As the celebratory strains of Frank Sinatra music blared in Schollmaier Arena, first-year TCU men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon grabbed a microphone to thank fans for their support during a turnaround season that has been extended to next week’s NIT semifinals in New York.
Dixon, a former TCU player, handed off the microphone to one of his four seniors who have helped the Horned Frogs (22-15) boost their win total by 10 over last year’s 12-21 mark. Eventually, all four players addressed the crowd after Tuesday night’s 86-68 rout of Richmond punched TCU’s ticket to Madison Square Garden and triggered the postgame rendition of “New York, New York.