Injuries, open tryouts, renewed hoop dreams: Inside TCU's season

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Mark Campbell was off to a charmed start. In his first season at TCU -- and just third season overall as a head coach -- his makeover was an instant hit, taking over a team that finished 1-17 in the Big 12 the year before and leading them to a 14-0 start and the longest winning streak in school history.

Then over the course of a few weeks in January, several of Campbell's high-profile transfers who led the Frogs to a No. 23 national ranking were injured, and the streaking team found itself seeking merely to survive.

Star center Sedona Prince, an Oregon transfer who was the only player in the country averaging 20 points, 10…