TCU's Saturday conference game against Air Force at 5:00 p.m. at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum will be more than just an opportunity for TCU to snap its four-game losing streak.

TCU will retire James Cash Jr.'s No. 54 jersey at halftime. Cash was the first African-American to play in the Southwest Conference from 1967-69 and also became the first full-time African-American professor at the Harvard Business School.

Cash also led TCU to a SWC championship in the 1967-68 season and is in the top-five all-time for TCU career points and rebounds.

The GrandMarc's north tower pool will be an unfriendly 40 degrees for Friday's Polar Bear Plunge, an event where participants compete to see who can stay in the pool the longest.

Residence Hall Association Senator DJ Walsted said the event will be raising money for the Samaritan House by accepting donations from the contest's participants. Fifty cent hot chocolate and free s'mores will be provided at the event.

"We are trying to build a community and awareness that the GrandMarc is holding events and has fun stuff to do for TCU," Walsted said.

There's still a bitter taste that lingers in sophomore pitcher Matt Purke's mouth after the 2010 season.

The taste of losing for a pitcher who went 16-0 his freshman season might be indescribable. That's why he and his team take things 200 feet at a time after TCU's first 2010 College World Series berth; they certainly don't count the days, either, Purke said.

"Just the bitter taste of getting third instead of first [in the CWS]," Purke said. "We were one game away from the final series, so we're looking to make it to that final series [in 2011] and win the whole thing."

The TCU men's golf team will be in Hawaii on Tuesday to compete in the University of Hawaii Hilo Intercollegiate Tournament in Kona, Hawaii.

Head coach Bill Montigel said the tournament was one of the most prestigious and fielded one of the strongest fields in college golf.

The team just finished qualifying for the tournament and freshman John Antle qualified for his first tournament, Montigel said.

Senior captain Tom Hoge said Hawaii is always one tournament to which the team can look forward.

After solid performances in the fall, the TCU women's golf team is ready to return to the green for the 2011 spring schedule.

Last season, TCU finished No. 1 in the Mountain West Conference with a 6-0 conference record. The team finished No. 32 in the nation, according to the Mountain West Conference website.

The Horned Frogs ended the season on a high note. The program won its 12th tournament title under head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin at The Alamo Invitational in San Antonio. It was TCU's first recorded tournament win since 2007.

TCU's swimming & diving team will compete in a dual meet against New Mexico and BYU at 6 p.m. Friday at the TCU University Recreation Center Natatorium. The men's team enters the meet at 3-1 (3-1 MWC),...