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With the TCU basketball team looking to fill the void left by their top scorer from last season, David Punch, the program will be getting a big boost in the form of Robbie Avila. As Avila was supposed to be rejoining Saint Louis after two seasons with the team after his time with the Indiana State Sycamores from 2022 to 2024, Avila looks to now help the TCU basketball program.
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The Horned Frogs released a statement from head coach Jamie Dixon, saying that the team is “in the process of finalizing” the eligibility of Avila. Dixon mentions that Avila approached the Horned Frogs after the injury to center Luke Bamgboye, whose return timeline is indefinite at the moment.
“After exhausting all options to play at Saint Louis, Robbie and his family approached me on Saturday after hearing about our injury situation. We have just informed our team that we are in the process of finalizing his eligibility at TCU,” Dixon wrote in his statement.
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It has been a whirlwind of an offseason for Avila, as after he was denied a return to Saint Louis due to the size of the roster and the fight for him to get an extra year of eligibility, the season has been in flux. However, it wasn’t too long before Avila found his next destination in TCU.
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“UPDATE: Robbie Avila is headed to Fort Worth today to join the team at TCU, per ESPN sources. His formal addition to the roster is expected to happen in the next 24 hours, as he’s begun the paperwork to formally join,” ESPN’s College sports insider Pete Thamel wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
After averaging at least 17 points per game in the 2023-24 season with the Sycamores and the 2024-25 season with the Billikens, he finished with 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game while shooting 49.7 percent from the field and 41 percent from three-point range.
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