Frogs to face UAB in Men's Basketball
2/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 11, 2002
The TCU Horned Frogs (13-12, 3-8 C-USA), winners of two straight conference games, travel to Birmingham, Alabama Tuesday, February 12 to face UAB (11-12, 4-6). Tipoff for the Conference USA contest is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast locally on KFWD Ch. 52. The Frogs are coming off of back-to-back wins over Houston and DePaul, the first time they have posted consecutive wins since a five-game winning streak in mid-December. UAB knocked off previously unbeaten Memphis last Friday, winning by a score of 64-46.
Radio/TV: The UAB game can be heard on KMKI Disney 620 AM radio and KTCU (88.7 FM) with Jeff Williams (play-by-play) and former TCU basketball letterman Herb Stephens (analysis) describing the action. The game will be televised locally on KFWD Channel 52 with Brian Estridge and Renzi Stone describing the action. The contest will also be available on the ESPN Full Court Package.
Billy Tubbs: One of the nation's winningest coaches, Billy Tubbs is in his 8th season at TCU and his 28th overall as a head coach. His career record stands at 592-294, which places him 12th among the NCAA's winningest active coaches. Tubbs is eight wins shy of the 600 victory plateau. Only 35 coaches have won at least 600 games in their respective careers. While at TCU, Tubbs has recorded a win-loss mark of 153-92. He is assisted by Brian Fish, Rob Flaska and Scott Edgar.
Home Sweet Home: Under Billy Tubbs, Daniel-Meyer Coliseum has developed into one of the more difficult places for opponents to play. Since arriving in Fort Worth, Tubbs' coached teams have posted an impressive 103-24 mark at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, plus they are 3-0 in games played at the Fort Worth Convention Center. In home conference games, the Frogs are 40-17 under Tubbs. Last season, the Frogs recorded a 15-1 win-loss mark at Daniel-Meyer, including a 7-1 record in conference games.
TCU vs. UAB: This is the fourth meeting between TCU and UAB. The Frogs trail in the series, 1-2. In the first meeting this season, UAB defeated TCU, 77-71. Before the January 29th contest in Fort Worth, the two teams last played on March 12, 1997, when the Frogs defeated the Blazers, 85-62. The contest, held in Fort Worth, was a first-round matchup in the National Invitational Tournament. The first-ever meeting between TCU and UAB came in the 1985 season, when UAB defeated TCU, 69-62, in a game played in Las Vegas. As a head coach, Billy Tubbs has a 2-1 record against UAB, having posted wins while at TCU and Oklahoma (1983 NCAA Midwest Regional).
About The UAB Blazers: UAB enters the game with a record of 11-12 this season, 4-6 in conference play. The Blazers are coached by Murry Bartow, who has recorded a win-loss mark of 101-85 in five-plus seasons. The Blazers are in third-place in the National Division, and they have posted C-USA wins over East Carolina, Tulane, TCU and Memphis. They are led by Will Campbell, who is averaging 12.7 points and 9.0 rebounds. Campbell has 70 rebounds in the last five games, including 19 against TCU on Jan. 19.
