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AScott was great for us defensively, I’m not denying that. However, my issue with him was offensively. We needed him to really step up, but that just wasn’t in his bag. I also thought he went up soft down low. Just my 2 cents

Yeah, that looks like the recruit grabbed those pictures. That’s not coming from the school.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it’s the recruits that build the post. I’m assuming they Google “UNT football” to add pics to their posts.

Steve Ramsey

Just a question about accuracy when we post something on social media. Why does UNT use pictures of coaches that are not with our program anymore?

Aaron was great when he was in a defined role: attack close-outs, catch-and-shoot, and backdoor cuts to go with his hustle points. When we asked him to go one-on-one and expand his game, he struggled. Scott was a winner though, and made some huge plays in huge moments (thinking about Vegas) and if Newell can live up to that, we can have that discussion. In the limited looks we have of Newell, we see he is a little more smooth with the ball. I imagine we will ask him to do the defined-role type stuff but if he looks like he can create his own looks then why not? All that will be evident in summer and fall though.

That was last years roster… We’ve got a lot of new blood ready to prove themselves!

Paperwork in!!

Anyone familiar with David Shipps? Looks like he's a proud UNT grad! https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/2024/05/15/ea-sports-college-football-25-nashville-music-soundtrack/72995973007/

It came in my email. I provided the links at the bottom on how to get tickets etc. This seems like a public notice and not meant to only be read on their site. If I am wrong I apologize. Seems like they would want the info on how to get tickets to get out. For more information on UNT men's basketball tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

In Dl basketball the men's limit is 13 scholarships and 15 total players on a team. Women can offer 15 scholarships.

Just so I am clear on board rules, are we now allowed to copy and paste the entire articles from MeanGreenSports.com and not provide the links?

Have no idea. The staff and administration refuse to promote the program.

7pm CT

Liking our bigs!!

DENTON – The UNT men's basketball team has signed forward Brenen Lorient who is coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances at Florida Atlantic. The 6-foot-9 transfer comes to the Mean Green after playing two seasons with the Owls where he played in 52 total games and was a member of their 2023 Final Four team that also won the Conference USA regular season and tournament championship. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. The Ocala, Florida, native is joining a North Texas team he’s played against three times in his career. In those three games, Lorient averaged 3.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. In his most recent matchup against the Mean Green in the quarterfinals of the 2024 American Athletic Conference tournament, Lorient scored four points, had two rebounds and a block. This past season in a win versus Eastern Michigan, Lorient scored a career-high 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting in just 15 minutes of action. He has scored five or more points six times, including six points in 10 minutes off the bench versus Illinois. Lorient’s single-game career high for rebounds is five, which he’s done twice — last season against Memphis and North Texas. He had a single-game career high three blocks versus Temple in the 2024 AAC Tournament semifinals. The athletic rising junior scores predominately around the rim. Last year he shot 52 percent in the paint but did show some range as he knocked down three 3-pointers. Lorient is a 2022 graduate of Calvary Christian Academy, a perennial prep powerhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was a three-star prospect and was rated as the nation’s No. 130 overall prospect, No. 25 power forward in the country and the No. 22 player from the state of Florida. He chose FAU out of high school over Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, Murray State and Stetson among others. While at Calvary Christian, Lorient helped lead his team to the 2022 Florida High School Athletic Association 4A state championship, a No. 3 end of season national ranking and a 26-2 overall record. CCA also won the National Federation of State High School Associations State Champions Invitational title, which is a national tournament between state champions. Calvary Christian won by an average margin of 24 points in Lorient's senior season. He played alongside four other players who would earn DI scholarships: Greg Glenn (Tulane), Marvel Allen (Dayton), Carl Cherenfant (Memphis) and Taylor Hendricks who after one season at UCF would be the No. 9 overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 2023 NBA Draft. Prior to his time at CCA, Lorient led Forest High School in Ocala, Florida, to a 2021 region title and the school’s first state semifinal appearance since 1973. He led the Wildcats that year in points per game (17.5), rebounds per game (9.0), assists per game (2.8), steals per game (1.4) and blocks per game (1.4). Forest finished with an 18-8 record in 2021 and the 6A region 1 championship. He was named the Boys Basketball Player of the Year in Marion County by the Ocala Star-Banner. Lorient joins a UNT incoming class that includes freshman Tyran Mason (Plano HS) and so far six other D1 transfers: Jasper Floyd (Fairfield), Latrell Jossell (Stephen F. Austin), Johnathan Massie (Longwood), Grant Newell (California), Brock Vice (Creighton) and Atin Wright (Drake). The Mean Green are coming off a 19-win season last year under first-year head coach Ross Hodge. UNT reached the second round of the National Invitation Tournament for a third straight year and won a NCAA national postseason tournament game for a fourth straight year. They are just one of seven schools in the country who have an active streak of four or more consecutive years. For more information on UNT men's basketball tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Sounds like he’s already better than AScott. I thought AScott underperformed from all the hype he got. Soft when finishing.

Why? They didn't excel when they cheated the last time.

Same. But fortunately way too early for predicting anything.

As evidence of the lack of hype/communication, were we tracking that junior day was coming up? I feel like that is trumpeted by the program for weeks and this is the first I have seen anything on it. Granted, I have paid less attention this year due to lack of interest but I feel like this staff hasn’t publicized the program as much (other than coach O). This year’s sprint ball was the quietest I have seen in a couple decades probably.

Wrote about it a little on the site -- I like his versatility. He can step out and shoot it, he can drive, etc. Reminds me of some of what A Scott did for NT in his 2022 season. GN is not a supreme athlete -- not going to sky over dudes -- but he can run the floor and finish at the rim. There's a ton to like.

Are student fees being used to cover academic scholarships?