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FWST: TCU, a season-long underdog, may now be the NIT favorite
BY JIMMY BURCH
jburch@star-telegram.com
Throughout its turnaround season, TCU has deftly played the underdog card before most of its biggest men’s basketball games. The Horned Frogs (22-15), who posted only 12 wins last year, have responded with a postseason run to next week’s NIT semifinals in New York.
But a funny thing has happened on the way to Madison Square Garden. TCU, the No. 4 seed in its eight-team NIT quadrant, will arrive in the Big Apple with as lofty of a tournament seed as any remaining semifinalist (Central Florida also received a No. 4 seed). The Frogs’ RPI ranking (No. 67) is the best among the four schools still competing for an NIT title.
Does that mean TCU, the perpetual underdog this season, suddenly looms as the favorite to cut down the nets in New York City?
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...niversity/article140435953.html#storylink=cpy
BY JIMMY BURCH
jburch@star-telegram.com
Throughout its turnaround season, TCU has deftly played the underdog card before most of its biggest men’s basketball games. The Horned Frogs (22-15), who posted only 12 wins last year, have responded with a postseason run to next week’s NIT semifinals in New York.
But a funny thing has happened on the way to Madison Square Garden. TCU, the No. 4 seed in its eight-team NIT quadrant, will arrive in the Big Apple with as lofty of a tournament seed as any remaining semifinalist (Central Florida also received a No. 4 seed). The Frogs’ RPI ranking (No. 67) is the best among the four schools still competing for an NIT title.
Does that mean TCU, the perpetual underdog this season, suddenly looms as the favorite to cut down the nets in New York City?
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...niversity/article140435953.html#storylink=cpy