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FWST: TCU reserve first baseman makes impact after going hitless last season By Carlos Mendez [email protected] One of TCU’s most productive hitters in the past week forgot he didn’t have a hit last year. “I started getting hugs in the dugout, and I was thinking, ‘what’s going on?’ ” first baseman Michael Landestoy said, thinking back to…

FWST: TCU basketball secures the coach it wanted for decades By [big steaming pile] [email protected] The irony is TCU hired one of the few men with a distinct link to its basketball tradition whose main responsibility will be to continue almost none of it. Jamie Dixon is finally coming back to Fort Worth as the anointed…

FWST: Freshman’s grand slam gets TCU rolling to sweep of West Virginia BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] As Rex Hill says, TCU loves Luken Baker. What team wouldn’t? The freshman designated hitter hit a grand slam in the first inning, doubled and scored in the fourth inning and added an RBI double in the fifth inning Sunday…

The Exponent Telegram: Mountaineers swept by No. 7 TCU From Staff Report FORT WORTH, Texas — The West Virginia baseball team lost the series finale at No. 7 TCU, 14-2, on Sunday afternoon in a seven-inning contest. In front of 4,190 fans at Lupton Stadium, the Mountaineers (10-7, 0-3 Big 12) were held to two…

Tribune-Review: TCU targeting Pitt’s Dixon for coaching job BY JERRY DIPAOLA AND JOHN HARRIS Let the Jamie Dixon rumors begin. Dixon reportedly is being targeted by Texas Christian University to be the Horned Frogs’ next basketball coach. A source told CBS Sports that TCU is willing to “make the money right” in order to lure…

http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/032016aaa.html GoFrogs: M. Tennis Scores Win Over Dartmouth Final Stats |  Photo Gallery  FORT WORTH, Texas – A dominant effort from start to finish led the No. 3 TCU men’s tennis team to its eighth consecutive victory of the season and 21st straight at home with a 4-0 sweep of No. 35 Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon at the…

FWST: TCU, Pitt’s Dixon closing in on deal, sources say BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] Signs began to point Sunday to a growing connection between TCU and Pittsburgh’s Jamie Dixon in the school’s search for a men’s basketball coach, two sides who have tried before to get together. A tweet from CBS reporter Gary Parrish indicated interest…

FWST: For TCU, hiring alum Jamie Dixon would be hitting the lottery BY GIL LEBRETON [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…

http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/032016aab.html GoFrogs: TCU Wins Big To Complete Sweep of WVU Baker hits first-inning grand slam Final Stats FORT WORTH – Luken Baker’s first-inning grand slam set the tone for TCU as it completed the sweep with a 14-2 win over West Virginia on Sunday. The Rundown Facing a 2-0 deficit after the top of the first,…

Dayton Daily News: Changeup key to Finnegan’s development as starter By Gary Schatz – Contributing Writer It is a long way from Texas Christian University to the Major Leagues unless you’re Brandon Finnegan. The ink on the 22-year old left-hander’s first pro contract was barely dry when he pitched in the World Series for Kansas…