TCU coach Jamie Dixon has never been in this position.
He’s coached an NCAA Tournament team in 12 of his first 15 seasons as head coach, and every single time his team had been projected comfortably in the field by Selection Sunday.
He’s never been sent to Dayton, Ohio for the “First Four” play-in games. Conversely, he’s never felt his teams were “snubbed” in the three seasons they didn’t make the Big Dance.
This year is different, though. TCU is firmly on the “bubble.”
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Most feel the Frogs will make the field of 68, considering they reached the 20-win mark and the Big 12’s regarded as the toughest conference in the country, but potential “bid stealers” still loom across the country.