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  1. Noland is basically our only post scoring option and he’s expending so much energy on the ball.
  2. he strikes me as the kinda guy to finish half your bag at the afters and say he’ll get you next time. every time.
  3. His observations are solid…he’s just a bit too much. It kinda sounds like he’s ripping lines at the broadcast table. bc I mean, c’mon…this guy clearly loves coke.
  4. the last 10 minutes of this game are gonna take an hour and a half.
  5. I mean…look at this guy. He’s definitely a close-talker…no personal-space recognition. He owns and wears multiple visors. He tells hostesses that he knows the owner, then promptly mistreats servers and leaves an 8% tip
  6. The color guy is Tom Crean…former Marquette/Indiana coach. He always looked like an asshole to me.
  7. I think there's another reason, too...
  8. Johnson has a sweet stroke.
  9. apparently they’re the Demons 🤷‍♂️
  10. They’re good looks…they’ll start to drop
  11. Is tip delayed for TV? Or can I not figure out ESPN?
  12. now...let's see what that up/down-vote line looks in a few hours.
  13. he's a bit young to need to do that already, right?
  14. A. we're talking about basketball. it is different than those other sports, for a variety of reasons. B. no one is arguing that your "best" player shouldn't be starting. we're arguing that your "5 best" players need not be. Jet Terry started 10 games in the Mav's championship season. he was the team's second leading scorer. THJ has started 9 games this season. he's the Mav's third leading scorer. (though if ego didn't play a role, I'd make the case that Kai would be more an ideal 6th man) my dude, there's a literal award for coming off the bench. doubt you can make a case for any of these players being only the 6th best player on the roster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_of_the_Year_Award since I'm sensing just another double-down and probably another terrible analogy, I'm done after this post.
  15. and it's historically typically been a TP/Edwards type player...a player with a point guard frame/handle but a scorer's mentality. Jet Terry, Jamal Crawford, Sweet Lou Williams all leap to mind
  16. it's probably six of one, half dozen of the other. SMU (currently 38 NET) winning (and continuing to win) maaaaaybe pushes them into top 30 NET, which would make our win in Denton a Quad 1 win...but so long as they stay top 75 the game at Moody will be Quad 1. the Wichita St. (148) game is pretty squarely a Quad 3 game...but maaaaaybe if they go on a heater it could push to Quad 2 but also...I mean...we don't have an at-large resume...maybe it could affect NIT consideration, I don't know.
  17. I don't know what to tell you save that decades of basketball coaches disagree.
  18. oh for sure priority number one needs to be replacing Allen. what a find he's been...A+ to the coaching/scouting staff. I don't recall a big man with better hands here in my 20+ years following UNT basketball. Allen and Rubin are the only two players out of eligibility at the end of the year...but we're only on 12 scholarships so we'll have three to give assuming no transfers out (kinda hope we have one/two transfer out). Taylor and Mason are coming in...so if there is just the one to give, then I'm with you on it needs to go to a transfer portal big. gotta then hope either Taylor or Moore can slide into significant minutes at the point.
  19. if this is meant as a pseudo-slight at TP for choosing to leave...my assumption is that Edwards wouldn't be here if TP stayed.
  20. to the bolded part...yes. and we're doing that. as you mentioned, Allen played 3/4ths the available minutes at the 5. that doesn't necessarily mean that those top 5 players start. ideally it's way more important that they finish a game together. that said...I don't get the value right now in not starting Allen, if for no other reason than maybe a change in roles could benefit Sissoko. the year TP was a 6th man, he started behind JJ Murray. Murray would help set a defensive tone, pick up the opponent's top scorer on one end...and usually then the early offense would flow through Abou and Bell to try to get them both squarely in the game before TP game in guns-blazing. more often than not the closing 5 was TP-Bell-Abou-Rubin-Drez. I think clearly the same thought process went into how Edwards role was being thought of before the injuries forced him into the starting 5. everyone being healthy and eligible all season, I think the ideal starting 5 would've been Rubin-Noland-Walker-Scott-Allen...enough scoring for 3-4 minutes early...tons of length and athleticism on defense...then Edwards and Buggs rotating in with that backcourt 3. my hope for next season is that we do sign a Javion/Woolridge-ish true PG and Edwards is a dangerous catalyst off the bench
  21. the "UNT fans trying to encourage SMU fans that their team is good" pivot this thread took was most unexpected.
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