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You forgot to add that both teams are pretty good and damn near impossible to beat at their place. Grant is a very good basketball coach, and I doubt many who really know college basketball would disagree.

I know you've had trouble understanding this, but the fact that it was a raccoon is irrelevant. What does matter is that this was cruel and sadistic behavior. Being disturbed by such behavior is not "dumb".

And the ladies win 68-63 to complete the Charlotte sweep.

You know what I’ve always thought could help us win games? Not better free throw shooting. Not less reliance on the 3-pointer. Not greater discipline against the pick and roll. Nope, my solution to our woes is more Tope Arikawe. Brilliant!

Thanks for that absolutely brilliant response.

Spotted this helmet at Duke’s Travel Plaza in Mt. Vernon this morning.

Our lack of size is killing us. We are a team that has no offense unless the outside shots are falling.

Yes, NT is definitely not an elite basketball program. It doesn't have the budget, the conference affiliation or the history. Not sure how you define top d-1 coach? My definition would entail beating most of the peer programs you play. I think it is highly unlikely that any other coach NT could hire could accomplish more in two years.

They have a brand. Much like Boone’s Farm...and Top Ramen...and Spam; everyone recognizes the name, but knows it’s not hard to do better.

It’s ugly. Draper shooting 23% from the field and 26% from three. Arikawe is a big man shooting almost exclusively from the paint and he’s barely over 40% from the field and is 25% from the free throw line, Rose is 35% from the field and 28% from three and turning it over twice a game as a guy who shouldn’t be in position to turn it over much, and Gibson is 36% from the field and 33% from three, which doesn’t sound that bad by comparison. Last, Jahmiah Simmons is shooting 36% from the field when most of his shots come on drives which should be high percentage. He is 0-6 from three in conference play and is shooting 21%(!!!) from the FREE THROW line, and he’s getting there twice a game. I feel like we’re getting decent looks too. I’d like to say it’s just a lot of shooting funks at the same time, but it sure has been prolonged.

Going to pull away and win late. Way to grind it out.

I'm at the game. I hope there are adjustments during the half. Their team is noticeably taller.

The rankings will settle out wherever they do from here but don't lose sight of the fact that the 2019 class for North Texas is special and will leave a legacy in Denton. As long as it doesn't come at NT's expense in terms of head to head recruiting battles, I welcome other CUSA schools to sign talent at or near the level we did this year as it only means our conference will improve its reputation against our G5 peers - which it needs to do.

Please unpin the USC tweet in statement to our former OC. Makes us, namely you, appear as a jealous girlfriend. Let's move on and keep on the up n up. That is all and thank you.

Trojan, family? I thought Trojans prevented that.

2yrs ago we could not beat average to bad teams. Now we are trashing 20 win season and gig’n the coach! BS

Not sure about their football team but the Ocean of Soul is coming to town! (Think Grambling) For all of those who complain about the Green Brigade and want a band to bring high energy and marching performance at halftime, you may need to wait till 2022 but it will be at Apogee. They are much more worried with the performance than the music but it is a show. Dancers are called the Motion of the Ocean. ***This is not commentary on the Green Brigade***

No one is entitled to a bowl game. Should players be allowed to transfer without penalty if the team misses a bowl game? Hell players are now intentionally skipping bowls to avoid injury as seniors.

Won’t ever complain about a road W in conference. Need to tighten things up before our games against Marshall and WKU. Gotta at least split those games.

This team can play up (or down) to the level of anyone

Let’s just get out of here with a W. Any way we can get it.

Now up 66-62 with two minutes left.

Women up 55-52 with a minute left in the 3rd Q.

NT 59 ------------------------ Charlotte 56 7:45 to go Smart having a very good game today. Hopefully he's snapping out of the funk and it's not a one off.

Arikawe is the only thing close to a backbup center and if Z gets into foul trouble Arikawe will have to play big minutes.

Our defense is horrible so far.

We look horrible so far.

My pre-game remarks..."Put the ball in the f'n hole! Please don't drop the soap! That is all, go get'um!".

I know you've had trouble understanding this, but I don't disagree that the behavior was cruel and sadistic. We're talking about magnitude here. At the end of the day, what they did to a pest animal shouldn't ruin a young man's playing career and education potentially with the loss of scholarship. Further, making a sweeping generalization about a young man from one incident is extremely disingenuous, especially considering how little actual information we have about the situation or Muhammad's role in it beyond filming it. Let's give an example of another player that made a mistake. Turner Smiley is by all accounts a great young man, but if you remember, he got arrested for a DWI after the 2015 season. He made a mistake, a mistake that in my opinion is worse than posting a video of a raccoon getting mauled by dogs, but there were no cries to kick him off the team and take his scholarship, or if there were they did not reach the same national attention this BS is getting. And while we're on the topic of sadistic behavior, I find it ironic that there is so much outrage for this considering the sport of football has elements sadism in it, and that element of sadism is directed at other people, not a worthless raccoon. This is a question of does the punishment fit the crime. Should a young man's life be turned inside out just because of one mistake involving the death of a raccoon? Would you ruin a person's life just to get "justice" for a raccoon?

Does anyone else get irritated when a person is a fan of an Alabama or Texas and they give you crap even though they never graduated or even stepped foot on the campus of said school?

Top ramen isn't a brand. Are they Nissin or Murachan? A bottle of boones farm, some nissin ramen with spam and a 19 year old lady with daddy issues sounds like 2005. Damn where do I apply to Marshall?

Isn't this the same fine young gentlemen who spit on an ODU player?

I am amazed that Silver Eagle used 'whilst'...tip of the hat to you.

Have you watched a Cowboys game as of late? We run way different offenses.

Wasn't trashing a 20 win season and don't know what gig'n the coach means. I just said that Grant in his 3 years as a head coach he has only beaten average or bad teams while losing in the first round of 2 conference tournaments.

And we are still winning games and have had shots to win the other 4. Have we had a game this year where 2 guys get hot at the same time?

Maybe. I believe you win postseason games with great guard play. But the physics of my argument dont disappear with age: the closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to make a shot. Also, even if you can stretch the floor, if you’re no threat inside you’re easier to defend.

We are getting out-muscled, blocked out, and unable to get much in the paint which forces the team to overcompensate by forcing up more 3's (many of which are erratic and ill-advised). I partially agree that we are flat out just missing our 3's (especially Rose), but in my eyes it is a combination of the factors. If we had more size, we aren't relying on the 3 ball as much

Mizzou has had lots of issues for quite a while, both in the athletic department and especially institutionally. They had a 25% enrollment drop and a major donation drop after the entire BLM stuff and the professor who openly tried to ban a student reporter from interviewing the protestors. Their AD left Mizzou for Baylor--that should tell you all you need to know about their situation.

Players who are projected to be drafted are skipping bowl games in an effort to protect their draft status. There is huge financial risk involved if they get hurt and drop down in the draft. Also, not everyone will be in the NFL, so it's not everyone skipping bowl games; just those who are projected to be drafted skipping bowl games. As to the bowl games, if Mizzu were to go 9-3 next season and can't go to a bowl game because of the NCAA sanctions, how is it fair to the players that had no part in the bad act who would have played in a bowl game had Mizzu not be in this situation?

Why does the NCAA punish players at these "lower" P5 institutions when they should be directing their anger towards Alabama? How does the NCAA justify this after letting UNC off the hook?

QUICK, SOMEONE FIND KASON AND TELL HIM!

I don't know about the jealous girlfriend comment but those colors look awful on our board.

Sorry guys for the hiatus... Here is Episode 3. The season finale premieres next Wednesday!

Signing day was so last year!

I'm extremely fortunate. My wife of 35 years and I graduated from the Univ. of Iowa in the early 80's. Over the years we have watched from afar most all Hawkeye football and basketball games on TV. I lost interest in watching the Hawkeye BB team when they had their Tony Benford type era. It was her that pushed me back into watching the games again. In 2007 our son was an invited walk-on to play for the Mean Green football team so we had another school to follow. Over the last eleven years she has only missed maybe five home games. While he was playing we went to most all road games and since he graduated we usually go to at least one road game a year. We have renewed for our second season ticket year of Mean Green BB. She often listens to non televised Mean Green road games on her phone while doing yard work. She enjoys regularly going to the Rudy's Coaches Football Show. We liked coming up to Denton from Carrollton so much that we bought our future retirement home in Denton last year. When we moved in our TV room was already painted green so she obviously called it "The Green Room" and that name has stuck. In five days we will be in "The Green Room" to watch the Hawkeyes at 230 PM then change from black & gold to green clothing and head over to Apogee. Like I said, I am extremely fortunate!

My wife and I met at North Texas, so she understands the rules. 1) Don’t RSVP to a wedding or an event on a Fall Saturday if you want me to accompany you 2) I don’t ask why you buy shoes, don’t wonder why I buy more green clothing 3) The kids will attend North Texas...or they’d better have a full ride elsewhere 4) Scrappy is a real person 5) Mean Green is a religion 6) Apogee and The Pit are the North and South cathedrals 7) Glory to the Green is played at all family functions, special occasions and holidays 8) SMU is the true enemy of the people