It is the NIT but for four seniors whose names you likely don’t know it may as well be the NCAA Final Four, and for a fan base that hasn’t been given a reason to care about basketball Tuesday night could have passed for the NBA Finals.
With all due respect to every other college basketball program in the country, what TCU, head coach Jamie Dixon and his group of obscure players pulled off this season is the most impressive feat of all.
Dixon will not win the National Coach of the Year award, even though he should, and the nation won’t notice TCU until it reaches the NCAA Sweet 16.