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43 minutes ago, SMU2006 said:
PAC media deal is poised to be at a higher $/school than the deal the Big 12 just announced without UT/OU.
With an expanded playoff the PAC champion is assured a seat at the table for a national title. Unless the TV money is just wildly off then no there is very little incentive to join the Big 12.
First good for you guys on the move if it happens, any other team would do the same.
2nd if your that deep into this you've seen the recent leaks and reports that the Pac12 is likely taking a pay cut. The ESPN/Fox deal was not happening, now they are contemplating going to Amazon and risk losing a lot if exposure. Several teams have also refused to sign a GOR, causing concern of more defections. You also know that you will have to give a 24 month notice to leave the AAC, and if you do join the Pac it will most likely be at a reduced rate just like everyone else not named OU/UT.
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Tough game. We've been seeing some different things lately like driving into the lane by both Perry and Huntsberry, backdoor cuts, Sissoko getting more minutes, etc. Let's hope the put it all together for this game and take the W.
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I felt like a fool not realizing Sissoko was listed as a sophomore. For some reason I had thought he was a 5th year senior, and was another Hameir Wright type of situation. It wasn't until a couple a few weeks ago that I looked it up 😅
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Word of advice? Don't. And not just this season, ever. Be happy with who we got, support them 100%, but wait for the season and see how the team performs in game before you start to make an opinion on how they are doing. Use your head, next year has a lot of unknown variables that could go one way or the other. Time will tell.
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Very good road win. Another thing to think about is we had no Martinez tonight. Sissoko is getting decent minutes finally and while he isn't scoring it's good to see him give Ousmane some rest and keep him fresh.
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I've got to give Abu some slack, a lot of those fouls looked like nothing. The guy couldn't even look at someone without getting a foul. One the other hand the minutes he was in he didn't do much, he needs to shake off these last few games and get back to scoring. Scott also got called on a couple that looked like they had zero contact.
It was good seeing Sissoko in there. Since we actually got to see him in there I like that he looks unmovable when posting up. I hope he can develop a hook shot because he could be huge if he can.
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UTEP is always a tough opponent. Get the lead early and don't let off the gas. GMG!
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1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:
Must be an interview question.
AD: How do you feel about playing deep rotations or giving bench players minutes when you have a big lead.
Candidate: I would never do that. Ride or die with the same guys no matter what.
AD: When can you start?
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3 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:
For this, we've got to get more people in the game. Same concern as previous years - the rotation is too tight. I know it's off limited minutes but Moore has our highest or second highest 3 point percentage. GET HIM IN THE GAME!
And regarding Abou, Sissoko was a legit 4 star recruit to Dayton who has a very good mid major program. He needs to be seeing more minutes in these contests. With the amount of mistakes Abou is making, there's no justification in not having other bigs get minutes or more minutes. If Abou was playing flawless basketball, I can see where there'd be a drop in production but that's not the case so others need to be on the court.
Yeah I don't understand Sissoko and Moore not seeing more playing time, especially when we are up big. What is it with UNT coaches and never trying new players?
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1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:
I'm more frustrated that our guys haven't taken advantage of this all season. If that's how it's being called, you know what to do to get the call when you're on offense.
Agreed. We haven't been a drive it to the basket team all season.
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Final stats for tonight.
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3 hours ago, CMJ said:
Doesn't look like a ton of empty seats to me. Definitely over 7K to my eyes.
Really good turn out and thank you for the pic. I think it backs up what I was saying though, I don't think there's only 1,500 empty seats left. If you zoom in you can see a lot of the empty season ticket seats that have the white ribbon on them.
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I guess you can just fall away as you shot and get it called a foul. utsa players were looking for those fouls all game long.
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3 hours ago, keith said:
Can't do anything about ticket counting, just sharing the data provided by the AD. The AD reported only 2,409 in attendance for the 1/1 Rice game last year, is that inaccurate too? The positive message, is that we actually did have a very large crowd for a C-USA regular season game. It demonstrated that It can be done. It was like 2 games in 1 for us revenue-wise. Through the first 8 home games, we've seen a 12% increase in average attendance. Going into next year, along with some of our current C-USA friends, we will have a more attractive home conference schedule which should help drive attendance growth even further (that's the theory anyway or maybe it's winning or it's a new stadium or arena - we've heard all the excuses over the years).
The reason I brought up numbers is because of your post saying we would be losing 1,500-2500 fans for a game like LA Tech, and IMO wouldn't be that high. I would guess a 7k arena would have been able to accommodate the crowd from that night.
I would hope attendance improves in the AAC, but at the end of the year we had ACC powerhouse Virginia AT the Super Pit and only pulled in 4,800 fans for an NIT knock out game. How much better of a team do you need to get people excited?
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1 hour ago, keith said:
We had 8,522 for a regular season C-USA game last year, so at 6,000 to 7,000 we would have turned away 1,522 to 2,522 fans/potential season ticket holders.
We all know that 1 game was an outlier. It was to clinch the regular season championship, senior night, and the last home game of the season. The game 2 nights before that had 4,100. We all complained last year about the low attendance for a team that up to that point had 4 losses. Let's be honest as well, we know how counting works with season ticket holders, if you were there can you say there were only 1,500 empty seats in the Pit?
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1 hour ago, greenminer said:
Making not enough space work is definitely not the same as making too much space work.
Hard to truly make a call on the arena situation without specific number$ in front of us.
Maybe there are firms/surveys in place that can look at how much money we bring to the table, calculate risk/reward on the new arena, and inform the AD to make a healthy decision.We all know the Pit is plenty big capacity wise, I was talking about there not being enough room to have all of the team amenities in 1 place.
It's really just a matter of time, it's a 50 year old building that hasn't had a major renovation in its history. I guessed it had about a decade before the school really has to start looking at what to do, bringing its age to 60. That's a pretty long time for a sports facility.
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1 minute ago, UNTFan23 said:
Athletics Center is out of room. In many cases offices have two people. Weight room is undersized given the teams it serves.
But we can make it work right? It's the same argument as the Pit. It's just a matter of how long do you want to stretch it out for. I know someone has a pic of the weight room the basketball team uses and probably other areas to get a glimpse at other parts of the Pit that we don't usually see. I love the venue, but we are going to come up with this question more and more as more years pass.
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35 minutes ago, NT80 said:
You have to look at where Rice was in football when their current stadium was built (by the city of Houston) in 1950. They were replacing an older stadium from 1913. Rice had just won the SWC in 1949, and previously in 1934, 1937, and 1946. They were a football power in Texas and won the SWC again in their new stadium in 1953 and 1957. Plus they were the only game in town, no pro football and UH had just started a program in 1946 but were in the LSC. UH also played home games there until 1964.
Yes, that's all true. Those days were decades ago, and now their stadium looks cavernous for what they pull in. What I'm saying is that large capacity did nothing for them and I'm confused as to why some are stuck on the 10k seating number.
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59 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:
My line of thinking is why spend money on something you don't need.
Pull some deadline out of the blue, you or I don't know how long the Spit will last without a major expenditure.
I certainly don't want to get in a discussion on asbestos tiles or weakening substructure until someone presents some actual facts.
So again, should the AC be upgraded? Is it really needed?
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2 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:
UT has so much money they have to look for ways to spend it, unfortunately NT does not.
So your rationale to spend tens of millions is that UT does it.
We're not going to build a $375m multi purpose arena, something within our budget that competes with what others have in the American. With your line of thinking why even expand the AC? They are making it work right now right?
As the SP is 50 years old there will be a time in the near future where UNT will have to make a choice to fully renovate, a topic that has been exhausted on here, or build a new facility. They will then need to decide ff basketball is better served with having their own facility and building a new arena. The question will come to a head in the next decade or so.
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16 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:
Big advantage, not spending millions on something that is not needed
UT's Frank Erwin Center was built in 1974, The Coliseum was built in 1973. They had a capacity of 16.5k and their new arena holds 10k for basketball. I guess they didn't need it either? If you want to run with the big boys, you need to keep up facilities with the big boys.
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He honestly hasn't had much time until now. vs UTEP it was foul trouble for Ousmane, and vs. Rice we didn't play Martinez so he was the option off the bench. I just hope he can continue to develop and get 8-10mins a game.