TCU Basketball Recognized by Commissioners Court
5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
FORT WORTH, Texas – In recognition of its milestone season, the TCU men's basketball team was honored by the Tarrant County Commissioners Court Tuesday.
The team was on hand at the weekly Tuesday meeting in downtown Fort Worth, to accept a proclamation sponsored by Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks.
Since winning the NIT Championship on March 30, with an 88-56 win over Georgia Tech, the TCU men's basketball team has felt the appreciation of TCU and Fort Worth. It started that March evening when the town was lit up in purple in support of the basketball team's first postseason championship.
On April 8, the Horned Frogs signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans for over an hour during TCU Football's annual Spring Game. Later that day, they were at Lupton Stadium where seniors Brandon Parrish, Karviar Shepherd, Chris Washburn and Michael Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch of TCU baseball's game with Murray State.
On April 11, the Frogs helped with the lunch menu at Market Square, TCU's primary dining hall on campus. The chef cooked up favorite foods of Parrish, Shepherd, Washburn, Williams and head coach Jamie Dixon. Members of the team also signed autographs and posed for pictures with the NIT trophy during lunch.
On April 27, the mayor of Fort Worth, Betsy Price, and the Fort Worth City Council held a pep rally downtown at Sundance Square to recognize the Frogs' accomplishments of the past season.
On multiple occasions, TCU has returned the favor. On April 25, Dixon hosted a cookout for students in the right field terrace. Free food and fun games were available to students to show appreciation for the student section which has come to be known as Frog Army and was a part of 128,658 people that watched TCU at home, the most in school history.
On May 7, Dixon provided some much-needed brain food in the form of donuts, to students studying for finals at the library on campus.
