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Taylor: Patience, support, steep odds await Dixon at TCU

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Some 114 years have elapsed since Add-Ran College changed its name to Texas Christian University, and it seems nearly that long since the Horned Frogs won an an NCAA tournament game. So everyone yell howdy to favorite son Jamie Dixon, who’s about to attack the worst job in the Big 12.

He probably won’t make the Dance 11 times in 13 seasons like he did at Pitt. Nor will he endure the malcontents who labeled his Panthers chokers after five losses to lower seeds in their last seven NCAA games. Sure, Dixon never vaulted Pitt into the Final Four, but no coach ever has.