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Beckley Register-Herald: Dixon back into Morgantown with TCU
By Cam Huffman For The Register-Herald
TCU’s first-year head coach Jamie Dixon will visit the WVU Coliseum Saturday for the first time as the head frog when his Horned Frogs (12-2, 1-1 Big 12) take on No. 7 West Virginia (12-2, 1-1 Big 12) for a 1 p.m. tipoff that will air live on ESPNU. But Dixon probably won’t need a map to find his way around Morgantown.
In 13 seasons as the head coach at Pitt, where he posted a 328-123 record and made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, Dixon made nine trips to the WVU Coliseum for the Backyard Brawl and came out a winner in five of them. He was 12-7 against the Mountaineers overall during that stretch, but following a 66-48 WVU victory at the Peterson Events Center in 2012, the California native thought he was finished with the Mountaineers.
With WVU going off to the Big 12 and Pitt joining the ACC, the two schools no longer were scheduled to meet as Big East foes, and despite 184 all-time meetings between the Mountaineers and Panthers, Dixon wanted no part in continuing the series.
Read the rest at http://www.register-herald.com/sports/college_sports/dixon-back-into-morgantown-with-tcu/article_71f3bf38-25ad-5f51-bb8a-4265db0edda5.html
By Cam Huffman For The Register-Herald
TCU’s first-year head coach Jamie Dixon will visit the WVU Coliseum Saturday for the first time as the head frog when his Horned Frogs (12-2, 1-1 Big 12) take on No. 7 West Virginia (12-2, 1-1 Big 12) for a 1 p.m. tipoff that will air live on ESPNU. But Dixon probably won’t need a map to find his way around Morgantown.
In 13 seasons as the head coach at Pitt, where he posted a 328-123 record and made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, Dixon made nine trips to the WVU Coliseum for the Backyard Brawl and came out a winner in five of them. He was 12-7 against the Mountaineers overall during that stretch, but following a 66-48 WVU victory at the Peterson Events Center in 2012, the California native thought he was finished with the Mountaineers.
With WVU going off to the Big 12 and Pitt joining the ACC, the two schools no longer were scheduled to meet as Big East foes, and despite 184 all-time meetings between the Mountaineers and Panthers, Dixon wanted no part in continuing the series.
Read the rest at http://www.register-herald.com/sports/college_sports/dixon-back-into-morgantown-with-tcu/article_71f3bf38-25ad-5f51-bb8a-4265db0edda5.html
