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  1. First year in a tough new league with a brand new coach. I give us a B.
    17 points
  2. Hard fought year. A lot of injuries and new players. But overall, I'm proud of this team and the season. Hope we can retain most of the team going into next year. I like our chances if we can.
    16 points
  3. That block call on Walker with both feet set a good 3 seconds before contact was the most disgusting egregious call I have ever seen in basketball. It boggles the f-ing mind how that was not called a charge.
    16 points
  4. Biggest game in the History of Western Civilization.
    15 points
  5. That was a lot more fun than I expected this year. Transfer portal notwithstanding, Hodge has us on our way.
    14 points
  6. Considering Scott only played eight minutes and Edwards had an off night, this was a great victory.
    14 points
  7. I'm still proud of this team, never quit.
    13 points
  8. With the athletics department recently posting a Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement position, I thought this would be a good time to revisit some of the ideas we had - you know, us! The people who don't get paid to think of these things. Maybe we can help the new guy/gal out. This thread is for ideas other than the inevitable "Just win, baby." comment!! Some thoughts I had: Bring back the homecoming parade. The student interest/sustainability is BS. And also, pick a game that'll make the mostly unengaged alumni say, "Wow, this is good football. Our defense doesn't look like the worst in the country. I'm going to come back." Gotta be September 28th vs. Tulsa this year (November 9th vs. Army should be a higher attended game anyway). Promote the skills and productions of other student organizations at games. Organizations who may be made up of students who don't normally like sports. Have student musicians/bands perform national anthems or halftime, have pregame art galleries, screen Media Arts film festival winners at halftimes. Do whatever it takes to stabilize the Greek presence at football/basketball games. Extend tailgate season to weekend conference home games in basketball, move them inside when it's cold. Incentivize RA's to have their floors/dorms out at games. Run campus buses strategically to provide transportation to games. Go back to putting bus trips together for away games in the area (SMU, UTA, etc. etc.). Have a ticket center in the UNT Union/bookstore, somewhere almost all students visit daily, plus almost every visitor. Signage everywhere on campus promoting games. Students should never not know "when the next game is." Start a mailing campaign offering four free tickets to every household in Denton, Wise, and Cooke Counties (possibly even Collin and Grayson Counties since there are no major universities there either). Not sure what the cost of this would be, but the combined population of these five counties in 2020 was 2,216,730. So you could start with the promotion for football, at least expand it to men's/women's basketball, then depending on the cost even expand it to the other three spectator sports, although "supplies" will be even more limited for those sports. Or go county-by-county year after year. Hopefully you get several hundred or a few thousand new sales leads out of this. The next year, send the mailers out to only the households who didn't take advantage while trying to sell tickets to the people who attended. Rinse and repeat for 3-5 years. Until we can regularly fill up our student section, extend the free ticket program to Denton high school (or Denton County high school) students, maybe limiting to a certain number per school. Have each high school get their own tailgating area. This may be tricky from a liability standpoint though? If a high school kid wants an alcoholic beverage I'm sure he/she'll have no problem getting it. Work with some of the local community colleges to provide the same opportunity for football - like NCTC and Collin College. Loosen up media credential ability while we continue to get little coverage. Allow/encourage local Denton high school newspaper/video production/photography organizations to be a part of North Texas game days. Beyond our basic First Responder days, Parents weekends, work with the closeby districts who have education foundations to have "Gainesville ISD Day" or "Decatur ISD Day" at DATCU/the Super Pit where part of each ticket purchased goes to their foundation. Or could be an elementary/middle school PTO. Every TV in a public space on campus should be playing our away games for any sport. Arrange watch parties for the dorm TV's. Like student emails allows students to access Microsoft programs for free, extend this to Disney bundles (Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+). Showcase our university by operating our facilities as premier venue options. We're not getting any premier concerts after all the new venues that have been built around the area since 1974, or even 2013. But DATCU should be hosting a higher-class playoff football game every Friday/Saturday it's available till the state championship. Same with the Super Pit. What else?
    12 points
  9. 12 points
  10. If we’ve got to get his “off game” out of the way, this was the night to do it.
    11 points
  11. There's zillions of transfers that don't wind up starting at their new spot. That said, I hated losing him and I'm still mad at him but that's also selfish of me. I'm mad at the system more than I'm mad at him...but I'm still mad at him too.
    11 points
  12. Was pleasantly surprised to see us make the NIT and it just shows how well respected we have become in basketball across the country. Someday perhaps football and other sports can also be well thought of.
    10 points
  13. Winning this would be nice if for no other reason than we SHOULD HAVE beaten them the first time and it'd show growth.
    10 points
  14. It helps that several schools looked down their noses at the NIT, but I'll take it.
    10 points
  15. I loved it. Ross' energy came to the surface. Need more of it.
    10 points
  16. I hope NIT Moulaye shows up.
    9 points
  17. It really does feel like Grant built something here that is a winning culture. I think we got picked because of our name. Which is just weird still to me. I love it though!
    9 points
  18. Pleasantly surprised that we got selected! So important to continue building on the “North Texas plays post-season basketball” expectations.
    9 points
  19. For those of you criticizing, keep in mind we lost a lot of talent this year and FAU UAB and others kept their entire team in some cases. Also, I am SO much prouder of what basketball accomplished versus what football did. Football was much more disappointing. Our basketball program may have come up short but they were trading punches with the best of the conference. FAU was a final 4 team for goodness sakes! Proud of this team!!
    9 points
  20. I keep seeing this take put forth, and I wonder why people conveniently forget that we also don’t have Kai Huntsberry. He was the CUSA Newcomer of the year, averaging 13 a game and was #2 on the team in threes made. What were our issues this season? Lack of ball handlers to bring the ball up court at times, size across the board, and lacking a “go to” guy. Kai could create on his own and was 6’3”. For all of Edwards’ scoring (and he was impactful) he was trying to get shots off at 6’0” in crunch time. Also, and we may not want to hear this, Abou was more of a presence down low than Sissoko turned out to be.
    9 points
  21. I see this sentiment every time a fanbase gets an upgrade in conference. Then they get there, forget that thought, and start believing the current refs are the worst they've ever seen.
    9 points
  22. Man, I hope AScott is good. Hopefully nothing overly serious.
    9 points
  23. I still till this day do not understand why UTA fired him
    9 points
  24. Ya know what no one is going to remember 5 years from now? The teams that opted out. They'll remember the champion, and maybe the ones that were selected (if they look it up). Ain't nobody gonna go looking for why UNT ended up getting to the NIT after having the NET that we do, and winning it the previous year and think, "huh, I guess those 'bigger' programs just didn't care..."
    8 points
  25. I loved JJ, but with everyone healthy I’ll take this team over his squads head to head.
    8 points
  26. I think we play somewhere this offseason. Believe it or not, we are now a known program and that will carry some weight.
    8 points
  27. https://btg.meangreensports.com/rubin-jones-basketball-not-going-to-be-easy/?fbclid=IwAR3r4PljJNwHLZg-DoZMpZnGK-Ht6Qy5T-gpX3yFuH1XtIf0Hf5CYZd9rgA_aem_AQxHDAjjJ5U00E1DCyJZYpB9Jq6LAdFnGAX3Pe6-zTCExdjNHwaiUmXIYPVhmPImqFY
    8 points
  28. That commercial should show those horses being led to the glue factory.
    8 points
  29. Aaron’s health is way more important than a basketball game. I hope it is nothing serious, but nothing serious doesn’t usually end up in the hospital. He looked miserable. Whatever it is, it came on fast as he was waiting to enter the game.
    8 points
  30. We need everyone here at Dickies tomorrow night! Those who were there tonight, bring a friend tomorrow! It's only March, I know y'all's PTO balances just reset - take a few hours off! One team's campus is 1,300 miles away, another's is only 40. Let's give the Green that homecourt advantage!!
    8 points
  31. Decent turnout for a Thursday just after work for most people. Hopefully we get an even bigger NT crowd tomorrow given it's Friday night...and the opponent.
    8 points
  32. I yelled for my whole family to come into the living room to replay Noland’s steal and coast to coast dunk. That was probably the play of the year! Prayers up to A Scott. Was good to see everyone step up so well as a team.
    8 points
  33. That way Scott was looking in pain, reminds of the time I ate at Panchos.
    8 points
  34. Good confidence building win . Time to rest and pray for AScott
    8 points
  35. Thank you for not titling this thread "McClelland Hiring Boss Hodge".
    8 points
  36. What’s ironic is that Tylor Perry transferred to get right back in the NIT, and potentially, face his former team.
    7 points
  37. How in the world did Temple, from Philadelphia, as in Pennsylvania, have way more fans at the game than SM…never mind, I forgot it who they were playing.
    7 points
  38. Still thinking it’s appendicitis for Scott. I didn’t see a hit or collision that would have caused that much discomfort and the pain isn’t necessarily localized. Whatever it is, get well soon Aaron. Maybe gallstone based on where he was holding his abdomen? Whatever it is, heal up fast. We will need you for the big dance.
    7 points
  39. Just find a high school coach for that high school gym
    7 points
  40. Weak sauce of a thread title
    7 points
  41. That fan base will riot if he hired a first year HC with 17 wins under his belt.
    7 points
  42. Tough shit, who cares. I hope he enjoys the NIL money.
    7 points
  43. We made the trek out to Ft Worth from Plano for the game. A few thoughts: Not my first trip to the arena, but Dickies is a very nice midsized arena. I know we weren't supposed to like The Star, but even with the upper levels curtained off, Dickies feels cavernous with no people in it. Takes away the energy in a bit, even more than an empty Super Pit. This Mean Green Women's BB team attempts to play a fast-paced offense that we haven't seen in years of watching Mens BBall with Hodge and Mac before that. The Mean Green Women's fast-paced offense sometimes feels totally out of control. I am not a BBall savant, but their ball-handling skills cannot keep up with the pace of the offense they are attempting to play. The Rice defense appeared to shut down our offense at times, especially when we made sloppy passes through traffic in the middle that lacked power. It was clear who could sink 3s from the Rice team. I think it was #11 and #3 (I might have the second number wrong; I think she was a blondish white girl). We frequently left them open at the top of the arc, and they frequently scored from those positions. When the pace seems to get out of control, Burton needs to call a Timeout. There were a few times when we were perfectly fine letting the whole game get fast and sideways, but a simple timeout would have brought the pace to zero and given us time to reset. Burton gives Littrell vibes in this regard. You don't get extra points for saving your timeouts or having so many at the end that you just call them one after another in the final seconds. I feel for the women's team and understand the gravity of a 3-way tie winning the regular season and looking like you're going to go out in the first game in the Conf Tourney. Still, you GOTTA pull it together in the clutch final seconds of a winnable basketball game. Burton needs to find a way to bring the mental fortitude of the team up for next season. Great job, Women's team. I say that sincerely, and I also acknowledge and apologize for how easy it is for all of us to be Monday Morning Quarterbacks. I'm excited for the years ahead! Regroup, improve, mature, and recruit great in the offseason, and we will only see greater successes next season.
    7 points


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