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Men's Basketball Poll Watching Pre-Season: Frogs Debut At No. 14

Hoops season is just a few weeks away, and TCU will start as the No. 14 team in the nation
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It's been a long seven months since that no-call in San Diego in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. Since that time, though, the TCU Horned Frogs men basketball team has just made themselves even better. And on Monday, when the AP released its preseason poll, TCU debuted at No. 14.

For the third time in program history, the TCU men's basketball team will be nationally ranked to start the season. The Horned Frogs appeared at No. 14 in the Associated Press Preseason Poll on Monday.

TCU has never been ranked higher before its season begins. The Frogs last appeared in the AP Preseason Poll prior to the 2018 season (20th) and were also ranked before the 1998 season (24th).

It's the 13th week TCU has been nationally ranked under head coach . TCU last appeared in the AP Poll on Jan. 7, 2019 at No. 25. The highest TCU has been ranked was No. 10 on Dec. 25, 2017.

With most of last year's team returning, the expectations are high for this group. At the end of last season, TCU made many "way too early" lists for the 2022-23 season. And last week, TCU was picked to come in fourth place in the Big 12. Mike Miles Jr. was selected as the Big 12 Pre-season Player of the Year. 

TCU opens its season with an exhibition game on October 30 against Paul Quinn College .

The preseason poll includes five teams from the Big 12 - Kansas, Baylor, Texas, TCU, and Texas Tech. 

Here is the poll:

AP Top 25

1 - North Carolina

2 - Gonzaga

3 - Houston

4 - Kentucky

5 (tie) - Kansas

5 (tie) - Baylor

7 -  Duke

8 - UCLA 

9 - Creighton

10 - Arkansas

11 - Tennessee

12 - Texas

13 - Indiana

14 - TCU

15 - Auburn

16 - Villanova

17 - Arizona

18 - Virginia

19 - San Diego State

20 - Alabama

21 - Oregon

22 - Michigan

23 - Illinois

24 - Dayton

25 - Texas Tech

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Barry Lewis
BARRY LEWIS

Barry is the managing editor/publisher of TCU Horned Frogs On SI and oversees a team of 15+ writers, photographers, and podcasters covering all 22 of TCU’s sports. He writes on football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball, men’s tennis, and other sports as needed. His weekly articles include Big 12 Power Rankings and Poll Watching during the football, basketball, and baseball seasons. He is a frequent guest on one of the many podcasts that TCU Horned Frogs On SI writers host covering football, baseball, basketball, and other sports. Barry is a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He has represented TCU Horned Frogs On SI at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, the 2023 College Football National Championship, the 2023 College World Series, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship, Big 12 Football Media Days, and Big 12 Basketball Media Days. Barry has followed TCU sports since the Jim Wacker days. He is an avid sports fan and traveler, and he loves any opportunity to see a sporting event in person. He has been to 18 of the 30 MLB ballparks, experienced game day at 25 college football stadiums, seen 21 NFL stadiums, and been to 16 bowl games.

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