The TCU Horned Frogs basketball team represents Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...

, located in Fort Worth, Texas

Texas

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, in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division I basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 competition. They play their home games at Daniel–Meyer Coliseum and are members of the Mountain West Conference

Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...

. Their current head coach is Jim Christian

Jim Christian

Jim Christian is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Texas Christian University. He took over the position vacated by Neil Dougherty in March 2008...

.

The 2011–12 season will be the Horned Frogs's final season as a member of the Mountain West, as they will become a full member of the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

 in 2012.

NCAA Tournament results

The Horned Frogs have appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

. Their combined record is 5–7.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1952 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament -External links:* on Shrp Sports * , source for much of the information on this page....	Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Kansas New Mexico State	L 64–68 W 61–44
1953 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 10, 1953, and ended with the championship game on March 18 in Kansas City, Missouri...	Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma City	L 54–71 W 58–56
1959 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 7, 1959, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Louisville,...	Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Cincinnati DePaul	L 73–77 W 71–65
1968 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California...	Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Kansas State Houston	W 77–72 L 68–103
1971 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1971, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in Houston, Texas...	First Round	Notre Dame	L 94–102
1987 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1987, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana...	First Round Second Round	Marshall Notre Dame	W 76–60 L 57–58
1998 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the championship game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio,...	First Round	Florida State	L 87–109

NIT results

The Horned Frogs have appeared in six National Invitation Tournaments

National Invitation Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...

. Their combined record is 9–6.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1983 1983 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:...	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Tulsa Arizona State Nebraska	W 64–62 W 78–76 L 57–67
1986 1986 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Louisiana Tech 67, Florida 62...	First Round Second Round	Montana Florida	W 76–69 L 75–77
1992 1992 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Utah 81, Florida 78...	First Round Second Round	Long Beach State Purdue	W 73–61 L 51–67
1997 1997 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Connecticut 74, Arkansas 64Michigan later forfeited its entire 1996-97 schedule after Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock were found to have taken money from a Michigan booster....	First Round Second Round	UAB Notre Dame	W 85–62 L 72–82
1999 1999 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Xavier 106, Oregon 75...	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Kansas State Nebraska Oregon	W 72–71 W 101–89 L 68–77
2005 2005 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:...	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Miami (OH) Western Michigan Maryland	W 60–58 W 78–68 L 73–85

External links

• TCU Horned Frogs
• Texas Christian University