The TCU Men’s Basketball tips off its season this Thursday against McNeese State, and after their Purple & White Scrimmage last week, hope abounds as Head Coach Jamie Dixon enters his sixth season leading his alma mater. In the same way that Dixon’s perimeter-centric motion offense revolves around three-point shooting, three things stood out in the Horned Frogs’ intersquad tuneup: Mike Miles is the unquestioned leader in his sophomore season, Chuck O’Bannon could make a leap, and the seven new transfers could lead to the most physical defense Jamie Dixon has ever fielded in Fort Worth.
Mike Miles is the captain now
Over the course of the last Horned Frog hoops season, TCU slowly shifted from being RJ Nembhard’s team to being Mike Miles’ team.