FORT WORTH, Texas -- When TCU last won an NCAA Tournament game in 1987, Jamie Dixon was a senior guard for the then-Southwest Conference champion Horned Frogs.Dixon is now back at his alma mater as head coach, focused on the future and not the lack of any consistent success in the three decades since he played.Were starting over. I cant do anything about the last 30 years. I cant do anything about the last four in the Big 12, Dixon said. And were a new program for so many reasons, and I think its just the best way for us to look at it.The Frogs have won only eight conference games in four seasons since joining the Big 12. They are picked to finish last again in the league that had the highest overall RPI the past three seasons.Still, Dixon envisions the TCU program becoming similar to what he had while leading Pittsburgh to 11 NCAA Tournaments the past 13 seasons.I think we have everything in place here to do that, and thats where getting to the tournament is expected and anything less is not a good year, he said. I know theres no history to base that upon, but weve got to believe, weve got to have blind faith.TCU is going into its first full season in its completely redone arena, which was gutted but is still under the same roof that was there when Dixon was part of two SWC titles as a player.After replacing the fired Trent Johnson in late March, Dixon was able to add some impact freshmen -- point guard Jaylen Fisher, guard Desmond Bane and forward Kouat Noi -- and inherited a roster with four seniors that the new coach is relying on to be leaders.Our final chance, said guard Michael Williams, one of the TCU seniors. Weve got a new coach, got a new team, and looking to make big things happen.Some things to watch for with the Horned Frogs this season:ON POINTDixons first signee was Fisher, who had been committed to UNLV before fired coach Dave Rice was replaced in April. Former UNLV assistant Ryan Miller, who had recruited Fisher, is now on Dixons staff at TCU. Jaylens very good. Hes what we needed, Dixon said. A point, great way to start a program with your first sign. ... He might be as good a point guard as there was last year, as far as a true point guard.RICH RETURNKenrich Williams, a 6-foot-7 guard, averaged 8.6 points and a team-leading 6.7 rebounds a game as a sophomore in 2014-15. But he missed last season after microfracture knee surgery. Williams is back and healthy after the redshirt year.SENIOR SHEPHARDBefore Fisher, the highest-rated recruit ever to sign with TCU was 6-11 forward Karviar Shepherd. After averaging 9.1 points and 6.8 rebounds as a freshman, Shepherds numbers dropped to 6.1 points and 5.7 rebounds as a sophomore, and he had 7.1 points and 5.2 rebounds a game last season.OPPOSITE PATHSDixon won 328 games in his 13 seasons with Pitt. Under its last three head coaches the past 14 seasons -- the late Neil Dougherty, Jim Christian and Johnson -- TCU won only 181 games and had only three winning records.NOT GETTING EASIERDixon went from the Big East to ACC with Pittsburgh, and now is in the Big 12. I seem to have gone from the best conference, to the best conference to the best conference, he said. Its fun, its exciting and its great that TCU is a part of that. Thats where it should be, and where it once was in the Southwest Conference. Swell Water Bottle Wholesale . Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. Swell Bottle Resort Collection . Wall made the comment in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. 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They meet on Sunday at Miamis renovated Hard Rock Stadium.We have to put out a better product than we showed the last time we were out there, said Dolphins first-year coach Adam Gase. Thats what this season is going to be about for us, weve got to keep getting better every week. Thats going to be key to us. If we do that, that gives us our best chance.The Dolphins shifted their practice schedule this week with Hurricane Matthew forecast to make landfall in South Florida on Thursday afternoon. The NFL is monitoring the storm and Gase said player and fan safety was the top priority, not keeping with the plan to play a game in Miami Gardens on Sunday.A final option would include moving the game to Nashville, but neither team expected that to happen at midweek.Things are far from routine around Titans headquarters after another poor start.Titans coach Mike Mularkey has already hit the panic button, firing special teams coach Bobby April just four games into the season.Im not putting all the blame on Bobby, said Mularkey, who fired April on Monday.April is a long-time assistant, twice named Special Teams Coach of the Year.April, who was replaced by Steve Hoffman, who is in his 27th NFL season and his fourth with Tennessee, lost his job after the Titans had 12 men on the field on a Houston second-quarter punt that turned into a Texans field goal last week. In the third quarter, Houston burned Tennessee for a 67-yard punt return for a touchdown.Those two plays cost Tennessee 10 points in a 27-20 loss within the AFC South Division that the Texans lead with a 3-1 record.The Dolphins are in similarly desperate shape, somehow trailing AFC East leader New England by two games just four weeks into the season despite the fact that the Patriots have been using their second- and third-string quarterbacks.Tom Brady is back from a four-game suspension this week when New England visits the Browns.Gase is hopeful the Dolphins can turn their fortunes with a four-game homestand.The Titans are 1/3 for the third straight year and the fourth time in the past five seasons.Last year, coach Ken Whisenhunt started 1-6 for the Titans before getting fired. Mularkey, an assistant under Whisenhunt, was promoted to interim coach. He is catching heat after beating the Detroit Lions to open the season and then losing three in a row entering Miami.The Titans have lost to three teams with a combined 9-2 record -- Minnesota, Oakland and Houston -- and the past two defeats have gone down to the last possession.The rest of Tennessees October schedule should ease up. After Miami, the Titans play host to the Clleveland Browns (0-4), the Indianapolis Colts (1-3) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-3).dddddddddddd.Miami won its only home game, but it was against the Browns, and the Dolphins needed overtime to prevail after Clevelands backup kicker missed a field goal that would have won them the game at the end of regulation.Neither Miami nor Tennessee has shown the ability to score effectively this season. The Dolphins are averaging just 17.8 points, which ranks 28th in the NFL. The Titans are averaging 15.5 points and are dead last, 32nd.One of Miamis problems has been the running game. Gase, who calls the plays, has not shown a commitment to the run, especially with opening game starter Arian Foster (groin) out the past two games. Gase called just 13 runs and got 62 yards last game against the Cincinnati Bengals.Clearly, Gase would rather pass the ball, but Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill takes a lot of sacks (11 so far) and has been intercepted five times.In Gases defense, management didnt leave him with much at running back when they let speedy Lamar Miller -- a 1,000-yard runner in his prime -- go via free agency.The Dolphins planned to replace him with Jay Ajayi, a second-year back who has not proven to be ready. Foster has not been available. The Dolphins have started Kenyan Drake twice and Damien Williams once. Ajayi is back from suspension, and Isaiah Pead is also getting carries.We will try to narrow it down, Gase said, noting Foster returned to the practice field for individual work and looked good Wednesday. (Having multiple running backs) is hard on the offensive line and on the backs and on myself as a play-caller.The Titans, unlike the Dolphins, have a good situation at running back with veteran starter DeMarco Murray (340 yards, 5.2 average) and promising rookie Derrick Henry (97 yards, 3.7 average).We have to do a great job of making sure that were disciplined on defense, making sure were gang-tackling, Gase said. When we have a chance to get him down, get him down. Dont let him break a tackle. We have to be swarming to the ball. When he has his big games, its because you have one-on-one and he ends up running a guy over or making a guy miss. So we have to play team defense against him.Tennessee ranks fourth in the NFL with 127 rushing yards per game. But the Titans rank 27th in the league with 221.0 passing yards.Tennessees Marcus Mariota, 22, was the second pick in the 2015 draft. He has been intercepted five times and sacked seven times this season but is also a threat to run with 72 yards and a 5.5-yard average.I think we all have to get better, Mularkey said. Not just Marcus. ' ' '