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We'll face his son October 14th as EJ Warner is expected to start at QB for Temple. 18 TDs, 12 INTs, 3000 yards on 60% completion as a freshman last season. https://owlsports.com/sports/football/roster/e-j-warner/15663

Had to throw everything he said out with that statement. Before you make a video like that, at least try verify your facts.

Those two lines try to open something up. Don't click it.

I wonder if Morgan would have been called in but with limited experience, that would have been rough to bring him in cold into OT. Hopefully Martinez gets healthy. We've got much more depth that last season but that gets dicey if Martinez is hurt.

So there's never once been a shooting guard who was in for defense and not scoring? Tony Allen (3 time NBA all defensive first team, 3 time second team) was listed as a shooting guard and was not a scorer. DeShawn Stevenson was another low scoring defensive shooting guard. Patrick Beverley is listed as a point guard but that doesn't mean he's in to be a distributor either. If we're being real, Stone may be listed as a guard but in a traditional 1-5, he'd occupy the 3 spot. At times he was even the 4 against UTEP.

I think UAB has enough leeway. As long as they're top 75, they stay Quad 1 for our away win. They're currently 66. On the flip side, Rice is 2 spots away from falling from a Quad 3 loss to a Quad 4 loss. That'll hurt us much more IMO. Not a CUSA game but Utah State is tied at 33 against 8-18 Wyoming. A loss there probably knocks Utah State out of at-large consideration since they have 0 Quad 1 wins barring a run in the MWC conference tourney. Texas Tech is up 2 vs OU. A loss in Norman should knock them back down a bit. Miss State was a "Last 4" in by many but lost to Mizzou. At 9, SJSU takes on Nevada. A SJSU win would be huge for us. Big games tonight.

Stats don't paint the whole picture. Many of his shots early in the season were 3s at the end of the shot clock because everybody plays hot potato and nobody would take the shot until it got to him and he had no choice. Those are low percentage shots. Since the starters have been healthy, he's the 5th option pretty much any time he's on the court. Unless it's a lay-up or an open 3, his light is about as red as it gets. I don't think it's a question of being capable, I think it's just not the way they want the offense flowing. He's in for defense. He's one of our best perimeter defenders and anybody who's just now seeing his value hasn't been paying attention. Back to scoring, we all know we play a slow pace. Points per game are low on our team because of it. Eady is averaging 7ppg less than last year and Martinez is averaging 10 less ppg. Looking at points per game, regardless of why we believe a guy was recruited, is not going to be a good indicator of their performance in this system.

Really great to see people get a pass by their coaches, AD, and local DA because they're the star player of one of the top ranked teams. Maybe Brandon Miller wouldn't get a pass for supplying the gun used in a homicide if he weren't averaging 19 points and 8 rebounds per game for the number 2 team in the country. Wonder what would happen if it were UNT.

I understand that. Whatever stirs up that initial excitement one has for a team or program can often feel to be the most exciting times. I was a student in 2013 so The Stand against Rice on a Halloween night followed by the bowl win a few months later is some of the most exciting football I've witnessed at UNT. I also can recognize why it's not the most exciting time in UNT football history. Looking at the past 30 or so years I can't think of a major sports team at UNT being more relevant on a national level than right now. I also haven't been following the program for the past 30 years. Constant bubble talks, our first NCAA tournament win against a highly ranked Purdue which was a major upset, multiple 20+ win seasons, conference regular season championships and conference tournament championships. He's a hall of fame coach if he leaves today. He won a game in the biggest national competition college basketball has. What Fry built up was unfortunately not maintained in the way it needed to be once he left. Not his fault. If UNT basketball keeps this progress and turns in some Cinderella runs in the big dance in the next 5 years or so, with or without Grant as HC, it'll always be him who started that. Sure it's not an impact on the entire AD but it will have brought national recognition to our AD in a way we probably haven’t seen since Fry. A coach having that impact with only one sport is no small task. He's not there yet but he could very well be on his way.

No.

I get the whole strength of conference deal. What bothers me is the hypocrisy in assessing bad losses. Jerry Palm of CBS has #56 USC, #51 Missouri, and #50 Pitt in his bracket. Admittedly, I don't understand why Missouri's NET rank is so low. Only thing I can think of is close wins against poorly ranked squads (200+ NET). Then, there's Pitt who has 1 Quad 3 loss and 1 Quad 4 loss. Same with USC. We have 2 Quad 3 losses and 0 Quad 4 losses yet our Quad 3s are held against us until then end. I realize we have less Quad 1 wins. We've also had less opportunities. Still, bad losses are bad losses. No matter how many good ones you think you have. Regarding bottom of conference SOS, does it matter much if the high major schools are scheduling, and losing, tune-ups against cupcakes? USC has played 6 Quad 4 games (5-1), UNT 7 (7-0), and Pitt has played 10 (9-1). Mizzou has played 8 (8-0) so they're fine. The other 2 schools get the benefit of the doubt because they've played more Quad 1s but haven't shown any level of dominance against any particular Quad to justify so much love. They've played as many, if not more, Quad 4 cupcakes. At the end of the day, there should be no committee that decides who's in and who's not. Want it to decide seeding? Fine. But you can't develop metrics that rank everybody and then have a committee go against the metrics because of feelings.

Might as well scrap all the metrics at that point. Really baffles me they can pick and choose what parts of the NET to follow. A team shouldn't jump over another. No reason a team with 13 losses should get an at-large bid anyways.

Not all hope is lost.

Which is wild when you think about recent tournaments. Since 2015, CUSA has had 5 teams pull off first round upsets despite only being a 1-bid conference. Since 2019, the MWC has been 0-8 in the tourney. 2020 had no tournament so the MWC numbers are even worst when you consider they had 4 bids last year (0-4). CUSA has performed well despite poor seeding. It's time that's recognized.

I feel the same. At the end of the day, keep winning and hope for the best. I think we have a team capable of making a run. If not, I'd love to see the committee deny a 28 win UNT an at-large bid for some 18 win Big 10 team just to see the hypocrisy.

Joe Lunardi would have UNT as 79, 3 behind the first 4/next 4 out bubble teams. Below Clemson who just gave Louisville their 4th win of the season. Clown stuff.

I don't think our chances of an at-large are any better than last year. We really have no bad losses but people don't view CUSA strong enough to warrant any losses... Rice took Texas to OT, UNC Wilmington has 21 wins, St Mary's is ranked one of the top teams in the country, and FAU has been very good. Really is about perception when you see the love Texas A&M is getting with a weak SEC schedule (so far, Tennessee and Alabama coming up in 2 of the last 3). Ta&m has 2 Quad 4 losses against #213 Murray St and #227 Wofford. They lost by 28 to #64 Colorado. All 3 of those teams are barely scrapping .500. They also lost both their Quad 1 non conference games, one of which was to Boise State which the 4th best team of CUSA beat (Charlotte). TA&M has handled conference play fine which should make a reasonable person question the strength of the SEC since they couldn't handle OOC play but that won't be the case. It's a damn shame.

I'd like us more in the Big Dance but I'll take any postseason play. Could be a way to pad these away/neutral win numbers.

Having Houston drop 137 on you was exciting? Just poking fun a bit. I get it was exciting at the time but that doesn't mean it was any better than it is now. Both coaches had incredible turnarounds year 1. I wasn't here to see Blakeley but looking at win/loss records, it appears he flamed out after his first 3 seasons. McCasland's immediate turnaround of this program was incredible and to keep winning without a single down year through 6 seasons put him on a different level. He's the best basketball coach we've had so far. Over Blakeley and over Jones. Enjoy it while he's here.

Yup. Didn't think they'd pull it out after Oregon came back from down 10 to up by 1 but they figured out a way to make more plays. Scrappy win. I'll take it. Now to Boise State who is currently in. Would like them to beat UNLV. Not sure where they Rebels stand in all this but if Boise State is already in, I'd rather another MWC team not sneak their way into conversations.

Charlotte beat #10 Georgia. Upsets are the way of softball and baseball. As for us, I'm sure the Mean Green will bounce back.

Memphis lost to Houston and Maryland lost to Nebraska. Not that Maryland is in bubble talks, they're a "should be in," but any high major collapses are welcome. Big game right now with Oregon in a close one against Washington state. Really need the cougars to win this one.

Yeah really sucks they couldn't finish it. During the UH - Memphis half time show they said UNC should all be out with this loss to NC State. North Carolina is 0-9 in Quad 1 wins. I realize we've played very few Quad 1s but 0-9 is hard to justify putting in the field. It'll come down to their conference tournament at this point and if they can make a run there.

I think Clemson losing all but ends their at large hopes. They had been a "final 4" candidate. Good news for us.

Important game of the night IMO: Clemson losing to 4-23 Louisville. Clemson has been a bubble team in most brackets. Surely that'll be in the minds of decision makers come selection sunday. Ok State got clobbered, Wisconsin lost (to another bubble team in Rutgers), Pitt lost. Few important games tomorrow. Sadly, Utah State beat Nevada. Will be interesting to see what the next bracket talk looks like.