Postgame Notes
3/17/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Team Notes
* TCU made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998, when it dropped a 96-87 decision as a No. 5 seed to No. 12 Florida State in Oklahoma City.
* At 20 years, TCU ended the second-longest NCAA Tournament drought among Power 5 Conference members. Only Rutgers (1991) was longer.
* The Horned Frogs have now appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments with a 5-8 all-time record.
* The game, played at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, marked the Horned Frogs' first contest in the state of Michigan since a 78-76 overtime win at Western Michigan in the 2005 NIT.
* Of TCU's 12 losses this season, 10 were by six points or fewer.
* Dixon now has a 12-12 record as a head coach in the NCAA Tournament and 22-14 in the postseason. He has taken a team to the NCAA Tournament in 12 of his 15 seasons as a head coach. His first 11 appearances came with Pittsburgh.
* Dixon dropped to 15-7 all-time versus Syracuse.
* The Horned Frogs' 52 points represented a season low. The previous mark was 64 in losses at Kansas and in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship to Kansas State.
* TCU used an 8-0 run over the final 3:03 of the first half to take a 28-27 lead at the break. The Horned Frogs lost for just the fourth time in 24 games this season when holding a halftime lead.
* TCU had three 3-pointers and concluded the season with 274 made as a team, the third-best total in program history. The 280 last season was second, while the top mark is 284 by the 2004-05 squad.
* TCU's five blocked shots and three 3-pointers set school records for an NCAA Tournament game.
* The Horned Frogs' 26 defensive rebounds place second in their NCAA Tournament history, behind only the 36 against Kansas State in 1968.
* TCU dropped to 8-3 in neutral-site games in its two seasons under Dixon.
Individual Notes
* Kenrich Williams had a team-best 14 points to give him 1,125 in his career and move him past Gary Landers (1,114, 1973-76) into 21st on TCU's all-time scoring list. Mickey McCarty was 20th with 1,137 (1966-68).
* Williams scored in double figures for the fifth straight game and 25th time this season. TCU was 38-25 when he's reached double figures in his career.
* Williams' eight boards gave him 877 in his career, leaving him fourth on TCU's all-time list. Gary Turner was in third place with 887 (1964-66).
* Williams is one of just two players nationally, and the only one from a Power 5 Conference, to have at least 275 rebounds, 100 assists and 50 steals this season.
* Williams' average of 9.3 rebounds per game on the season allowed him to become just the second player in TCU history (Gary Turner, 1963-66) to lead the team in three different seasons.
* Vladimir Brodziansky had 13 points to reach double figures for a team-best 29th time this season.
* Brodziansky closed his career with 1,364 points, leaving him 62 shy of tying Gary Turner (1,426, 1964-66) for 10th place in TCU history.
* Brodziansky blocked three shots to give him 171 in his career, tying TCU's all-time record of 171 by James Penny (1995-98).
* Brodziansky's three blocked shots was the most in an NCAA Tournament game by a Horned Frog.
* Alex Robinson had eight assists to give him 418 in his career, moving him past Tony Edmond (414, 1988-90) into sixth on TCU's career list. Darrell Browder is fifth with 459 (1980-83).
* Robinson had 190 assists this year to move ahead of Ronnie Moss (189, 2009-10) into sixth place on TCU's season list. Prince Fowler is fifth with 200 (1997-98).
* Robinson is one of three players (Edmond, Fowler) in TCU history to appear twice in the program's top 10 season list for assists. He was No. 2 last year with 228.
* Robinson's eight assists were second-most by a Horned Frog in an NCAA Tournament game, trailing only the 11 by Jim Ferguson versus Notre Dame in 1971.
* Robinson's two steals were the most by a Horned Frog in an NCAA Tournament game since Mike Jones recorded five against Florida State in 1998.
*Desmond Bane had a 3-pointer and made at least one trey in all but three games this season.
* Bane tops the Big 12 in three-point shooting at 46.1 percent (59-of-128) and is on pace to become the first Horned Frog to lead his conference from 3-point range since Ryan Carroll shot a WAC-best 43.0 percent in 1998-99.
* Kouat Noi's two 3-pointers were the most by a Horned Frog in an NCAA Tournament game.
