Frogs Meet the Media
4/1/2019 4:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball
TCU met with the media Monday in anticipation of Tuesday's NIT semifinal game with Texas.
Student-athletes Desmond Bane, JD Miller and Alex Robinson held one-on-one interviews while head coach Jamie Dixon gave a statement at the podium. The press conference was held by ESPN's Fran Fraschilla.
Coach Dixon at the podium...
Fran Fraschilla: Thank you Coach, I'll ask coach to speak is a guy that's very familiar with Madison Square Garden. He's coached 41 games in there. That's more than some Knicks coaches have coached. That's a lot of games at Pittsburgh, the Big East tournament abd the various the various tournaments that are held there Jimmy V etc.. Having lived in Dallas the last 16, 17 years. I saw the opportunity and the potential of TCU basketball. They brought back one of their own an alumnus three years ago and this is the third straight year TCU is in a postseason. They were an NCAA caliber team minus some injuries. Towards the middle and end of the Big 12 season. They're probably playing their best basketball of the year right now they've got a really solid seven man group, some old, some new. But the one constant is their coach who's been the postseason every year but one in his career Jamie Dixon.
Jamie Dixon: Thank you Fran. It's obviously a great honor to be here and be amongst these great teams great programs. Familiarity obviously with Coach Smart and Texas having played them twice. Lipscomb and Coach Alexander beat our tails this year. They out-worked us, out-coached us and killed us, and then obviously Coach Marshall with Wichita State. We played a few times. I think we got you started on your run to the final four. So it's been good for his career as well. For us coming up here, we thought we're going to get to the NCAA tournament, like I think pretty much everybody, and then it was a devastating day for us when we found out, and how we were going to respond. The first game was hard. But after that, it became all about getting to New York, and that's what's so great about this thing. You have that goal of getting to New York City and when you win that third game and they start playing New York, New York on the speakers afterwards, it's a great celebration. You really feel like you've accomplished something. So all of us really feel like we've got the most out of our guys late in the season, and so it's great to be here. It's a special place for our family. Obviously, we've played here. We took our team up to West Point. We practiced there yesterday and they got a little history, a little tour, and got to see what the cadets do for our country and they get to see what West Point means to my family and to myself. So it's been a special trip for us already, and we know we're going to play a great team in Texas, and obviously we played twice before. But they all know each other, and I made it very clear this is the first time we're playing Texas because this is the one we need to win, and they all know each other. So it's a very interesting game coming up for us, but we are thankful to be here and be a part of this great event. Thank you.
Student-athletes Desmond Bane, JD Miller and Alex Robinson held one-on-one interviews while head coach Jamie Dixon gave a statement at the podium. The press conference was held by ESPN's Fran Fraschilla.
Coach Dixon at the podium...
Fran Fraschilla: Thank you Coach, I'll ask coach to speak is a guy that's very familiar with Madison Square Garden. He's coached 41 games in there. That's more than some Knicks coaches have coached. That's a lot of games at Pittsburgh, the Big East tournament abd the various the various tournaments that are held there Jimmy V etc.. Having lived in Dallas the last 16, 17 years. I saw the opportunity and the potential of TCU basketball. They brought back one of their own an alumnus three years ago and this is the third straight year TCU is in a postseason. They were an NCAA caliber team minus some injuries. Towards the middle and end of the Big 12 season. They're probably playing their best basketball of the year right now they've got a really solid seven man group, some old, some new. But the one constant is their coach who's been the postseason every year but one in his career Jamie Dixon.
Jamie Dixon: Thank you Fran. It's obviously a great honor to be here and be amongst these great teams great programs. Familiarity obviously with Coach Smart and Texas having played them twice. Lipscomb and Coach Alexander beat our tails this year. They out-worked us, out-coached us and killed us, and then obviously Coach Marshall with Wichita State. We played a few times. I think we got you started on your run to the final four. So it's been good for his career as well. For us coming up here, we thought we're going to get to the NCAA tournament, like I think pretty much everybody, and then it was a devastating day for us when we found out, and how we were going to respond. The first game was hard. But after that, it became all about getting to New York, and that's what's so great about this thing. You have that goal of getting to New York City and when you win that third game and they start playing New York, New York on the speakers afterwards, it's a great celebration. You really feel like you've accomplished something. So all of us really feel like we've got the most out of our guys late in the season, and so it's great to be here. It's a special place for our family. Obviously, we've played here. We took our team up to West Point. We practiced there yesterday and they got a little history, a little tour, and got to see what the cadets do for our country and they get to see what West Point means to my family and to myself. So it's been a special trip for us already, and we know we're going to play a great team in Texas, and obviously we played twice before. But they all know each other, and I made it very clear this is the first time we're playing Texas because this is the one we need to win, and they all know each other. So it's a very interesting game coming up for us, but we are thankful to be here and be a part of this great event. Thank you.
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