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Also Marquette when they were number one in the nation, only that was in Dallas I think. Just because you have done something before, doesn't mean it will happen anytime soon again. There was a time when few teams took the game seriously in Texas. UH and NT were the best programs in the state. A few times every year a power basketball program will play an away game against a lesser conference, so it is obviously possible. I just do not think it occurs enough to logically believe that NT will get a game like this more than once a decade.

Not sure how much coaching has to do with winning tennis programs. I am sure it is vital to have a good coach, however success seems to be more measured by who can buy the best international players. Something needs to change, NT did not win a single match against conference foes: Charlotte, FIU, UTSA or Rice or future AAC team Tulane. Very bad UTEP, was NT's only conference win. I would guess a coaching change will be coming.

I am sure McCasland is scared to death to play NT, are you kidding. My guess is that he doesn't want to go up against his chief assistant, at least this early in his D1 head coaching career. I doubt there is anyway that Tech will ever travel to Denton for a game. It is very rare that a team from a higher tier conference is ever going to play an away game against a team from a perceived lesser league.

Lost today 1-2 with continued abysmal hitting, fielding and just bad decisions. If I were a NT pitcher I would just look for a better team.

NEWS FLASH: no they have not

I am surprised they even have spring games anymore. It seems to me it could be a good way to create some early interest in the program and give the players a little something to look forward to. Now the spring games have morphed into a glorified mostly uninteresting scrimmage. The coaches apparently don't want to give even a hint to the public about the quality of the players or what formations they are planning to run. The possibility of injury that has always been there, is now cited as a rationale to curtailing much of what would go on in a normal game (ie: punt and kickoff returns, tackling the quarterback, evenly matched teams, etc.)

Got to be the worst hitting performance I have ever seen from NT softball. Not that they got not a hit, they looked like they had never seen a softball before. Again, there is something rotten in Denmark going on with this team.

Anybody watching this, and if they are: please tell me what the hour plus delay was about.

Completely disagree. Do you think the pro scouts are going to ignore a player of Perry's abilities because they don't scout a championship level NT program? My guess it is money, and why should it not be. Plus most believe a graduate degree has more value from a different institution than the one were a bachelor's was earned. There is life after basketball. Yes, I am sure the pros would like to see Perry in a higher level of competition, but there are few conferences better than what CUSA has demonstrated. There is also a big chance that Perry maynot be near as successful going against overall better teams in a B10 or SEC setting. There is definitely that risk.

Strongly disagree with your point. If a player is of NBA quality, the NBA scouts are going to have no problem at all finding him at NT. That being stated, it is the player's decision to decide what is best for them. With NIL money college sports are changing for the worse, but players would be stupid not to take advantage of the current insanity.

Maybe the start of getting the team on the winning track. Peters was great, it would have been a tragedy for her to get a loss after pitching at that level.

Why not? Experience in coaching would make him a better candidate to every team. See little downside to hiring him as the third assistant. I thrust Hodge to be able to determine if he is ready or not.

Disagree with you point of a young team. This is a very experienced team filled with players that started as freshmen and sophomores. This team despite beating a very bad UTEP, is just not playing up to their standards. They were much better last year and with 8 returning starters they are struggling this year. This despite only having a 2 pitcher rotation last year. Peters has close to the same ERA as last year, but is only 8-7 compared to 20-7 last year. Savage is just not having a good year up to this point. The problem is obvious with the exception of Gamble and a few others, the team is just not hitting. Team batting average is .263 compared to .290 last year. Errors and lack of timely hitting are areas that have to improve for this team to peak for the post season. It appears that the strategy of a tough OC schedule has backfired on Delong. This is just not a confident team. Hopefully, they can get back to their high norm by tournament time. Just my observations based on watching most of the games, far from an expert; but it seems to me that this team has something negative going on that needs to be addressed.

I appreciate Perry, a great person and athlete. However, I couldn't care less where he goes next.

Yes, NT will have to be competitive in the NIL game; however NT will never be able to outbid college powers for players. Lower level teams will basically be training centers for big money teams to pick and choose which players to bid for. What is most likely is that the major teams will recruit few high school or even juco players; but concentrate on signing transfers. The G5 class schools will be able to recruit more high school players, but those that are very good will be gone as soon as they get a big NIL buyoff for a major program. If this is not changed and I have little hope, basketball will be just like football were only about 30 teams can consistently compete.

I didn't know that Perry came to NT to win a NIT championship. With the absolutely insane NIL status, there are very few NCAA players that can't be lured away. So fans can worry about losing most of the team or dream of getting another team's elite player: great off season speculation. NT has just won the NIT, despite losing McCasland; recruiting should be a lot easier. It will be very interesting to most NT fans to see how Hodges handles all this turmoil.

I agree winning is what draws crowds, not what the style of play is. As far as attendance, this is NT were most students rather do almost anything rather than go to a sporting event, where Dentonites take NT for granted and wish they had an ex SWC team to support, and far too many alumni become t-shirt fans of UT, A&M or whoever is winning versus being openly associated with NT. It is slowly getting better, but replacing about every coach on the staff in one year is not going to help. Hodge IMO is the right choice. For all I know, he may have been more responsible for NT's recent basketball success than McCasland. McCasland is a big loss, but it is the way of college athletes; the bigger eat the smaller.

You should note that UAB is wearing gray and they seem to being doing alright. Frankly, I am much less concerned with NT's uniform choices than what has happened to the Mean with this team. This is the most disappointing team in Delong's time here. Ranked at the beginning of the year and currently has a hard time even being competitive with mediocre opponents.

I guess going 1 day to celebrate NT's great season without bringing up coaching changes, is too much to ask.

That announcing crew is hard to take. Call the game, not give anecdotes about something no one cares about.

Getting slaughtered today wearing green. Something bad has or is happening to this team.

Neither was the defense or pitching in the WKU first two games. This team is going through a major slump.

FAU's margin of victory in the NCAA Memphis 1 Fairleigh Dickinson 8 Tennessee (Mighty SEC) 7 For comparison: NT 4 NT 4 FAU has a great team and I hope they win it all, but NT certainly looks as good as anyone they have played in the tourney.

Out of the three NT players called out at second, maybe one actually was.

Andrew what in the heck are you talking about? As great a fan as you are, I sincerely doubt you get NT sports news before anyone else.