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Just found out that Greek activities have been cancelled tonight and that over 1000 greeks have redeemed tickets! Could be a fun environment! Go Mean Green!

You’re nemesis has a section of tickets he’s trying to give away to anyone/everyone we can beg to come tonight. You might wanna email wren and complain in advance?

...but then life took an unexpected turn. Cool story in the DMN https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2018/03/27/straight-chi-town-committed-loyola-chicago-roosevelt-smart-now-shines-unt?f=r

Sorry about that chaps!

So, you're in Lewisville?

Ahem....I'm trying to enjoy this fun, little BBall run we are having and you guys are bringing up Mac and Dodge. On the bball forum. I'm about to go dysfunctional on y'all.

As a Dons fan, I was surprised to see the negativity here directed towards Simmons. From what I saw last night, he's the only skilled big on the UNT roster (Arikawe is energetic, but not particularly talented). 10 points, 22 boards for a freshman post, and people are hating on him? Ouch. I think Simmons will be a good one for you.

I guess if he is calling coaching as an assistant at Nevada for about the same money he was making as a head coach here out of a job. Then yeah, he's out of a job.

I can just see his half of the conversation if he takes the job: ”Baby, we gotta move the kids because I got a P5 job.” ”No, not OU...not OSU...no dear, not USC...it’s Tech.” ”No, no Virginia Tech...nope, not Georgia Tech either, it’s Texas Tech. Yes, in Lubbock” ”Well, yeah I guess you and the kids could come to visit on weekends...oh, wait you meant they could visit...and only on holidays? It’s not ideal but I guess I’ll take it...”

No, not the biggest. Those would be our Conference Tournament Championship games and our NCAA Tournament games. That said: It's still a very big game and I really want to force game three of this series.

I've got 9 people coming with me, most of which have never been to a UNT game before. You guys better bring it!!

Sorry, but after Monday's letdown it is going to take me a little time to get back in the mood...

No, everything that I have heard Littrell is more valued among the college ranks than Wilson. Most look at Wilson as a Recruiter only, and Littrell as a guy with a ton of football knowledge. There is a place for both of them, however I think (non-MG goggles) Littrell will always be a better hire because of the way college game is evolving. If Littrell's staff were able to recruit at even a semi-close rate of Wilson I do not think he would be here today. I also heard he turned down multiple jobs (no I didn't ask which ones) because he likes Denton and the community. He knows he can win consistently here and compete for Championships. You move to a big time conference and have a bad year or two (5-7 6-6) you are probably getting canned.

Shouldn't the thread header also read "question, no info?"

I have a hard on... for a little more UTA tennis talk.

Seriously? Too bad we can't rate an administrator's posts.

Hello mates, Mean Green fan and graduate of '79 reaching out to you from across the pond. Does any one think that UNT to the Big 12 is even a remote possibility within the next decade? Granted, the conference might not exist by then but I've heard that a potential membership would require our athletic department to net over $25 million annually to even be considered. Surely with the development efforts we've seen in the last two years (both on the court/field/etc. and in the business side), it is not THAT crazy to believe we can be competing in a power five conference. Why not UNT and UH? Adding two state schools with more than 38,000 students and a demonstrable upward trajectory in multiple sports seems like a win-win in a few years. Not to mention, adding UH to the Big 12 could possibly hurt TAMUS recruiting which I am sure more than a few current Big 12 member schools would like.

Nothing to see here. In no way does this indicate Littrell is unhappy in Denton. This is likely just his agent working as he should for his client. It would've been noteworthy if he had submitted a resume for a G5 program...an SEC program, not so much. The only issue I have is with the fact that this information is now public - forcing him to address it with the locker room and his staff to make sure no one feels a disloyalty on his part. I trust he's already done this by now.

this will be Littrell's "Free Agent" year, when most folks expect that third year upswing/full results from a coach. This is also the year that other program's will look at a first time HC and see how he is progressing. a lot rides on this season, and if he gets hired away after this season, it means that UNT has had a great season.

Illinois center/forward Michael Finke 6'10, 230 lbs. is leaving Illinois as a grad transfer. Not sure if he would fit in McCasland's system but he's a big body and averaged over 8 a game in the big ten. Might be worth kicking the tires on him.

Germans?

Hooked up to the coaches computer. Will be able to show workout goals for individuals, positions and other relevant info pertaining to the different sports teams! This is a commercial grade weighing a few 100lbs.

With a coaching record of 14-13 and no conference championships or bowl wins Littrell still has a way to go before he is a true contender for a P5 job. GMG

He did post this regarding the Monday game. Did you attend or is that too liberal and nerdy?

THE DRIVE It says across the top: 1:07 in the game. 98 yards. No time outs Our new graphics people are amazing. Huge props to WB and company for giving us things like this. Hat tip to SUMG for picking this one up at the ticket office and sending me a pic. Rick

Exactly. My pants just moved for no reason.

I used to be the academic advisor for several members of that team many years ago. I still have a beer mug the cute Czech girl brought me back from her trip home. Ah memories.

Welcome to the board! As to your question, it seems sensible, but it's highly unlikely. They're not going to add schools just to add schools. It seems non-Texas B12 schools don't want any more Texas schools. We don't have a history of conference affiliation with the B12 institutions. TCU did, which contributed to their making the jump. UH and SMU do, so they are likely ahead of us in line. Whatever upward trajectory we might be observing, it is still well below what other teams accomplished prior to making the jump to P5 (e.g., Utah, TCU). We need to be talking prolonged national rankings just for starters. Look at what UCF did last year, and I still don't know of any P5 conferences interested in adding them. Right now, we are a long shot to make the AAC. And that's where the B12 is going to go scrounging for new members, or possibly the MWC. No team is going to go straight from the current incarnation of C-USA to a P5 conference. Hope to see more of your posts!

Are tickets sold out? I keep getting an Oops message when trying to purchase through ticket office.

The AD is known as a clown. Wants to hire his buddy who's an assistant at Texas Tech which will be an epic fail. AD and President are both fools. It's a surefire bet this will crash and burn on them.

So I can't comment on the Johnny Jones part of that assertion as I don't spend a LOT of time in the basketball forum. But as to the former name contained therein, I can say with great certainty that I don't recall Rick ever giving the man an iota of credit for anything -- ever.

You got it you whippersnapper.

I mean...it may move in 2026, but I've heard it was gonna move from the Cotton Bowl for at least 20 years now. I'll believe it when it happens.

Ah, thank you. He was possibly the best athlete we saw play in the Super Pit this season? Rick

Respect your elders, you young whipper snappers! North Texas State forever!!!!Go Mean Green.

I believe that SL is staying until Fine graduates. HSO here but I'm not excited about that deutsche bag from Tech being our "coach in waiting". If GH were the real deal, he would have already been hired by a major program.

Good call. They were Big East.

It is insane that all that information is public. If Tennessee uses a similar hiring process in the future, coaches will be much more reticent about expressing their interest. This absolutely makes the case for using search firms when hiring a coach.

Just to clarify, WVU has never been in the ACC. But that would be their best geographic fit. The B1G would be good geographically, but they wouldn't touch WVU's academics.

I hate to say it....but not having a baseball team really hurts North Texas’ chances as well.

UT/Tech & OU/OKSt all go either Pac or somewhere else, WVU begs hard enough to get back in the ACC & Kansas joins B1G for B-ball. That leaves Baylor, TCU, IASt & KSSt holding a bag. Backfill with SMU, Houston, Memphis for sure. Then you have 3 more spots to divvy-up between: Cincinnati? Navy? Air Force? New Mexico? Tulane? Tulsa? North Texas? UTSA? Rice? UTEP? LATech? Northern Illinois? Personally, I think it would be awesome if we could get in there with LATech & Northern Illinois. Name it something like "Central 12". And if that ideal scenario falls through, I would think we'd be a shoo-in to take SMU's spot in the AAC.

Don't be surprised. On the football boards more than a few thought our true freshman QB wasn't good enough and might lose his job as a sophomore. Turned out he was All-Conference as a Soph. Seeing talent and keeping that in line with reality of experience etc. isn't a strength for all folks.

Should be plenty, but seating is first come first serve so get there early if there's a particular spot you like. Rick

We have the most dysfunctional fan.

DRC: http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/mean-green/2018/03/27/chalk-talk-san-francisco-unt-cbi-finals-game-2

It'd be really cool to have Mason, Michael and Rico (featured on it)....sign one.

I think the Frisco Bowl would like us selling out Toyota Stadium. I'd love for us to play in this bowl. We'd sell it out. Not to mention I live one exit down from the stadium. It would be a blast.

I have personal experience with this. About a decade ago I was invited to attend a board meeting of the Tarrant county Alumni association (the old one not the new one). The main focus of the meeting was fund raising for the athletic department. A representative from the school was there and brought bound copies of print-outs of alumni who were current donors to the school. I was surprised at the size of it. The school rep who brought the material was going to take a job at another school and was not going to be around very long.......so she was a bit more "unvarnished" in her answers than she might have been otherwise. We spent a certain amount of time going over the list and saying "well, what about this person, or that person?". I even brought up the name of a high powered lawyer based in Bridgeport who had once been the student body president when I was attending there. The answers to all these "what about's?" For lack of a better term she responded, "you aren't allowed to contact them, they belong to the school of....business, college of arts and sciences, music etc etc." Basically this aforementioned representative conveyed to us that every department has been compiling their own list of donors (she indicated for a long time) and all of those departments are not inclined to share with anyone else........nor are they required to. So basically when it became evident that the "don't solicit donations from alums......for anything" rule from the Dr. Matthews era was cancelled, it became every man (or department/school) for themselves. So, IMHO, we joined the world of college fund raising.....but (true to our nature) in a very dysfunctional way.

Yes.. as much as people hate UTSA we have to pull for them.. 1- More exposure for CUSA, and UTSA. 2- ideally a slightly larger payout from the tournament or just hosting games. 3- Would be great exposure next year to have a conference with 3 championships or runner ups. It will help the entire conference down the line.