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No, of course not. On the flip side some scheduling issues are unavoidable. Having a fan base large and rabid enough that we don't expect the athletic department to cater to our individual schedules would be a big plus too, no? I get that a 7pm tip is a HUGE bonus for families...but what time of day isn't inconvenient for somebody?

Why not? Until we get a fanbase that turns out to see our team simply because they are playing we will be "lil' ol' North Texas".

Do you honestly think I would have my tickets anywhere where standing and screaming don't happen?

I know the odds are looooooooooooooooooooooooooong but can you imagine what would happen if Colt Brennan won the Heisman? Plumm would have a 30 paragraph post that would look like this: All You Young Nestors Have To Admit We Belong In The WAC blah, blah, blah, blah, Hells Bells, blah, blah, blah, Intersection of Two Highways, blah, blah, blah, Dickey sucks, blah, blah, blah

Fouts parking.

Anybody up for a little pregame tailgating or should I leave the grill at home?

Fixed it for ya.

1)A complete game. I don't believe our team has put together a full 40 minutes of good basketball yet this season. We have had great 10-20 minute runs but never really put all of the pieces together. If we don't learn to stop taking the first 5 or so minutes off we will get in some trouble this season...yes, even in the Sun Belt. 2)Balance. I think it's great that Josh and Keith have had games of 25-28 points. But if you look at the box score from the UT game you see Josh with 28, Keith in double figures, one or two other guys with around 6 or so and then it drops off. McCoy and Dez had zero. I would love to see a stat line where, when you look down the scoring column, it looks like 17,13,12,8,8,7,6,6,5,5,4,etc. (That's 91 points ) If we continue to have 80% of our scoring coming from a select few it makes us much easier to scheme for. We have the horses to have the load shouldered evenly on any given night. 3)Good shooting that forces teams out of the zone. UTA killed us with the zone, NMSU had some success with it and watching the game against UT they too frustrated us a bit. I wanna see either better dribble penetration to collapse it or more/consistent spot up shooting from the mid-range. Let's not become that T-Pain song "I'm In Love With The Triple" 4)Good and lively crowd. I just can't help but harp on the need for fans to come out to see this basketball team. They, unlike our football team*, are putting a quality product on the field right now and it's worth making the effort to come see them. If we can support 2-10 football we can support a conference champion. 5)Play to our level and not theirs. Honestly tomorrow should be a game where we get up early and cruise. Good to great teams do this consistently. We need to be one of those teams. *I have every confidence that our football team WILL turn it around.

I was referring more to tailgating. If it rains in the pit we've got some real problems.

Well? I know we all want to talk about RFQ's for a stadium but we've got a game Saturday.

And somehow we do? The two programs are NOT separated by much...and I'd be hard pressed to say which one is on higher ground right now.

Ok, who's coming to the basketball game? It's on a Saturday so no traffic excuses. I'll be out there an hour and a half early just like always to tailgate for those that wanna bring a dog/brat/burger to throw on the fire. Any volunteers to bring chips, cokes, water, beer, etc?

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So, does that make TCU the worst basketball team in the metroplex?

Weather permitting, yes I am. I saw a forecast for some rain though...I hear inclement weather means NT fans shouldn't show up.

I'm gonna have to disagree there. This team is deeper and more athletic than last year's...and still very young.

This is no joke. As far fetched as it sounds, it's no joke.

I just can't help but think, though, that if Johnny was able to parlay last season's tourney run into a recruiting class like this....another run to the Big Dance and what could JJ do then? Just thinking out loud.

Do you think Xavier is better than "good"? They beat Indiana (#15). Xavier who has a loss to Miami(OH). Look, I'm not saying UT doesn't look impressive but let's hold off on calling them great. They are who I thought they were! You wanna crown 'em! Crown 'em! P.S. UT beat #7 Tennessee by 19 and scored 97 against them. We lost by less and gave up less points. Also, while I might have been slightly facetious about taking Josh White over Augustin I would take Rose from Memphis over Augustin.

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I gagree. Good to great (UT is good, not great) teams put you in a hole early so that you have to play outside of your comfort zone and play catch up all night. UT did that...kudos to them. I wouldn't trade Josh White for D.J. Augustin though.

Nope.

Bump No, really, click on basketball.

Guess since I'm only 29...though born and raised in Denton...I don't have a reference point. And if you want to know what the "majority" view of NT is I'll give you a glimpse. I have to respond to about 10 different friends of mine, with no association to NT, who ask me weekly "Wow, you guys put up a lot of points! How come you give up so many more? Hahahahaha"

The highlight (lowlight) of the article for me is the comment by the DOUCHE BAG who asks Riley to take the time while he's injured to think about going to UT or Texas Tech.