Mike Miles wasn’t a top 100 player coming out of Lancaster, TX. The true freshman point guard has been “the surprise of the Big 12” according to Saturday’s announcers, as he dazzled the broadcasters and the fans across 41 minutes of scintillating play against #12 Missouri in Columbia.
But TCU fans have known since the beginning of the season that they had something special; though Miles had games where he certainly looked like a freshman, the skills were obvious from day one, and he has progressed impressively throughout the season. The 1-2 punch of Miles and junior RJ Nembhard has been special — even when the results haven’t been great — but the missing ingredient for the winning formula has been a third scoring option, something that the Frogs found Saturday on the road against a Top 15 opponent — for 36 minutes, at least.