TCU
Old Dominion
Preview: vs. Old Dominion
12/18/2023 9:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Horned Frogs begin play in the Diamond Head Classic on Thursday
NOTES
- TCU (8-1) will play in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Dec. 21-24, at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Horned Frogs will first play Old Dominion (3-6) on Thursday at 4 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
- Other teams in the field are Georgia Tech, Hawai'i, Nevada, Portland, Temple and UMass.
- TCU is making its first trip to Hawaii since winning the 2018 Diamond Head Classic.
- Since Jamie Dixon became the head coach at TCU in spring of 2016, the Frogs have won five of their seven mid-season tournaments, going 13-2 in those games.
- TCU's remaining strength of schedule rank is No. 8 nationally according to ESPN's BPI.
- TCU has a winning margin of 21.2, which ranks eighth nationally.
- Emanuel Miller, who has averaged 20.5 points over the last four games leads the team with 16.1 points per game.
- Miller is also the team leader in rebounds with 5.7 per game.
- Micah Peavy is the reigning Big 12 Player of the Week after recording a triple-double in the win over Arizona State.
- TCU has three players ranked in the top nine in the Big 12 in field goal percentage. Peavy is fifth (55.3), JaKobe Coles is eighth (54.1) and Miller is ninth (50.5).
- Jameer Nelson Jr. ranks second in the Big 12 and fifth nationally with 3.0 steals per game.
- Nelson is one of seven players nationally that is averaging at least 11.0 points, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game.
- TCU leads the nation with 27.0 fastbreak points per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and 10th nationally with 17.8 turnovers forced per game.
- TCU ranks second in the Big 12 and fourth nationally with 11.8 steals per game.
- TCU ranks second nationally in average possession length at 13.9 seconds per offensive possession.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 20th nationally with 5.4 blocks per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and fourth nationally in assists with 21.0 per game
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 10th nationally with 87.4 points per game.
- TCU ranks third in the Big 12 and 11th nationally with a turnover margin of +5.4.
- TCU ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 16th nationally in field goal percentage at 50.4 percent.
- Under Dixon, TCU has gone 76-12 in the months of November and December combined.
- Under Dixon, TCU is 29-14 in neutral site games.
- TCU is receiving votes in the AP Top 25. TCU was No. 22 in the final ranking of the 2022-23 season.
- Of the sixteen 20-win seasons in TCU's history, five have come in the last seven seasons.
LAST TIME OUT
- Senior guard Micah Peavy recorded the third triple-double in TCU men's basketball history on Saturday to lead the Horned Frogs to a 79-59 win over Arizona State in the USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge at Dickies Arena.
- TCU shot 55.9 percent from the field in the second half, including 5-of-9 from 3-point range, to outscore ASU, 53-29, in the period.
About the Opponent
- Old Dominion is 3-6 and has lost its last three games, the latest coming on Dec. 9 with an 84-69 defeat to James Madison.
- The Monarchs are led by Chaunce Jenkins' 16.7 points per game.
Series History
- Old Dominion leads the all-time series 1-0.
- TCU lost its only meeting with Old Dominion on Nov. 25, 2004, Thanksgiving night in Fort Worth. The game was part of the Corpus Christi Challenge.
UP NEXT
- The winner of the game will face the winner of Nevada and Temple, at 4 p.m. CT on Friday. The championship game will be played at 8 p.m. CT on Sunday on ESPN.
