All-Access at the 1st/2nd rounds in San Diego: Seton Hall vs. TCU

The NCAA tournament is about basketball but also so much more: the fans, bands, cheerleaders, etc. The 1st/2nd rounds are taking place in 8 cities around the country and we could not be more excited to be there in person! HoopsHD is covering all of the angles so you can look forward to a cascade of coverage in the days ahead. Jon Teitel continues our coverage from San Diego with a recap of Seton Hall vs. TCU.

The last game of the day also featured the ugliest start of the day, as the 2 teams combined to miss 11 of their 1st 13 3-PT attempts. TCU only made 1 three in the 1st 20 minutes but got several 2-pointers from JR PG Mike Miles Jr. to head to halftime with a 30-21 lead.

Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard hustled to the locker room to try to figure out a good strategy for the 2nd stanza.

It did not get much prettier in the 2nd half, as TCU opened up a huge lead thanks to a great all-around performance by JR G Damion Baugh, who finished with 14 PTS/5 REB/6 AST.

The Horned Frogs won by a score of 69-42 and will face Arizona on Sunday with the winner going to the Sweet 16 next week.
In the postgame press conference I asked Mike Miles Jr. about winning a gold medal with Coach Dixon last summer and then winning the school’s 1st NCAA tourney game in 35 years tonight. He said that he trusts his coach to always put the team in a great position to win and that they are always on the same page. They previously talked about getting an NCAA tourney win but now have to remain focused on their next game this Sunday.

I asked Coach Jamie Dixon if he thought that it would take 35 years for his alma mater to win another NCAA tourney game (he scored 11 PTS in the prior win over Marshall in 1987) and whether he can admit that he is the lucky charm. He said that he has good players and the Horned Frogs won the NIT in 2017 so hopefully this is the start of more to come. The reason it has taken awhile to get it together is due to having 11 new players but they are very close and he thinks that is the reason they won the game.