Monday, November 6
Fort Worth, Texas
8 p.m.
TCU
vs
Southern
Preview: vs. Southern
11/4/2023 1:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs open the regular season Monday at 8 p.m.
NOTES
• TCU opens its 113th season of men's basketball on Monday at 8 p.m. against Southern at Schollmaier Arena.
• TCU is coming off a 98-61 win over Texas Wesleyan in its exhibition on Oct. 30.
• The Horned Frogs are two wins away from reaching 1,300 for the program. They are currently at 1,298.
• TCU is 75-37 in season openers and has won nine straight, all of which has been played at home.
• The Frogs are 61-13 in season openers at home.
• TCU was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 in a poll voted on by the league's coaches.
• TCU is receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll. TCU was No. 22 in the final AP Poll of the 2022-23 season.
• Last season, TCU went 22-13 overall and 9-9 in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year for the first time in 70 seasons.
• Emanuel Miller was one of five players named Preseason All-Big 12 Conference.
• Miller averaged 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds last season, which are the second-most returning points and rebounds in the Big 12 Conference.
• Miller joins JaKobe Coles, Xavier Cork, Chuck O'Bannon Jr. and Micah Peavy as returning scholarship players. Those five have been named captains for the season by head coach Jamie Dixon and are the first captains to be named during his eight seasons as TCU's head coach.
• Miller led TCU with 24 points in its win over TWU. Peavy had 13 points and Jameer Nelson Jr scored 12.
• TCU returns 49.9 percent of its players from last season, the second-most in the Big 12 (BYU-74.3%).
• TCU added five transfers in the 2023 signing class, which ranked No. 3 in 247Sports' transfer rankings.
• TCU has five players who have scored over 1,000 points in their careers, the most in the NCAA.
• Under Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 90-33 overall and 33-28 in Big 12 games.
• Dixon's 139 wins at TCU are the second-most at TCU in a seven-year period (Billy Tubbs-140).
• Under Dixon, TCU has gone 68-11 in the months of November and December combined.
• Under Dixon, TCU is 82-13 in nonconference games and 56-5 in nonconference games in Schollmaier Arena.
• Dixon turns 58 years old on Friday.
• Of the sixteen 20-win seasons in TCU's history, five have come in the last seven seasons.
• TCU has never made three-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
• TCU ended last season with a second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament to No. 3 seed Gonzaga, 84-81.
• Emanuel Miller had 14 points, five rebounds and two blocks to support Mike Miles' team-high 24-points.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Southern is led by head coach Kevin Johnson, who is in his first year with the Jaguars. Johnson previously served as the head coach of Centenary for five seasons, from 1999-2005.
• Last season, Southern went 15-17 overall and 11-7 in the SWAC, good for fourth place.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU leads the all-time series 1-0.
• TCU's Garlon Green scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Frogs to a 68-57 win over the Jaguars in the only meeting on Dec. 18, 2012.
• TCU is 43-1 against current members of the SWAC.
UP NEXT
• TCU continues a six-game homestand to start the season with a game against Omaha on Thursday at 7 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
• TCU opens its 113th season of men's basketball on Monday at 8 p.m. against Southern at Schollmaier Arena.
• TCU is coming off a 98-61 win over Texas Wesleyan in its exhibition on Oct. 30.
• The Horned Frogs are two wins away from reaching 1,300 for the program. They are currently at 1,298.
• TCU is 75-37 in season openers and has won nine straight, all of which has been played at home.
• The Frogs are 61-13 in season openers at home.
• TCU was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 in a poll voted on by the league's coaches.
• TCU is receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll. TCU was No. 22 in the final AP Poll of the 2022-23 season.
• Last season, TCU went 22-13 overall and 9-9 in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year for the first time in 70 seasons.
• Emanuel Miller was one of five players named Preseason All-Big 12 Conference.
• Miller averaged 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds last season, which are the second-most returning points and rebounds in the Big 12 Conference.
• Miller joins JaKobe Coles, Xavier Cork, Chuck O'Bannon Jr. and Micah Peavy as returning scholarship players. Those five have been named captains for the season by head coach Jamie Dixon and are the first captains to be named during his eight seasons as TCU's head coach.
• Miller led TCU with 24 points in its win over TWU. Peavy had 13 points and Jameer Nelson Jr scored 12.
• TCU returns 49.9 percent of its players from last season, the second-most in the Big 12 (BYU-74.3%).
• TCU added five transfers in the 2023 signing class, which ranked No. 3 in 247Sports' transfer rankings.
• TCU has five players who have scored over 1,000 points in their careers, the most in the NCAA.
• Under Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 90-33 overall and 33-28 in Big 12 games.
• Dixon's 139 wins at TCU are the second-most at TCU in a seven-year period (Billy Tubbs-140).
• Under Dixon, TCU has gone 68-11 in the months of November and December combined.
• Under Dixon, TCU is 82-13 in nonconference games and 56-5 in nonconference games in Schollmaier Arena.
• Dixon turns 58 years old on Friday.
• Of the sixteen 20-win seasons in TCU's history, five have come in the last seven seasons.
• TCU has never made three-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
• TCU ended last season with a second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament to No. 3 seed Gonzaga, 84-81.
• Emanuel Miller had 14 points, five rebounds and two blocks to support Mike Miles' team-high 24-points.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Southern is led by head coach Kevin Johnson, who is in his first year with the Jaguars. Johnson previously served as the head coach of Centenary for five seasons, from 1999-2005.
• Last season, Southern went 15-17 overall and 11-7 in the SWAC, good for fourth place.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU leads the all-time series 1-0.
• TCU's Garlon Green scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Frogs to a 68-57 win over the Jaguars in the only meeting on Dec. 18, 2012.
• TCU is 43-1 against current members of the SWAC.
UP NEXT
• TCU continues a six-game homestand to start the season with a game against Omaha on Thursday at 7 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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