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Beginning Monday, June 21st,
2004 CHN began unveiling 144 Team previews in 144 Days. CHN ranked the
nations top 144 teams, and is unveiling one per day leading up until the
opening day of the 2004-05 Season.
Bookmark the
144 Teams in 144 Days home page, and check back
each day to see which team is previewed next.
#122 Texas Christian Horned
Frogs
CUSA
2003-04: 12-17, 7-9, 9th
2003-04 postseason: none
By
Joel Welser
 The
big wins didn’t happen too often last year, but TCU beat Marquette twice and
slaughtered Louisville 71-46 on national TV. They remained consistent and
finished a very respectable 7-9 in CUSA. Returning four starters should
make the expectations a little higher.
Who’s Out: Staring guard
Nucleus Smith will be missed. He scored nearly nine points per game during
his senior season. Smith wasn’t a major presence on the floor but put in
some quality minutes and quietly filled the stat sheets. Little used Ronald
Hobbs has also used up all of his eligibility.
Who’s In: Head coach Neil
Dougherty brings in a couple shooting guards for this class. Neiman Owens
and Brent Hackett both should see a few minutes off the bench. Owens is a
good athlete who can push the ball up the floor and Hackett is a great
outside shooter who can light it up on any given day. Also coming in this
year is Nile Murry, a transfer from Temple.
Who to Watch: Flint,
Michigan, native Corey Santee will be the man to watch for TCU. During his
junior season Santee averaged 14.5 points and 4.4 assists per game. His
numbers were a little higher for his sophomore season, but Santee lost a lot
of his targets going into last season. This year almost everybody is back
so the numbers should be going back up. And if that happens, the win total
in Fort Worth will also go up.
Projected Conference Rank:
Conference USA had six teams invited to the NCAA Tournament last year.
Finishing anywhere near that top six is no easy task for a school that
hasn’t made the big dance since 1998. The Horned Frogs could break .500 in
conference next year and, once again, finish in 9th place.
Projected Post-season
Tournament: none
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