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Guyton named as a camp "riser" over at The Athletic... Link: https://theathletic.com/2025317/2020/08/26/chargers-rising-and-who-is-falling

What a great representative of our Mean Green

Enjoyed this interview...figured I'd pass it along here. Touches a bit on each step of his football journey.

Enjoyed this Vito tweet. Looks like he's guarding Jerome Rogers in a 12/28/02 game Led me down a "whatever happened to" rabbit hole and it turns out His daughter, Endyia Rogers, is quite the stud freshman at USC after being named the Texas Gatorade Player-of-the-Year in 2019 His son ,Jerome Rogers Jr, led Madison to the 2019 state title and the 2020 championship game. Jr's a member of the 2021 recruiting class

I continue to be appreciative of the fact that we have a leader who seems pragmatic in decision making and balances calculation and transparency when he speaks publicly.

Can't wait to watch Javion steal the spotlight from Cade Cunningham.

3 Stars from 247: https://247sports.com/Player/TJ-Steele-46098489/ offers from Kansas & Tulsa

Not rated by 247: https://247sports.com/player/james-jewell-46093574/ Had been looked at by UK last fall: https://www.aseaofblue.com/2019/8/27/20835755/uk-basketball-recruiting-james-jewell-big-blue-madness-2019

The more voices we have in the NFL who have connections to our school, staff, or players, the better it'll be for our program not only ending the draft drought but starting a streak

Reportedly holds offers from Okie State, aTm, and Tulsa https://247sports.com/player/matt-stone-46058670/ https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2021/matthew-stone-257727 Looks like a shooter...

For those unfamiliar, The Basketball Tournament is a single-elimination tournament in its 7th year. It was the birth of the Elam ending which was featured in this year's NBA All-star game. Often teams are formed around some unifying connection - many times an alma mater. This year, it looks like two former NT players are teamed up to play for Supa Crew which has a bunch of Dallas area guys. https://thetournament.com/teams/supa-crew If interested in making sure they make the field to play for their share of the winner-take-all $2M prize, so ahead and sign up as one of their supporters.

TheAthletic published a list of "The best and worst college football alternate uniforms of all time" Link: https://theathletic.com/1751892/2020/04/30/college-football-best-worst-alternate-uniforms/ I felt it some sort of victory that these guys didn't make the cut Admittedly, though, now that I look at them again in light of where uniforms have gone since 2006, the simplicity is pretty glorious

They're losing their top 2 scorers, at least, based on early NBA declarations. They're still a top 25 team with a top 10 class coming in. East Tennessee went to Baton Rouge last year and left with $100k and a W...no reason our guys can't do the same.

Love this. Can't have too many ball handlers. With Hamlet, McBride, and Jackson (who I expect will become a real contributor next season), we should have at least one attacking lead ball handler on the floor for all 40 mins.

I'd been looking forward to this for a long time and was very disappointed. If anything, it felt like part commercial for Christian Dawkins/ Dawkins family and part roasting of the FBI. There was very little revelation.

I'm always a sucker for these things... Stadium polled CBB coaches to see what they're watching while on Quarantine. They list responses by conference and, interestingly, adapted famous TV show logos to each conference name. https://watchstadium.com/this-is-what-college-hoops-coaches-like-to-watch-while-stuck-at-home-03-26-2020/ Ron Sanchez, Charlotte TV Show: None Movie: Gladiator Jeremy Ballard, FIU TV Show: The Wire Movie: Gladiator Dusty May, Florida Atlantic TV Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm Movie: The Shawshank Redemption Eric Konkol, Louisiana Tech TV Show: Cheers Movie: The Shawshank Redemption Dan D’Antoni, Marshall TV Show: Boston Legal Movie: Goldfinger Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee TV Show: Law & Order Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Grant McCasland, North Texas TV Show: This Is Us Movie: Braveheart Jeff Jones, Old Dominion TV Show: Game of Thrones Movie: Good Will Hunting Scott Pera, Rice TV Show: M*A*S*H Movie: Escape from Alcatraz Jay Ladner, Southern Miss TV Show: Sanford and Son Movie: Caddyshack Andy Kennedy, UAB TV Show: Shark Tank Movie: The Shining Rodney Terry, UTEP TV Show: Glory Road Movie: Power Steve Henson, UTSA TV Show: The King of Queens Movie: The Godfather Rick Stansbury, Western Kentucky TV Show: Shark Tank Movie: Hoosiers

CUSA needs stars who can grab national attention. Bassey was going to be that guy this year before getting hurt. The current membership hasn't had a player drafted since our own Tony Mitchell when we were still in the Belt (20130. The last player drafted after playing in CUSA? 2010 - Jerome Jordan (Tulsa) I welcome more talent in the conference but the fact that WKU continues the land these guys w/out really improving their draft stock is...um...interesting.

Interesting... Haunga coming to NT from Auburn Morris' dad currently on staff at Auburn Wonder if these connections factor in on the recruiting trail or transfer portal down the road. Either way, excited for these additions.

Not sure who's running the account, but someone out there is tweeting a simulation of the 2020 March Madness bracket released by the New York Post on March 16... Regarding NT's Round of 64 matchup with Oregon... Next Up? Kinda depressing but it's all we've got. The imaginary hope of a Sweet 16 showdown with Mr. Woolridge & Co.

At least one site has pretty lofty expectations for the 20-21 Mean Green... TEAM PROJECTIONS #47 overall #1 CUSA #5 Mid Majors Additionally, the site is very high on Hamlet next season... PLAYER PROJECTIONS #2 overall Obviously, these metrics can't factor in transfer/coaching changes/recruits, etc. Regardless, the returning production and experience coupled with the motivation to land the NCAA tournament experience they felt they earned this season makes it exciting to anticipate what could be next year.

You know what feels great? Being able to trust that Wren will find the appropriate way to celebrate the team's accomplishment - both in the near term and beyond.

Not the end all be all, but from an analytical standpoint, it isn't really close. Some of the better teams highlighted below... Kenpom.com ( kenpom.com ) 2007: -0.98 2008: +3.11 2010: 0.47 2020: +11.06 Bart Torvik ( http://barttorvik.com/program-maps.php?tvalue=North+Texas ) Sports-reference SRS ( https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/north-texas/ )

Ken Pom's article on the athletic starts his list of 12 with our boys... Link: https://theathletic.com/1632548/2020/02/25/kenpom-the-12-teams-enjoying-their-best-seasons-in-modern-college-hoops-history/

Came across this podcast interviewing our commissioner. I appreciate that she made herself available to be interviewed as a way of promoting the conference - specifically the bonus play scheduling and conference tournament setup. If you're expecting a commissioner to be energetically selling the conference and its member school teams, prepare to be disappointed. Anyway, here it is:... https://megaphone.link/VMP3052244272