TCU retires Grizzlies guard Bane’s No

Feb 18, 2025, 09:20 PM ET

FORT WORTH, Texas– TCU has retired the No. 1 jersey of Desmond Bane, the standout guard who helped lead the Horned Frogs to their very first NCAA tournament in 20 years in 2018 the season after they won the NIT championship when he was a freshman.Bane, now in his

fifth season with the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies, was honored at halftime of TCU’s game Tuesday night versus Texas Tech. He is the 6th Horned Frogs player to have his jersey retired, and it came a year after Kenrich Williams’No. 34 was retired.Williams, now with the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, and Bane were teammates when TCU won the 2017 NIT, the program’s very first postseason championship. Williams was a senior and Bane a sophomore when the Frogs went to the NCAA tournament the next season, their very first since 1998. Bane was a first-team AP All-Big 12 selection as a senior in 2020, when he balanced 16.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.9 helps. He is TCU’s career leader with 249 made 3-pointers, 84 wins and 141 games played, while ranking 3rd with 1,784 points and 659 field goals.Kurt Thomas in 1995 was TCU’s only first-round NBA draft choice till Bane got selected in the first round in 2020.