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Being a season ticket holder, I have never seen our court on TV. Getting to see it during the NIT....MAN, does it pop!! Great optics for the brand.

People will be excited now. This program is going to very big places. I am very excited about it. Quite honestly MAc should be paid more than Littrell period. He has produced much more.

To piggyback off of what Plumm said, not only does the Mean Green Nation need to show up for the first home game, we need to the whole season. I understand it's easy for me to say this since I live out of state, but I don't care. After winning a game in the NCAA Tournament, unless we have a dramatic cratering next season, we need to AVERAGE 6K+ fans at the Super Pit for the season. I don't care if we're playing an NAIA, WKU, or Texas A&M. The squad finally gave us a win in the Big Dance, they deserve the support.

I'd be in for a contract modification to give A LOT more than that. NCAA tourney appearances and wins are worth much more than lower football bowl wins.

Watching J Ham over the year I noticed something about our best LEFT handed guard. When he is in the lane pivoting around and goes to his right (sometimes) the person guarding him favors his right because most of the time they are guarding RIGHT handed ball handlers. Leaving his LEFT handed shot open. He really took advantage of this in his time with UNT. He will be remembered by us old MVC ex's with UNT playing the best teams around in the Snake Pit!

When Nova kills their own players and blames it on being a drug dealer or allow rapists to play without any punishment, I’ll have a harder time picking a winner. But until then...

I loved Reese 10x more than Mo. Just my IMO. Mo was a bigger scoring threat, but Reese's contribution was so much more than scoreboard points. much more. Just my IMO. Plus, never did I ever hold my breathe when watching Reese dribble. Couldn't say the same about Mo. My 0.02.

Mac deserves a raise and an extension.

I’ll piggyback on all of this to simply say that if this can’t get people excited about the program, especially if McCasland is still coaching here, to come and watch us play, then it’s probably just hopeless at this point to ever expect a decent crowd unless we play someone that people really care about. But I think this will be different this time—for some weird reason, I see him staying here for the next year or two, almost because there are any opening nearby to entice him to leave. He’s a Texas guy. And I don’t see anyone leaving the Texas Power schools or those in the AAC. Maybe SMU? But even that seems like it’s a stretch...

I was trying to get Zach's mom to talk about that but... Zach has just so much time left with his KNEEs and he wants to play pro-ball. Probably in Poland they think. He has one of his knees wrapped now. He has problems with his knees and has dreams. Very smart man though as he had considered all his options and but after winning a game in the tournament I'd like to be Grant talking to them after a win at Lucas Oil Stadium!

Also picked up Air Force and Army offers.

Did anyone else catch that he said “we know North Texas is not a basketball school” or something to that effect? That makes me question how much support he feels he really has, and whether that affects how long he stays. I feel like North Texas fans during the high points of athletics are like Americans during the World Cup. They come out of the woodwork and are super “into” their team...and then go back into hiding until the next one. I can only imagine that coaches, players, and recruits take note of this.

With 33k undergrads I bet we could find some talent.

I could see all of them coming back except Hamlet, due to the cases presented in this thread. The next question I have is will we land a big time transfer if a few of these senior opt out? I know little of the bb world but it's been a great few years to start learning to say the least

Hoping we can use this thread as a catch to keep up with players transferring, declaring, or transferring to the other teams in CUSA. Marshall off to a bit of a rough start. If Kinsey leaves for the draft that’s 3 of their top 4 scorers gone, and Kinsey is being projected as a first round pick.

That what UTA and a lot of other schools have thought. NCAA tournament hype is getting to all of us. Football drives the wagon in Texas.

Reese is from South Carolina and his mother was hospitalized with covid at some point in the last year I heard coach Mac say. If he wants to be closer to home or at a high major program so be it, he helped us win two conference championships, win a tourney game and likely has his degree. No one should slander the guy. I really hope this isn't what Emmitt mentioned but my money is on that being the case as well. Let's just hope if coach does leave Wren Baker makes an even better hire next time. The "not a basketball school" comment caught me off guard as well.

got some Twitter notoriety

Well deserved.

Just enjoy it for as much as possible. That’s the reality of being a fan of UNT football and basketball. When you have a good stretch of winning seasons, just take it all in.

This is a reason we will lose him. Both he and his team should be playing in front of packed house at home. Granted this Covid crap has negative impact on it. His team are fun to watch and I love the players we have had under him. I will renew my season tickets and hope others will finally buy season tickets to the basketball games. We need to get more locals to the games, the t-shirt fans.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who heard that

I wonder who "a couple of the guys said Coach we will be back" are?

He is the least ready and his degree plan is more difficult. If he leaves he leaves but of anyone that should stay it would be him. Bell as well to an extent.

Lifer I hope you’re not dishing Dallas because he’s one the best football and everything UNT supporter this school has ever had with money,attendance and working for the school. My apologies in advance if that wasn’t your intent.

Dear person that downvoted above - Your an a-hole!

I don't know how many of us were around when the NCAA tournament regional (and UNT) was in OKC for the KState matchup. But, if you haven't been and we have an opportunity to go again - just go. It is one of the best events in the country to go to. The fans from every school are some of the nicest people you have ever met, and it's because everyone knows anything can happen. One thing I was curious about this year, since I didn't get a chance to go, was whether or not your ticket got you a "session" (2 games) or just 1 game?

If we averaged 8000 or more at the Pit, the basketball coach probably would make more than the football coach, just on the number of games hosted.

Abou is the future, but he is still a little raw and has 4 years left. Another season off the bench would only benefit him and give him 3 years to start. I believe Zachs graduation plan has him here longer if he wishes due to the classes. His parents are pro education and it would be beneficial for him to have another year on the court and work his way into the masters program for engineering. I don’t know about anyone else’s academics but Bell and Reese are toss ups. With another year Bell in particular could increase his stock for playing overseas. Hamlet would be Eric met back with open arms but I hope he tries to go pro (and doesn’t move to another school for a final run.

No matter what the players decide to do, as long as NT can keep Mac; NT will be in great shape. I am sure Baker has a plan for every contingency. NT's brand (I hate that term) is on the rise. This is the start of great things, not the end.

Grant is going to be getting a huge check to stay here I hope. He better be the highest paid so we can keep him. He has earned it.

This may sound like blasphemy, but if we could become a true “basketball school” (top 2 perennially in CUSA, NCAA tourney at least every 3 years, couple Sweet 16 games) I’d gladly switch the monetary focus of our athletic program and de-emphasize football

I am relying on a 71 year old memory so I may be mistaken, but I believe that UNT drew very respectable crowds during the Blakely years. I know of near sell outs for Texas, SMU, Tech, DePaul and several other opponents. I know, these are “name” schools that always draw nice crowds but as I remember, we still averaged a very nice number of fans. I believe that basketball is no different from football. If you put a good product on the floor, you will draw nice crowds. This is not a year to panic, Covid-19 changed lots of habits but winning will change them next year. Just wait and see.

Thanks!

Hamlet is better than Kinsey in my opinion. Out played him by a mile this year, and has more skill sets. Therefore, I expect Hamlet drafted in the lottery!!!!

IMHO, there needs to be more emphasis on battle flag apparel and the SOW logo on the Texas silhouette like on the BB court. I would buy a ton of that stuff!

I was told by their two parents that Zach and J Ham are gone, sadly. I asked about Bell and Reese & I was told that they might stay?

It can sometimes be an accident methinks.

There's a Catholics vs Convicts joke somewhere in here.

Recruiting is so different in both sports, the mid majors dont have as much of a disadvantage when recruiting basketball players compared to football players. As for NT goes, the football program will never be able to compete on the national level the way the basketball program does, ans I am OK with that.

I am trying to tryout! Yet I have heard no announcement from UNT about tryouts. @UNTFOOTBALL you need to open the tryouts back up this spring/summer.

Stop holding student athletes to different standards than other students. College is just a step in the stairs of life.

I chuckled.