contact: Steven Schoon // E: [email protected] averages 11.9 points and was named All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention. O: 817-257-5299 // C: 620-218-1693 RANKINGS SERIES HISTORY TCU KSU Address: Athletic Communications Office Kansas State leads the overall series 18-9 and is 3-2 in neutral site AP: NR AP: NR TCU Box 297600 // Fort Worth, Texas, 76129 meetings with TCU. The two teams split the season series with each Coaches: NR Coaches: NR team winning on the road. TCU won at KSU, 67-60, and KSU won at NET: 127 NET: 204 TCU, 62-54. K-State has knocked off TCU in each of the last three KenPom: 128 KenPom: 127 SCHOLLMAIER ARENA years at the Big 12 Championship. Schedule: 31 Schedule: 18 Schollmaier Arena’s normal capacity of 6,800 has been reduced to 1,600 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UP NEXT The winner faces No. 1 seed Baylor in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. NUMERICAL ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School) / Previous School Players Pronunciation 0 Eddie Lampkin C 6-11 295 Fr. Katy, Texas (Morton Ranch HS) Dylan Arnette dillon AR-NET 1 Mike Miles G 6-2 195 Fr. Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster HS) Owen Aschieris ah-SHARE-iz 2 Mickey Pearson Jr. F 6-7 210 RFr. Lincoln, Ala. (Hargrave Military (Va.)) Francisco Farabello FRAN-SIS-CO FARA-BELL-O 3 Francisco Farabello G 6-3 183 So. Cañada de Gómez, Argentina (NBA Global Academy (Aus.)) Jaedon LeDee JAY-DEN LEH-DEE 4 PJ Fuller G 6-4 175 So. Seattle, Wash. (Findlay Prep (Nev.)) RJ Nembhard NEMB-hard 5 Chuck O’Bannon Jr. F 6-7 215 R-Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) / USC 11 Taryn Todd G 6-5 180 RFr. Vaughan, Ontario, Canada (Findlay Prep (Nev.)) 13 Dylan Arnette* G 6-3 185 So. DeSoto, Texas (Dallas Carter HS) 15 Terren Frank F 6-8 235 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Sierra Canyon HS) 21 Kevin Samuel C 6-11 255 Jr. Codrington Village, Barbuda (Redemption Christian HS - Texas) 22 RJ Nembhard G 6-5 200 Jr.