Monday, November 4
Fort Worth, Texas
7 p.m.
TCU
vs
Florida A&M
Preview: vs. Florida A&M
11/2/2024 3:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Horned Frogs host the Rattlers Monday at 7 p.m.
FORT WORTH – TCU opens its 114th season of men's basketball on Monday with its first-ever meeting with Florida A&M. Tip is at 7 p.m. from Schollmaier Arena and can be seen on ESPN+.
NOTES
- TCU has won 22 of its last 24 season openers including 10-straight.
- The Frogs are 51-6 in the month of November since the 2014-15 season.
- Jamie 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 players 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).
- Also included in that class four-star center Malick Diallo and three-star guard Ashton Simmons.
- 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.
- Newcomer, Vasean Allette, averaged 17.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Old Dominion.
- Another newcomer is Denton, Texas, native RJ Jones who played at Kansas State last season as a freshman.
- 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.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Florida A&M is in a new era with Patrick Crarey II being named head coach in April.
- The Rattlers were 6-23 last season and 4-12 in the SWAC.
- On the team this season is Shaqir O'Neal, the son of former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal. The 6-8 forward played the last two seasons at Texas Southern.
SERIES HISTORY
- It is the first meeting between TCU and Florida A&M.
- Jamie Dixon faced Florida A&M on Dec. 30, 2006 as the head coach at Pittsburgh. The Panthers won 77-51.
LAST TIME OUT
- A game-winning 3-pointer by Brendan Wenzel led the Frogs to a 66-65 win over No. 16 Arkansas in a charity exhibition on Friday at Dickies Arena. Ernest Udeh Jr. led TCU with 13 points, on 6-of-7 shooting, and eight rebounds.
- TCU shot 64.3 percent from the field in the first half and finished 55.6 percent, its most in a Big 12 game this year.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host Florida Gulf Coast on Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
NOTES
- TCU has won 22 of its last 24 season openers including 10-straight.
- The Frogs are 51-6 in the month of November since the 2014-15 season.
- Jamie 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 players 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).
- Also included in that class four-star center Malick Diallo and three-star guard Ashton Simmons.
- 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.
- Newcomer, Vasean Allette, averaged 17.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Old Dominion.
- Another newcomer is Denton, Texas, native RJ Jones who played at Kansas State last season as a freshman.
- 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.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Florida A&M is in a new era with Patrick Crarey II being named head coach in April.
- The Rattlers were 6-23 last season and 4-12 in the SWAC.
- On the team this season is Shaqir O'Neal, the son of former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal. The 6-8 forward played the last two seasons at Texas Southern.
SERIES HISTORY
- It is the first meeting between TCU and Florida A&M.
- Jamie Dixon faced Florida A&M on Dec. 30, 2006 as the head coach at Pittsburgh. The Panthers won 77-51.
LAST TIME OUT
- A game-winning 3-pointer by Brendan Wenzel led the Frogs to a 66-65 win over No. 16 Arkansas in a charity exhibition on Friday at Dickies Arena. Ernest Udeh Jr. led TCU with 13 points, on 6-of-7 shooting, and eight rebounds.
- TCU shot 64.3 percent from the field in the first half and finished 55.6 percent, its most in a Big 12 game this year.
UP NEXT
- TCU will host Florida Gulf Coast on Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
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