Friday, November 1
Fort Worth, Texas
7 p.m.
TCU
vs
Arkansas (Exhibition)
Preview: vs. Arkansas
10/30/2024 4:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The public’s first chance to see the Horned Frogs is Friday’s charity exhibition game
FORT WORTH – TCU will face Arkansas in its first-ever men's basketball charity exhibition game on Friday at 7 p.m. at Dickies Arena.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs will support Cook Children's Health Foundation and the Razorbacks' charity of choice is the Arkansas Children's Foundation.
- TCU is 4-1 in Dickies Arena and played the first college basketball game there against USC on Dec. 6, 2019.
- TCU is 31-17 in neutral site games under head coach Jamie Dixon.
- Dixon is in his 22nd season as a head coach and his ninth season with TCU.
- Dixon is 12 wins away from 500 as a head coach. His 160 wins at TCU rank second all-time.
- The Horned Frogs lost nine scholarship players from last year's team, including their top seven scorers.
- All six who ran out of eligibility last season signed with a professional team.
- TCU returned just 4.7% of its scoring from last season, the fewest in the Big 12 and 10th fewest in the nation.
- TCU's 14.2% of returning rebounding ranks as the second fewest in the Big 12 and 21st fewest in the nation.
- TCU returns 7.5% of its minutes played from last season which is the fewest in the Big 12 and 12th in the country.
- Top departures from last year's team included all-conference players Emanuel Miller and Jameer Nelson Jr.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. is the lone returning scholarship player. He started 29 games and averaged 4.3 points and 5.3 rebs.
- TCU's incoming class includes seven transfers and four freshmen.
- The freshman class ranks 17th by ESPN and highlighted by Micah Robinson (64) and David Punch (96).
- Among the transfer class are Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds, Trazarien White and Brendon Wenzel, who each have played at least three years of college basketball before arriving at TCU in the summer.
- White is a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association guard from UNC Wilmington and has 1,298 career points.
- Collins started at guard the past two seasons at Arizona State and averaged 13.6 points and 3.2 assists last year.
- Reynolds ranked third in the Horizon League with 20.0 points at Green Bay last season.
- Wenzel is a career 37.7% 3-point shooter after shooting exactly that percentage at Wyoming last season.
- Another newcomer, Vasean Allette, averaged 17.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Old Dominion.
- Returning to the team are Isaiah Manning and Jace Posey, who redshirted last season as freshmen.
- TCU led the nation in fast break points the past two seasons.
- Last season, TCU finished the season in the NCAA Tournament for a program-best, third-straight season.
- TCU has made four NCAA Tournament appearance in the last six seasons that a postseason was held.
- TCU had been to one NCAA Tournament in the 30 years prior to Dixon's first appearance in 2018.
- TCU's win percentage during Dixon's eight seasons is .593, the best by a TCU coach in 20 years.
- Only 22 active D1 coaches have more wins than Dixon.
- TCU has 17 seasons of 20 or more wins in its history and six have come in the last eight seasons.
- Dixon has reached 20 wins in a season 18 times in 21 seasons as a head coach.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Arkansas is led by John Calipari in his first season as the head coach. Calipari has 855 career wins over 32 years as a head coach and was most recently in that position at Kentucky.
- The Razorbacks have 13 newcomers, which include seven transfers and six freshmen. Their one returning starter is Trevon Brazile, who averaged 8.6 points and 5.9 rebounds last season.
- Arkansas defeated No. 1 Kansas in its first exhibition, 85-69, on Oct. 25 in Fayetteville, Ark. D.J. Wagner led the team with 24 points.
SERIES HISTORY
- Arkansas leads the all-time series 105-38.
- The last meeting came in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Feb. 25, 2020. The Razorbacks won the home game, 78-67.
- Th last time Arkansas came to Fort Worth for a regular season game was Jan. 15, 1991 and was a 93-73 win by the Razorbacks.
UP NEXT
- TCU opens its 114th season of men's basketball on Monday against Florida A&M. Tip at Schollmaier Arena is set for at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
NOTES
- The Horned Frogs will support Cook Children's Health Foundation and the Razorbacks' charity of choice is the Arkansas Children's Foundation.
- TCU is 4-1 in Dickies Arena and played the first college basketball game there against USC on Dec. 6, 2019.
- TCU is 31-17 in neutral site games under head coach Jamie Dixon.
- Dixon is in his 22nd season as a head coach and his ninth season with TCU.
- Dixon is 12 wins away from 500 as a head coach. His 160 wins at TCU rank second all-time.
- The Horned Frogs lost nine scholarship players from last year's team, including their top seven scorers.
- All six who ran out of eligibility last season signed with a professional team.
- TCU returned just 4.7% of its scoring from last season, the fewest in the Big 12 and 10th fewest in the nation.
- TCU's 14.2% of returning rebounding ranks as the second fewest in the Big 12 and 21st fewest in the nation.
- TCU returns 7.5% of its minutes played from last season which is the fewest in the Big 12 and 12th in the country.
- Top departures from last year's team included all-conference players Emanuel Miller and Jameer Nelson Jr.
- Ernest Udeh Jr. is the lone returning scholarship player. He started 29 games and averaged 4.3 points and 5.3 rebs.
- TCU's incoming class includes seven transfers and four freshmen.
- The freshman class ranks 17th by ESPN and highlighted by Micah Robinson (64) and David Punch (96).
- Among the transfer class are Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds, Trazarien White and Brendon Wenzel, who each have played at least three years of college basketball before arriving at TCU in the summer.
- White is a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association guard from UNC Wilmington and has 1,298 career points.
- Collins started at guard the past two seasons at Arizona State and averaged 13.6 points and 3.2 assists last year.
- Reynolds ranked third in the Horizon League with 20.0 points at Green Bay last season.
- Wenzel is a career 37.7% 3-point shooter after shooting exactly that percentage at Wyoming last season.
- Another newcomer, Vasean Allette, averaged 17.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Old Dominion.
- Returning to the team are Isaiah Manning and Jace Posey, who redshirted last season as freshmen.
- TCU led the nation in fast break points the past two seasons.
- Last season, TCU finished the season in the NCAA Tournament for a program-best, third-straight season.
- TCU has made four NCAA Tournament appearance in the last six seasons that a postseason was held.
- TCU had been to one NCAA Tournament in the 30 years prior to Dixon's first appearance in 2018.
- TCU's win percentage during Dixon's eight seasons is .593, the best by a TCU coach in 20 years.
- Only 22 active D1 coaches have more wins than Dixon.
- TCU has 17 seasons of 20 or more wins in its history and six have come in the last eight seasons.
- Dixon has reached 20 wins in a season 18 times in 21 seasons as a head coach.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Arkansas is led by John Calipari in his first season as the head coach. Calipari has 855 career wins over 32 years as a head coach and was most recently in that position at Kentucky.
- The Razorbacks have 13 newcomers, which include seven transfers and six freshmen. Their one returning starter is Trevon Brazile, who averaged 8.6 points and 5.9 rebounds last season.
- Arkansas defeated No. 1 Kansas in its first exhibition, 85-69, on Oct. 25 in Fayetteville, Ark. D.J. Wagner led the team with 24 points.
SERIES HISTORY
- Arkansas leads the all-time series 105-38.
- The last meeting came in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Feb. 25, 2020. The Razorbacks won the home game, 78-67.
- Th last time Arkansas came to Fort Worth for a regular season game was Jan. 15, 1991 and was a 93-73 win by the Razorbacks.
UP NEXT
- TCU opens its 114th season of men's basketball on Monday against Florida A&M. Tip at Schollmaier Arena is set for at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
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