MrAlien

Good Win... over all they looked more disciplined on defense

NCAA has not real power, in reality just a handful of schools have the power to do anything because they have the conferences and state legislatures behind them. When the NIL starts to effect those schools negatively is when you will see change. I do think at some point the current NIL system will start to negatively impact the educational reputations of some of these institutions, especially the smaller private schools.

It was a win against a team they were supposed to beat. That said, the team was way to dependent on shooting the 3, they ran the exact same play every time, and even when UTA would pressure the perimeter UNT struggled to find ways inside. They did get away with some sloppy play, particularly while in bounding the ball and under the basket, AAC teams will punish sloppy play. One trend I am liking is the rebounding on both sides of the floor and the way the guards are playing on defense.

Bowl season seems less interesting every year... there are to many... week nights during prime time they are going head to head with NBA (as well as CBB and NHL)... players are sitting out.

This team has talent, they have been in every game this year, but the inability to make adjustments is very concerning... poor game management in crunch time, defensively they have gotten a bit sloppy. Hate to say it, but this team has been out coached in just about every game this season Grade: D+

This is why Morris was brought in, to build a team that can compete, he was not able to do this last year because he was not even hired at this stage of the portal being open. I hope people remember the importance of the fall transfer window, and why programs need to have their coaching staff in order before the window opens.... And do not fire a head coach in the middle of the transfer window!!!

I think this is the new norm given the rules of the NIL and portal. Everyone is essentially a free agent when the portal opens, schools need to find reasons to get players to stay as well as recruit new players.

You recruit players, then you have to re-recruit them to stay... Until the rules change thats just how its going to be, players would be stupid not to test the market by throwing their name into the portal. Schools need to expect this, and plan accordingly.

I feel Hodge is being out coached in these losses.. They are able to move the ball around the perimeter, but that is because defenses give them that.

The proposal is preposterous! The NCAA has no power and they know it, I think they only proposed this idea to force congress to get involved.

The MWC has been an over rated conference the last few years, they have been a 4 bid conference the last couple seasons, yet rarely do their schools make it past the first round. This is a big game for both schools, and could have potential implications in March.

There are 4 Power conferences, just take the champion from each conference and have a 4 team playoff. That way there is no drama who gets selected. There are plenty of other bowl games to go around for everyone else.

Still to early in the season for the NET to be meaningful, just not enough data this early. Several teams in our conference have not even played a road game, including UNT.

Call it a tune up game if you want, but this team has only played together 6 times under this coach, they are still coming together. and the next couple games are not going to be as easy.

He hasn't even had a full year of recruiting. These days teams are build by recruiting in the transfer portal. You bring in a new DC to implement a different system, then you have to find players that fit that system. These coaches missed most, if not all, of last years transfer portal, and didnt have a lot to work with in the spring. Making a coaching change on the eve of the portal opening, means throwing away another year of recruiting and will put the next DC in the exact same position.

Caponi did not have a full off season to build this defense, he had to make do with Littrell's left overs. Expectations were not exactly high for this defense before Caponi, the defense lacked quality players and were expected to finish near the bottom of the conference. PLayers were unable to execute tackles, that is on the players, not the DC. Those that want him fired, whats the plan? Do you really expect UNT to hire a top DC? someone that can instantly recruit and build a top defense in the conference? Thats not going to happen! Changing the DC will effect recruiting, and we are just days away from the window opening, do we really want to throw away another year of recruiting?

How can you even grade a coach with out recruiting? Recruiting is literally half the job. This coaching staff missed the big transfer window last year, for the most part they were working with left overs. What happens over the next few weeks is vital, this staff gets the opportunity to attack the transfer market and build the the way they want. Honestly 5 wins was better then I thought they would do, it was a rebuild, new coaching staff with virtually no recruiting and some good players left.

They dont start tabulating the NET until after a few weeks into the season (need to have enough data). Right now all we have in Kenpom.

Is it the DC's fault or are the players just not that good? Its not like expectations were high for this squad going into the season, they didn't make a splash in the transfer portal, and they lost some key players from last season. Did anyone not expect this defense to rank near the bottom of the AAC? I'm not sure a different DC would have had any more success.

Bad loss today... no interior game, missed layups, they had some good looks but the shooting was off.

I was very adamant last fall about not waiting until the end of the season to fire SL, they should have made the move in October, and started planning for 2023 at that time. When SL left, he took what ever recruiting he had lined up with him, along with most of the senior coaching staff, and a few players left. This wasn't an easy transition, they didnt pass the job to a OC or DC, it didn't seem to be planned well at all, it was a sloppy reset.

Based on how the process went of letting SL go and hiring Morris, a 3 win season is what I expected. Timing was the issue, UNT hit the reset button in mid December, well into the transfer window, long after many other coaches had already been fired and hired. Morris had to basically build a program from scratch in the spring.

St Johns seemed disconnected with each other, with little chemistry together. Early in the game, both teams played with a fast pace, and the game was close. Once Michigan slowed it down, they were able to force st johns into mistakes, and sloppy decisions.

If they were going to fire him, then they should have done it by now. If they wait until the end of the season then it will set recruiting back another year. 2023 was always going to be a rebuilding year anyway.

If they are going to make a change then they need to do it now. The transfer window opens in a couple weeks, players are already looking around at other options. They need someone that can keep the players here, as well as recruit transfers.