TCU coach Jamie Dixon said former coach Trent Johnson “left us good players, coached them hard and got them ready” for the Horned Frogs’ turnaround season last year.
Dixon inherited Johnson recruits Kenrich Williams, Vladimir Brodziansky and Alex Robinson, the top three scorers a year ago in the Frogs’ 24-15 season, and JD Miller, the fifth-leading scorer.
Brodziansky was a coaches pick on the preseason All-Big 12 team. Williams led the league last year with 19 double-doubles, and Robinson — a Mansfield Timberview product who transferred from Texas A&M — was third in assists.
Dixon said at the Big 12’s basketball Media Day on Tuesday that’s why he stressed winning immediately at TCU last season rather than patience for a rebuild.