2024–25 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team

The 2024–25 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team will represent 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 will play their home games at Schollmaier Arena located in Fort Worth, Texas as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

2024–25 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTony Benford
Assistant coaches
  • Duane Broussard
  • Jamie McNeilly
Home arenaSchollmaier Arena
Seasons
2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arizona 0 0   0 0  
Arizona State 0 0   0 0  
Baylor 0 0   0 0  
BYU 0 0   0 0  
Cincinnati 0 0   0 0  
Colorado 0 0   0 0  
Houston 0 0   0 0  
Iowa State 0 0   0 0  
Kansas 0 0   0 0  
Kansas State 0 0   0 0  
Oklahoma State 0 0   0 0  
TCU 0 0   0 0  
Texas Tech 0 0   0 0  
UCF 0 0   0 0  
Utah 0 0   0 0  
West Virginia 0 0   0 0  
2025 Big 12 tournament winner
As of September 4, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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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

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Micah Peavy 0 G 6'8" 215 Senior Cibolo, TX Transferred to Georgetown
Emanuel Miller 2 F 6'7" 217 GS Senior Scarborough, ON Graduated/undrafted in 2022 NBA draft; signed with the Dallas Mavericks
Avery Anderson III 3 G 6'3" 170 GS Senior Justin, TX Graduated
Jameer Nelson Jr. 4 G 6'2" 205   Senior Haverford, PA Graduated
Chuck O'Bannon Jr. 5 F 6'7" 220   Senior Las Vegas, NV Graduated
Trevian Tennyson 11 G 6'4" 180 GS Senior Arlington, TX Graduated
Xavier Cork 12 F 6'9" 235 Senior Sulphur Springs, TX Graduated
JaKobe Coles 21 F 6'8" 216 Junior Denton, TX Transferred to Grand Canyon
Tyler Lundblade 22 G 6'7" 212   Sophomore Dallas, TX Transferred to Belmont
Darius Ford 30 G 5'11" 155 Junior Fort Worth, TX Walk-on; transferred to Alabama A&M
Essam Mostafa 44 C 6'9" 250   Senior Cairo, Egypt Transferred to Middle Tennessee
Zach Gonsoulin 55 G 6'0" 157 Sophomore Houston, TX Walk-on; transferred to UTSA

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Brandan Wenzel 0 G 6'7" 208 GS Senior San Antonio, TX Wyoming
Vasean Allette 3 G 6'3" 175 Sophomore Toronto, ON Old Dominion
Frankie Collins 11 G 6'1" 185 Senior Sacramento, CA Arizona State
Trazarien White 13 F 6'7" 190 Senior Mansfield, TX UNC Wilmington
Noah Reynolds 21 G 6'3" Senior Peoria, IL Green Bay
R.J. Jones 24 G 6'3" 175 Sophomore Denton, TX Kansas State

Recruiting classes

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2024 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Micah Robinson
#6 SF
Dallas, TX Oak Hill Academy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sep 23, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 86
David Punch
#12 PF
Harker Heights, TX Harker Heights High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oct 21, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 82
Malick Diallo
#40 C
Draper, UT Wasatch Academy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oct 12, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 79
Ashton Simmons
#23 SG
Beaumont, TX West Brook Senior High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Oct 11, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 78
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2024 TCU Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

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2024–25 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Brendan Wenzel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) GS Wyoming San Antonio, Texas
F 1 Isaiah Manning 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Mansfield Legacy High School Mansfield, Texas
G 3 Vasean Allette 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 174 lb (79 kg) So Old Dominion Toronto, Ontario
F 5 Micah Robinson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Oak Hill Academy (VA) Kansas City, Missouri
G 6 Ashton Simmons 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Fr West Brook High School Beaumont, Texas
C 8 Ernest Udeh Jr. 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 263 lb (119 kg) Jr Kansas Orlando, Florida
G 11 Frankie Collins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Sr Arizona State Sacramento, California
F 13 Trazarien White 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Sr UNC Wilmington Mansfield, Texas
F 15 David Punch 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Harker Heights High School Harker Heights, Texas
G 21 Noah Reynolds 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Sr Green Bay Peoria, Illinois
C 22 Adam Stewart (W) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Salt Lake Academy (UT) Waller, Texas
G 24 R.J. Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Kansas State Denton, Texas
G 30 Drew McElroy (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Highland Park High School Dallas, Texas
C 32 Malick Diallo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Fr Wasatch Academy Bamako, Mali
G 33 Trey Stuart (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Brock High School Weatherford, Texas
G 35 Cole Despie (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 168 lb (76 kg) RS So Bellarmine College Prep San Jose, California
F 41 Jace Posey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Strake Jesuit College Prep Houston, Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
TBA*
TBA
TBA       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
TBA
Florida A&M       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
November 8, 2024*
TBA
Florida Gulf Coast       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
November 12, 2024*
TBA
Texas State       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
November 15, 2024*
TBA
at Michigan       Crisler Center 
Ann Arbor, MI
November 20, 2024*
TBA
Alcorn State
Acrisure Invitational campus site game
      Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
November 28, 2024*
3:00 p.m., TruTV
vs. Santa Clara
Acrisure Invitational semifinals
      Acrisure Arena 
Thousand Palms, CA
November 29, 2024*
12:30 p.m./3:00 p.m., TruTV
vs. Colorado State/Washington
Acrisure Invitational
      Acrisure Arena 
Thousand Palms, CA
December 6, 2024*
TBA
Xavier
Big East–Big 12 Battle
      Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
December 8, 2024*
TBA
vs. Vanderbilt
Coast-to-Coast Challenge
      Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
December 16, 2024*
TBA
South Alabama       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
December 22, 2024*
TBA
Montana State       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
Big 12 regular season

       
 
Big 12 tournament
March 10–15, 2025
TBA
vs.        T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[3]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
Week
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AP
CoachesRV

References

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  1. ^ "2023-24 TCU Horned Frogs Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ North, Anthony. "Men's Basketball: TCU earns No. 9 seed in 2024 NCAA Tournament". Frogs O'War. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". gofrogs.com. Retrieved August 21, 2024.