TCU men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon was selected Monday as one of 20 finalists for the 2017 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award, which will be announced during Final Four activities later this week in Phoenix.
The award is presented annually to the top Division I men’s basketball coach. TCU (22-15) meets Central Florida (24-11) in Tuesday’s NIT semifinals in Madison Square Garden (8 p.m., ESPN).
In his first season at TCU, Dixon has led a team coming off a 12-21 record to the deepest run in any postseason tournament in program history. TCU officials have commemorated the achievement by purchasing billboard space on seven displays in Manhattan near Madison Square Garden, including four locations in Times Square.