In head coach Jim Christian's first season, Horned Frog basketball recovered from a 1-3 start to move to 13-6 and 4-1 in conference play. If only the season could have ended there.

The Frogs fell apart down the stretch, losing 11 of their last 12 games, all to conference foes including a heartbreaking last-second loss to top-seeded Utah in the conference tournament quarterfinals.

This year, Christian is looking to put it behind him and lead the Horned Frogs to a smoother season with more experienced starters.

The Horned Frogs will face several matchups that are very similar to last year's with six common non-conference opponents.

After the Nov. 13 home opener against Mid-American Christian, the team will go to Tempe, Ariz., for the opening round of the Preseason NIT. The Frogs will face Cal State Northridge in the first round.

Northridge advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2009 after a 17-14 season and returns three starters. The winner will go on to face the winner of Arizona State-Texas State.

Frog fans who were not able to make the trek up to Provo, Utah, to see ESPN College GameDay's Lee Corso slip the SuperFrog mascot head on might have a chance to see it in person next week.

GameDay analyst Kirk Herbstreit told ESPN Radio's Galloway & Company that if Ohio State loses to Penn State this weekend, GameDay will most likely be redirecting its bus to Fort Worth for the TCU game against Utah on Nov. 14.

After a 4-1 loss to San Diego State on Friday, the Horned Frogs will begin postseason play Wednesday against the Utah Utes in the opening round of the 2009 Mountain West Conference Championship.

The Horned Frogs, ranked No. 6 in the MWC, ended their regular season with a 9-9-0 overall record and a 2-5-0 MWC record. The Utes will head into Wednesday's match ranked No. 3 in the MWC with an overall record of 9-9-2 and stand at 4-2-1 in the MWC.

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