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<blockquote data-quote="westoverhillbilly" data-source="post: 3121425" data-attributes="member: 70030"><p>I've been a season ticket holder for 30+ years and have suffered thru the years with the rest of you. In this time, TCU has been to 2 NCAA tournaments (1998, 2018) and was eliminated in the first game both times. Typically, 7 or more teams from the Big 12 get in and we have only cracked thru once in the decade we've been in the conf. </p><p></p><p>It was explained to me by a large donor that TCU, being the classy institution that it is, wouldn't allow for an outlaw/putrid academic men's bb program whereas the mostly public institutions we compete with didn't mind at all- and of course we know how awful Baylor's measured in this metric. This is why Billy Tubbs had such a dismal time here (just 1 tourney in 9 years) and fought with the administration- he didn't foresee this when he came down from doing whatever he wanted at OU. We just haven't been able to replicate Vanderbilt or the Catholic schools that have had success for some reason with comparatively decent academics- perhaps because we've been in such a negative cycle that is so difficult to reverse.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully the transfer portal will make things easier for us in this area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westoverhillbilly, post: 3121425, member: 70030"] I've been a season ticket holder for 30+ years and have suffered thru the years with the rest of you. In this time, TCU has been to 2 NCAA tournaments (1998, 2018) and was eliminated in the first game both times. Typically, 7 or more teams from the Big 12 get in and we have only cracked thru once in the decade we've been in the conf. It was explained to me by a large donor that TCU, being the classy institution that it is, wouldn't allow for an outlaw/putrid academic men's bb program whereas the mostly public institutions we compete with didn't mind at all- and of course we know how awful Baylor's measured in this metric. This is why Billy Tubbs had such a dismal time here (just 1 tourney in 9 years) and fought with the administration- he didn't foresee this when he came down from doing whatever he wanted at OU. We just haven't been able to replicate Vanderbilt or the Catholic schools that have had success for some reason with comparatively decent academics- perhaps because we've been in such a negative cycle that is so difficult to reverse. Hopefully the transfer portal will make things easier for us in this area. [/QUOTE]
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