The first set of home equestrian meets of the semester was the building block for a young team, the head coach said.The Horned Frogs lost to the Fresno State Bulldogs by a final score of 1,161-1,059.5, Sunday. Both TCU and Fresno State won eight match points, but the Bulldogs managed to pull out more raw points from their events during the contest.

"In western performance, we did well," head coach Gary Reynolds said. "But our English performance really brought us down."

Expectations were high for the Horned Frogs going into the second half of conference play.Unfortunately, those high hopes deflated quickly as the Frogs (10-11, 2-7) lost to the Utah Utes (8-14, 3-6), 70-65 at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on Saturday.

The Frogs have now lost seven games in a row (all in conference play) making them the cellar dwellers for the second half of Mountain West competition.

"We wanted to come out and get a victory," junior guard Brent Hackett said. "We just didn't reach our level. Now we are starting off 0-1 in the second half."

Appearing on the same stage as ESPN's Lee Corso and Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin, SuperFrog will get his 15 minutes of fame this April, along with some of the nation's other animal mascots.In honor of March Madness, SuperFrog will be appearing in an episode of "Mascot Madness" on Animal Planet.

Communications specialist and cheer coach Lisa Albert got to show her school spirit when she was flown to Los Angeles to represent TCU as SuperFrog on the Jan. 10 taping of the show.

The purpose of the show is to focus on mascots that are animals, Albert said.

A TCU alumna, who lectured last night about flavor as a health issue, will be offering cooking demonstrations on "World Flavors" today.Connie Guttersen, author of "The Sonoma Diet" and the "Sonoma Diet Cookbook," talked Monday about how she combines her two passions - cooking and science - to promote a flavorful lifestyle.

Guttersen, Green Honors Chair for the Department of Nutritional Sciences, spoke on "flavor as a crossroads between health and enjoyment inspired by the Sonoma Diet" on Monday night in a filled Sid Richardson lecture hall.

Expectations were high for the Horned Frogs going into the second half of conference play. Unfortunately those high hopes deflated quickly as the Frogs (10-11, 2-7) lost to the Utah Utes (8-14, 3-6), 70-65.

The Frogs have now lost seven games in a row, all in conference play.

"We wanted to come out and get a victory," Brent Hackett, junior guard, said. "We just didn't reach our level. Now we are starting off 0-1 in the second half."

The Horned Frogs welcomed back some of TCU's greatest baseball players for the annual alumni game.The current Frogs dominated the game from beginning to end, winning by a score of 13-1.

Head coach Jim Schlossnagle thought his team played well in the exhibition game.

"It is hard to judge a team when they are playing against professional players," Schlossnagle said. "I was pleased with how we threw strikes and how well our defense played."

Lance Broadway, 2005 first round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox, started the game for the alumni.