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Fanhouse: TCU Basketball Bracing for Horned Frogs' Leap Into Big East
Terrance Harris, provided by Fanhouse
The focus of this week's announcement of TCU moving into the Big East Conference has been about football, but the tougher question is what does this all mean for the Horned Frogs men's basketball program?
Yes, football will have automatic access to the BCS. The Horned Frogs basketball team, meanwhile, will have to figure out how to survive in what is generally considered the nation's elite basketball league when they open play in 2012-13.
That's an issue third-year TCU coach Jim Christian was still trying wrap his mind around Tuesday.
"It's obviously two years away, which gives us some time," Christian told FanHouse one day after the big announcement on Monday. "But it's an exciting time for us. It's a monumental challenge, but I'm looking forward to it." ...
Terrance Harris, provided by Fanhouse
The focus of this week's announcement of TCU moving into the Big East Conference has been about football, but the tougher question is what does this all mean for the Horned Frogs men's basketball program?
Yes, football will have automatic access to the BCS. The Horned Frogs basketball team, meanwhile, will have to figure out how to survive in what is generally considered the nation's elite basketball league when they open play in 2012-13.
That's an issue third-year TCU coach Jim Christian was still trying wrap his mind around Tuesday.
"It's obviously two years away, which gives us some time," Christian told FanHouse one day after the big announcement on Monday. "But it's an exciting time for us. It's a monumental challenge, but I'm looking forward to it." ...
