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I couldn't have said it better myself Mark. Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year to all.

Mean Green go cold 12/22/2002 By Steve Wilson / For the Denton Record-Chronicle COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — North Texas became the latest in a long line of losers at the Eblen Center, suffering a 75-60 setback Saturday night to Tennessee Tech. The Golden Eagles (5-4) stretched their home winning streak to 33 games — the second-longest current streak in the nation — with the victory. "We didn’t talk at all about the streak coming into the game," UNT coach Johnny Jones said. "However, our young men knew that Tennessee Tech is very good at home. We knew that we were going to have to play great defense if we wanted to give ourselves a chance. We thought if we could jump on them early, we could take them out of their offense." North Texas, one of the better offensive units in the Sun Belt, hit only nine baskets in the second half, including only two of 10 attempts from 3-point land. After battling tenaciously to pull within two at 47-45 with 10:43 remaining in the game Saturday night, UNT was outscored 28-15 down the stretch. The Mean Green took the early lead with Chris Davis opening game with a 3-pointer from deep in the corner. The two teams alternated baskets and when Leonard Hopkins nailed a jumper from the paint and Jerome Rogers hit a free throw, North Texas led by three at 21-18 with 6:15 remaining in the first half. However, that’s when the Golden Eagle offense kicked into gear and Tennessee Tech outscored North Texas 17-5 over the remainder of the first period to put the Mean Green in a 35-26 hole at halftime. "We came into the game wanting to trap the post and force (Damien) Kinloch and (Greg) Morgan to throw the ball back out," Jones said. "However, we didn’t do a good job of defending the post and that cost us. Their big men also hurt us on the offensive glass." "Kinloch and Morgan are very good players and we knew we were going to have to stop them tonight," said Davis. "But they did a great job of making the plays when they had to." The Mean Green opened the final 20 minutes of play with a zone defense that seemed to confuse the Golden Eagles as North Texas started to chip away at the Tennessee Tech advantage. A free throw by Will Smith made it 39-32 with 16:16 on the clock and when Davis converted two charity tosses of his own and Rogers nailed a 3-pointer from almost halfcourt, the Mean Green were within two at 47-45 with 10:43 on the clock. Davis led the Mean Green with 17 points and six rebounds. He had one assist, two blocks and two steals. Hopkins added 11 points and only two rebounds, while Rogers chipped in with 10 points, three assists and three steals. As a team, North Texas shot 39 percent from the field, hitting 19 of 48 shots. The Mean Green hit only 22 percent from long range, nailing four of 18 attempts. UNT was outrebounded 44-29. The Golden Eagles were led in scoring by Antwyon Jones, who came off the bench to get 14 points and pull down 11 rebounds. Cameron Crisp added 13 points and four assists, while Kinloch chipped in with his third double-double of the season, scoring 12 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Brent Jolly, who went over 1,000 points for his career, had 10 points, three assists and three steals. As a team, the Golden Eagles shot 43 percent from the field. Tech nailed 27 of 62 attempts, including four of 12 shots from outside the arc. Now, North Texas must put this game behind them as they hit the road Sunday morning to Boulder, Colorado to take on the Colorado Buffaloes. That game is slated for Monday night at 8 p.m. "We’ve got to put this behind us because we’re going to play another very good team on Monday," Jones said. "Colorado is extremely talented and we’ve got to be ready to play."

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Let me reply to your thoughtful points: 1. Oh I guess you are right, your message board DOES have more people then ours, I guess that makes your MUCH COOLER! Answer: This was not to point out that our board had more members, but a comment to address your attendance figures. It appears, from YOUR radio team on KTCK, that your announced crowds greatly inflate your actual attendance figures. I would suggest you correct this. The NCAA will be counting actual fans in the seats, not tickets sold when the attendance requirements go in to effect. 2. BTW, why the hell would we schedule you for our out of conference games when we can schedule BIG 12 and CUSA teams? Answer: Because we would help each other's home attendance, which is an issue at both schools. Plus, since we are only about 30 miles apart, this is a natural rivalry. Also, CUSA teams, other than TCU, won't draw the attendance you need, and the Big 12's big boys, UT, TAMU, OU, won't come to Ford to play due to the size of your stadium. This is not a slam at your fine stadium, just the facts. 3. Don't be an idiot, just go back to your cruddy crappy Denton Community College. Answer: The education UNT provides rivals and surpasses in some fields, the education you receive at SMU. Face it, UNT has been a quality institution for years that doesn't require Daddy's Money to attend. 4. Also, we smack you us like we did in basketball last night. TAKE IT! Answer: "we smack you us?" Is this classic evidence of the quality English program SMU runs? Regarding the BBall game, yes, you did win, but I wouldn't qualify it as a "smacking." BTW, I am referring to football in this post, and must ask one question. "What/Where will your football team be tonight"?

He is listed on the two deep depth chart in the DMN this morning as the backup fullback. I think/hope this is a misprint.

What makes you ask this?

Nice talk from a Christian school student. I'm sure you make the fellow Methodist proud! I'm sure you are just still upset you don't get free meth. in study hall. Lose the superiority complex, at least our football team gets to go somewhere in the post season. If SMU wasn't afraid of taking a beating from UNT, you would put us on your football schedule. Until then, go back to your own website where the announced membership is 15,000, but actual membership is 200!

To get to this ball park, take Bonnie Brae north across University and turn right on Windsor. You will now be in the middle of the park. The ballfields will be on the left across from the recreation center.

My favorites: MLB: The St. Louis Cardinals have a classic uniform. Rangers: Hated the Dodger look, maybe because of my dislike of the Dodgers! I will have to go with the red uniforms of a few years ago as my favorite. Of course the baby/powder blue with the red, white and blue accents of the 70's takes me back to my childhood when I thought they were the greatest. NBA: Not much stands out to me. I do prefer the new Maverick's uniforms over the old ones though. NFL: The Cowboys' 70's era uniform was the best by far. JJ has messed up a good thing. The Bears have a classic timeless look. NHL: Montreal and Chicago with the chief head are classics. UNT: I know a lot of you all despised the Fry era Flying Worm uniforms, but they are my favorite. We still need to redo the current helmets with something other than the script North Texas on the side.

Well, actually it is my 11 year old neice, but I'm sure we will be coming to watch a few games. The best of luck starting our newest athletic program.

Maybe this should be a question for "Ask the AD". I am sure RV would listen, give an explanation for the early game times, or even consider a change if he thought it would help attendance.

Welcome to the Mean Green Nation Coach!! I look forward to the start of the softball program and will be bringing, hopefully, a future Lady Eagle ball player to a few games. The best of luck as you build a program we can all be proud of. Do you know where your home games will be played?

I would like to see Jones emphasize passing more. We are one deminsional relying on the ru..... Crap, wrong board. Seriously, great win for the men. Let's beat the Froggies.

Mav's choke big time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anaheim won the World Series

Okay, Bore, I mean Gore

Thank goodness!!!!!!! Better than "Slick Willy w/ his "slick willy"". Back to the subject at hand, I would agree with pierow. Probably a couple of MUTS plants!!!!!!!

The Fort Worth zoo is great. I'm just glad I have a new son and a reason to go now. I don't know much about Tex-Mex in Denton anymore, but Joe T's in Fort Worth, while your at the zoo, is a traditional favorite. I would also recommend the Texican, because their owner, Wade Hampton, is a UNT alumni and a supporter of UNT athletics. You must also have a burger at Denton County Hamburger on the south side of the square. Welcome back to God's country.

Heck, who is "Coach"?

Homework? Or TOO MUCH TIME FEEDING YOUR ADDICTION TO GOMEANGREEN.COM?

I agree, but we could also change the borderline fans attitude with a solid win at home against TCU. Of course this won't happen without the proper board work.

Here's the article. Lady Eagles claim Century Tel title 12/01/2002 Staff report SAN MARCOS — The North Texas women’s basketball team captured the Southwest Texas Century Tel Classic with a convincing win over the Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos 65-41 at Strahan Coliseum Saturday. The Lady Eagles (3-0) used a stingy defense to hold the Kangaroos (1-3) to just 29 percent shooting from the floor and only seven second-half field goals. "I thought that we had them scouted well and we came out red hot shooting from the floor,’’ said North Texas head coach Tina Slinker. ‘’We were able to take their top players out of the game and just played great defense.’’ North Texas opened the game with a 9-2 run and extended their lead to 17-4 with 13:03 left in the first half. True freshman Jamie Armstrong came off the bench blazing as she poured in 13 first-half points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor. UMKC (1-2) got as close as 27-16 in the first half with 4:09, but the Lady Eagles ended the half on an 8-2 run to take a 35-18 lead into the break. The North Texas lead ballooned to 52-28 midway through the second half sparked by junior forward Emily Britt’s career-high 11 points off the bench. Angel Lewis continued her sparkling defense as she held Kangaroo leading scorer Katie Houlehan to just three points on the afternoon and 0-11 shooting from the floor. "I really like the way that Angel has been playing. She has been playing great defense and she has taken a real leadership roll for us this year’’ said Slinker. Lewis turned in eight points and eight rebounds on the afternoon. Armstrong’s 13 points led North Texas while Kim Blanton turned in her third consecutive double-figure game with 11 points. North Texas has now won seven straight games at the SW Texas Century Tel Classic and won their third tournament championship. The Lady Eagles continue their five-game road trip and will go after their fourth straight win to start the season on Tuesday against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 5:30 p.m.

Congrats to the Lady Eagles and Coach Slinker.

I listened to the game with my four month old. Yes, I am trying to brainwash him in to the Mean Green Nation! I would agree with everyone's assessment of the game. One question, how many fans did we have there, and how many total fans were there? Okay, that was two questions, and come to think of it, I have one more. What is the capacity of Moody?

UNT’s Davis, SMU’s Ross set for reunion 11/29/2002 By Tim MacMahon / Staff Writer Chris Davis strongly considered SMU and a few other schools before deciding to play his college ball at North Texas. The 6-5 senior swingman still might deserve a smidgen of credit for the Mustangs’ winning seasons the last two years. According to Davis, he helped develop the game of Quinton Ross, his 6-6 SMU counterpart and former Kimball teammate. "Since I was a little bit older, I had to have him under my wing a little bit and teach him the ropes," said Davis, who will face his former understudy Friday night at Moody Coliseum when the Mustangs and Mean Green meet. "But he done grew up now." The pair played together for just one season at Kimball. Davis, who transferred from Irving, was a senior and the team’s star. He played the point forward-type position previously filled by his cousins, Jason and Jeryl Sasser, among others who went from Kimball to college stardom. Ross was a junior, a role player on a team that went to the Class 5A regionals. Ross, who had a two-inch growth spurt between his junior and senior years in high school, filled Davis’ shoes the following season, leading Kimball to the state championship game. "They are as similar as you can get," said Kimball coach Royce Johnson, who was an assistant under his father, Goree, before taking the helm prior to Ross’ senior season. Johnson moved Kimball’s game with Carter to a 1 p.m. tip Friday just so he could see the two all-around threats compete against each other. Both players hope to better their performances from SMU’s 74-66 win over UNT at the Super Pit last season. Davis, who was the nation’s ninth-leading scorer with an average of 22.5 points per game, shot a dismal 5-of-24 from the field and was held to 15 points. Ross, an All-WAC defensive selection whose primary concern was slowing Davis, scored just five points on 1-of-9 shooting. "I really didn’t relax during the game," said Ross, who has scored a career-high 28 points in both of SMU’s games this season. "But this year should be different because we’ve played against each other." Added Davis, who redshirted his first season at UNT: "I was just so into it and so energetic. I didn’t let the game come to me. But they came out with the victory, so he got the best of me. "This one is for the bragging rights. Q gave me a little heat this summer, talking about how they beat us." When he isn’t ribbing Davis about the Mustangs’ victory, Ross speaks reverently about the UNT star. "He can do it all," Ross said. "He can shoot, rebound. He’s big. He can defend, push the ball on the break. He was really the same player at Kimball, he just improved his skills and got a lot stronger." The spindly SMU senior could just as easily be describing himself.