The 2018–19 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private university, private research university in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison Clark, Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College. It i ...
in the
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2018. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded with the Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 8, 2019. Pract ...
, led by head coach
Jamie Dixon
James Patrick Dixon II (born November 10, 1965) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs men's team, where he played college ball. He previously served as the head coach of the University of Pittsburg ...
in his third season at TCU. The Horned Frogs competed as members of the
Big 12 Conference
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and played their home games at
Schollmaier Arena in
Fort Worth, Texas
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. They finished the season 23–14, 7–11 to tie for 7th place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they defeated
Oklahoma State
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in the first round before losing to
Kansas State
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public inst ...
in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NIT where they defeated
Sam Houston State,
Nebraska
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and
Creighton to advance to the semifinals where they lost to in conference member
Texas
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.
Previous season
They finished the season 21–12, 9–9 in
Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
Big 12 tournament to
Kansas State
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. They received an at-large bid to the
NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998 as the No. 6 seed in the Midwest region where they lost in the first round to
Syracuse
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Italy
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.
Preseason
Offseason
Departures
Incoming transfers
Recruits
Recruiting class of 2018
Recruiting class of 2019
Roster
Schedule and results
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Big 12 tournament
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NIT tournament
Schedule Source: GoFrogs.com
Rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
References
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* Texas Christian University, a private university in Fort Worth, Texas
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TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball seasons
TCU TCU may stand for:
Education
* Tanzania Commission for Universities, regulatory body for Universities in Tanzania
* Texas Christian University, a private university in Fort Worth, Texas
** TCU Horned Frogs, the athletic programs of the school
* Tok ...