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Buford, I agree. When a player like this falls in your lap you take a chance on him. I believe he will only have one year of eligibility left so if he is a bad actor you show him the door and nothing is lost.

I hope he can continue playing well, but anytime you have a walk-on PG playing major minutes or starting then that tells you that you have a major problem on your team. I know we have had a slew of major injuries, but even before that I thought this team had problems. So far I have only been to the TCU game and came away with the thoughts that this team had no on the court leader and lacked focus and chemistry. No one seemed to want to make the effort to rebound or play D. Without that you aren't going to win many ball games. JJ likes to run the ball and wants to play pressure D, but he can't do it with this group. I hope that the can get his kind of players in here soon. Speaking of recruiting....we were told what a great recrutier JJ was but we have yet to see it. I know it's early with some of these guys but why aren't Ty Thomas and others playing more, It's not like the guys in front of them are that good. When JJ first came here I posted, and got ripped for it, that I thought he should hold some of his scholarships back instead of using them since he came in late and was playing catch up. Well, it got us Lee Green, though the other Green (Jermaine) has turned out to be a good player. Hope this doesn't come across as too negative to those of you with the green colored glasses on, but this is just the way I see the situation as it exists right now. Here's hoping for better days.

Jack, I share your sentiments about Bruce Bell and I'm glad that he's back. I didn't know that he recruited Jamel Branch. That has turned out to be a very big pickup for us. It does bother me somewhat that a school like Tulsa can outpay us for one of our assistants. I hope that someday our athletic budget is large enough that we can meet any pay raises offered to our coaches by other schools. I think we will have some excellent candidates apply for the position because we are viewed as a much better program than we were just three years ago.

Bad loss. If this team doesn't rebound and play some defense it's going to be a long season.

And the day is not too far off until JJ starts to sign these type of players. Then UNT will be a tournament team.

I was not that impressed with SMU. The Hopkins kid is injured and if he can't go or is hampered Friday then that will make a big diffference in our chances. I look for a win in a close game. As far as Tech, unless they start rebounding better they will have trouble in the Big 12 this season.

Unbelievable!!! I had no idea there was this much ignorance running loose on campus.

I have mixed feelings about UNT aquiring the TWU Law School. It would be the final piece needed to make us a 'complete' university, so to speak, but I too would prefer that it be located in Denton. To me, Fort Worth means TCU, and I agree that the law students would not connect with UNT. I read Mr. Jackson's comments closely and he did say that he preferred leaving the law school at it's present location. He also said that the aquisition was in two pieces - the real estate and the operation of the school. I also read in another internet article that the Dean is stepping down in the Spring of 2003, so perhaps this is a matter of political posturing and the school would actually be moved to Denton sometimes in the future and the real estate sold to provide funding for the new Denton location. Many times there is another story behind what is being said publicly. Regardless, the good news is that we may finally be getting the Law School that Dr. Matthews passed on back in the 1960's.

Rick, that's the way I read it. Perhaps someone like Ken Murphy donated the money for the new floor. I hope they do a great job of decorating it where it looks classy. I didn't much care for how the old one looked. This was unexpected news and just another indication that RV is on the job and working hard to make things better at UNT.

From the USU press conference courtesy of trueags.com: Commissioner Waters spoke about the changes coming in their basketball tournament. He indicated that in two years the format will change from taking all teams to only taking 8 teams. This would mean that the top two teams from each division would go to the tournament as well as the top two teams at large. The men’s and women’s tournaments run at the same time and usually go from a Thursday to a Tuesday. He said, “It’s a Kick.”

Good pick-up for Tina. Tall girls who can play and have an upside are at a premium.

Folks, we all know that men's baseball is an expensive proposition. Annual operating costs would be in the $250,000 - $300,000 range, plus the $3.5 mil to build a decent ballpark. So we can't look for it to happen anytime in the near future. The day we do ever decide to add hardball will be an indication that UNT is drawing the attendance in football and basketball and receiving the dontations from our tight fisted alums in the numbers necessary to fund our athletic department to the level it needs to be. RV said we should have a budget of $15 mil. $20 mil gets you to the Louisville level and then you can really start to do something with your programs.

We've already got an amateur team in this area in the Texas Rangers

Buford, thanks for the report. Please keep us informed of the progress of the point guards, which is where we need to see the most improvement IMO.

Apparently this was erroneous. He has verballed to NMSU.Link