FWST: For TCU, hiring alum Jamie Dixon would be hitting the lottery
BY GIL LEBRETONÂ [email protected]
It’s both a warm memory and a sad testament that Jamie Dixon’s 30-foot, last-second prayer to beat Texas is still — 30 years later — the most fondly remembered shot in TCU basketball history.
Think about it. Who’s made the most indelible mark on the Horned Frogs basketball program since Dixon played under the late Jim Killingsworth?
Probably Billy Tubbs, who coached for eight seasons.
And, OK, Sandora Irvin, the school’s best-ever women’s player.
There are no John Woodens, in other words, on the TCU basketball tree. No Selection Sunday watch parties. No Final Four banners. …