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Incredible guard/forward rotation but just need 1 more big

If we are on course to continue to get curbstomped every time we play SMU, we hired the wrong coach.

A legit center away from competing to win the American.

Amazing pick up. Here are the other transfers we have landed in this stellar class: Guard John Buggs: 11 ppg, .40 3P% at nUTSAck Guard Jason Edwards: JUCO All-American 22 ppg Forward Robert Allen: 16.5 mpg at Missississpi Guard CJ Noland: 2022 All Big-12 Freshman team OU transfer Big time signing class.

Basketball is seizing momentum and moving up and onward. #GMG

Also this is a big pick up! Boss Hodge really killing the transfer portal! We don’t rebuild, we reload in Denton TX

https://soonersports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/c.j.-noland/15466 6'2" 230 guard that likes to shoot the 3 but has the speed/power to drive into traffic when it's open. Reminds me of Huntsberry in a lot of ways, other than assists. Wonder how he slots into the lineup. Probably coming off the bench, but we'll see. Hodge and company are doing some serious work on the recruiting trail. This team is going to have a lot of quality depth

Forte left and came here

Updated List as of 6/5/23: Expected to return: Rubin Jones Aaron Scott Moulaye Sissoko Matthew Stone Christian Moore Arsh Mattu Grayson Allo Chrisdon Morgan Transfers Signed: Robert Allen - F/C - Ole Miss - 1 year Left John Buggs III - G - nUTSAck - 2 years left CJ Noland - G - OU - 2 years left JuCo Signed: Jason Edwards - G - Dodge City CC - 3 years left HS Signed: Alex Cotton - G

Tell this to everyone in the Big12 who has benefitted from being in the same conference with Texas and OU. YES!! Conference affiliation matters. I'd rather be in the conference with them while getting our butts kicked than not. Playing against good teams brings interest, which brings more casual fans that might turn into serious fans and donors. If we are always running from competition then why even compete in the first place?

Gonna take some work to get all these pieces working together but that’s today’s CBB. Would rather have the pieces than not.

HUGE addition. This is the kind of recruiting we were all hoping for with coach Mac. This guy isn’t your normal high-major transfer we get (dudes who aren’t playing much). He played in most of OUs games the past few years, routinely in the 15-25min/gm range.

Wow this was a surprise. This team could be incredibly good again. Very excited.

I don't know about yall....but this team is SCARY.

PG - Rubin SG - Jason Edwards 3 - CJ 4- Aaron 5 - Sissoku

Need a 6-8 240 rebounder type and we are good.

I’m really not out here trying to defend FAU, but he mostly cares about basketball and he tries to say they had countless super seniors lol. FAU basketball is incredibly young…. He says UAB is the only threat when we just beat them to win the NIT lol. He simply doesn’t know anything about the new teams and I really hope his precious basketball team gets its ass kicked by these legit basketball teams we have coming from CUSA.

You seem like a pretty smart guy, but any UNT fan with half a brain knows that Al Hurley didn't give two 5hitz about athletics. He wanted the benefits of athletics without giving the department a dime. So yes in that respect he took money that rightfully belonged to athletics.

He can also play tight end

8. Sam Houston Even though Sam Houston ranks near the bottom of Conference USA, don't be surprised if this team easily exceeds this prediction. For starters, coach KC Keeler is 85-27 with the Bearkats, including a FCS title in 2020. Also, the team wisely redshirted a handful of players with an eye to '23 and beyond as it made the move to FBS. Defense should be the strength of Sam Houston's first team at the FBS level, as this unit boasts preseason Athlon Sports second-team All-C-USA selections in Markel Perry (DL), Trevor Williams (LB) and Jordan Morris (CB). The offense has question marks up front (only one returning starter) and needs to find an answer at quarterback (potentially North Texas transfer Grant Gunnell). LINK: https://athlonsports.com/college-football/conference-usa-football-2023-predictions

The more I think about it, the more disturbing it is to see this messaging coming from @TheReal_jayD If this is how our staff is thinking, already putting out excuses before they've played even a single down in a real game, we are in big trouble.

You don't want to jump up to a new conference and then immediately see the best teams leave. It's in the AAC's and UNT's best interest that SMU remains a member. I want UNT to play in the best possible conference. If that means there are 1 or 2 really tough games, then so be it.

Would look good for us to beat them though.

Impressive multi talented alumnus

Exactly. We could have stayed in 1-A but Hurley took the cheap route and we dropped to 1-AA.

Wow, thanks.

Are you saying that Athletics has never had a budget? How did they operate? Who paid the salaries? Hurley took most of the money that had been previously budgeted for Athletics and spent it on improving the quality of education.

Agreed, and if you read a few of his comments you will quickly come to realize that he is just spouting personal opinions as his "facts" are anything but.

We're finally getting a Homefield Apparel collection! This is amazing news for any North Texas fans who have long wanted quality throwback gear. Here's a preview...expect around 8 items at launch.

Only thing pretty clear is that your math skills are weak. Time for Chris to step up and contribute.

Vandy has zero interest in committing to be competitive on a level with the best of SEC. They're in it because of affiliation and money, for sure, but that's it. I like to think we can pursue both: align/affiliate ourselves with the most competitive programs we can get, with the largest possible audience, and eventually compete with them too. I think that's where we differ from the Vandys of the world.

What about Chris Morgan for the other big man?

They have a green one too

I love the idea of making Homecoming against an opponent people might actually care about and/or have actually heard about. This program has to start to capitalize on these opportunities if we want any sustained fan support. Homecoming is always a good crowd, and a win over Memphis will carry more weight than a win over Temple. We have to quit thinking so small and always wanting to schedule patsies we think we can beat for these types of games and schedule good programs and still expect to win.

Nothing wrong with being a Memphis homer, but he lost me with that roster/eligibility tweet.

Well stated!

https://meangreensports.com/news/2023/6/5/mens-basketball-former-four-star-prospect-cj-noland-signs-with-unt

Washington and Oregon aren’t staying in a conference with SMU for long. PAC 12 will morph into a “MWC+” at best. Stanford and Cal are likely to leave also. So you are most likely looking at a “PAC 12” with the only holdovers that actually were P5 before 2010 of Oregon State and Washington State. That conference would not be significantly better than the current AAC if at all.

Nice addition!

I believe they do a lot of "throwback" apparel https://www.homefieldapparel.com/

thanks.....I think.?

What money? Athletics had no money.