2024–25 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:men
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:TCU Horned Frogs
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:4–3
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:9th
Asst Coach1:Duane Broussard
Asst Coach2:Jamie McNeilly

The 2024–25 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represents Texas Christian University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by ninth-year head coach Jamie Dixon and play their home games at Schollmaier Arena located in Fort Worth, Texas as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Horned Frogs finished the 2023–24 season 21–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Due to a tiebreaker, as the No. 8 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Oklahoma in the second round, before losing to Houston in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the West Region, where they were defeated by Utah State in the first round.[1] [2]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Micah Peavy 0 G 6'8" 215 Senior Transferred to Georgetown
2 F 6'7" 217 GS Senior Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Dallas Mavericks
3 G 6'3" 170 GS Senior Graduated
4 G 6'2" 205 Senior Graduated
5 F 6'7" 220 Senior Graduated
Trevian Tennyson 11 G 6'4" 180 GS Senior Graduated
Xavier Cork 12 F 6'9" 235 Senior Graduated
JaKobe Coles 21 F 6'8" 216 Junior Transferred to Grand Canyon
Tyler Lundblade 22 G 6'7" 212 Sophomore Transferred to Belmont
Darius Ford 30 G 5'11" 155 Junior Walk-on; transferred to Alabama A&M
Essam Mostafa 44 C 6'9" 250 Senior Transferred to Middle Tennessee
Zach Gonsoulin 55 G 6'0" 157 Sophomore Walk-on; transferred to UTSA

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Brendan Wenzel 0 G 6'7" 208 GS Senior Wyoming
Vasean Allette 3 G 6'3" 175 Sophomore Old Dominion
11 G 6'1" 185 Senior Arizona State
Trazarien White 13 F 6'7" 190 Senior UNC Wilmington
21 G 6'3" 200 Senior Green Bay
R.J. Jones 24 G 6'3" 175 Sophomore Kansas State

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

Preseason

Big 12 Preseason Poll

Big 12 CoachesPoints
1.Kansas215 (9)
2.Houston211 (5)
3.Iowa State194 (1)
4.Baylor185
5.Arizona179 (1)
6.Cincinnati140
7.Texas Tech135
8.Kansas State133
9.BYU116
10.TCU90
11.UCF83
12.Arizona State64
13.West Virginia62
14.Oklahoma State46
15.Colorado37
16.Utah30
Reference:[3] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team
Player School
Caleb LoveArizona
LJ CryerHouston
J’Wan Roberts
Tamin LipseyIowa State
Hunter DickinsonKansas
† denotes unanimous selection
Reference:
Second Team
Player School
Norchad OmierBaylor
Jeremy Roach
Keshon GilbertIowa State
Dajuan Harris JrKansas
Coleman HawkinsKansas State
† denotes unanimous selection
Reference:

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-24 TCU Horned Frogs Men's Schedule and Results . Sports Reference . 28 July 2024.
  2. Web site: North . Anthony . Men's Basketball: TCU earns No. 9 seed in 2024 NCAA Tournament . Frogs O'War . 28 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men’s Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU’s Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year . Big12sports.com . Big 12 Conference . October 10, 2024.
  4. Web site: 2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule. gofrogs.com. August 21, 2024.