TCU officially adds prized transfer Robbie Avila: 'We got him'

FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU has added Robbie Avila to its roster after the former Saint Louis player was cleared to play by a judge but barred from returning to the Billikens because of roster restrictions.

Horned Frogs coach Jamie Dixon announced the signing of the 6-foot-10 center and reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year late Thursday night, including an X post that read, "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him."

That came after Dixon said earlier Thursday that he was contacted by Avila and his family after the fifth-year senior exhausted "all options to play at Saint Louis" and became aware of the injury situation at TCU. The Horned Frogs are indefinitely without 6-10 post player Luke Bamgboye,…