DemolitionDan

Yes haha, can't get anything past you UNTLifer. I'll edit.

I went to look up one scheduling thing and went down a deep rabbit hole. The list below is all the schools we have never played in football. A couple of observations: 1. 47 schools that we have never played seems like a big number, but not sure how it compares to others and 2. Seems like we stay away from Big Ten and ACC - wonder if that's intentional or just it panned out. So my question to everyone here is, out of the schools listed below (except for Temple and Wyoming, because they're on our future schedule already), who are the top 3 teams you would love to see on a future schedule?

Is this just a NT fan getting a picture with Kenny or does he know her? Also, why was he wondering around the concourse after the game? Thought that was pretty funny.

Do we have any former or current Athletic Department / Ticket Office employees on here that could help shed some light? I'm curious what data the Athletic Department tracks and how it is used. Obviously they have a database of all active and non-active donors, one for FB season ticket holders, and then one for MBB season ticket holders. But I'm curious if they have the capability to see if season tickets are scanned (i.e. how many season ticket holders are using their tickets). I'm asking because I occasionally get a call from someone in the AD and the conversation goes like this: NTTO: "Hi, I'm so and so with the NT ticket office and I'm curious if you've had to the chance to come see our MBB team who are having a great season and they would love it if you were to come out and support" Me: "Yeah, I'm actually a season ticket holder and I've probably missed around 6-7 games over the past 3 seasons." NTTO: "Oh, that's great thanks for your support, okay have a great day." I don't mind getting the call, but it's crazy to me that they waste their time calling me instead of using the data they have to accurately target potential new fans. They should cross reference active/non-active donors as well as FB season ticket holders who are not on the MBB season ticket holder list and reach out to them. I know they aren't doing this because I've reached out to friends that are FB season ticket holders who aren't MBB season ticket holders and they have never received that call. Also - if they can track scans, they should be able to see the season ticket holders that do not attend games, and follow-up with them to see if they could assist with finding someone to attend. Anyway, just curious if anyone knows what capabilities they have.

White bands = season ticket holder seats

Well yeah, with that attitude our fan base will definitely stay the same. To be honest I wasn't even commenting on the negativity. I was just making a general comment hoping that someone in the AD would consider it if they weren't already. But since the topic of negativity was brought up..... In the football forum people always say "can't we just enjoy this win" anytime someone takes a half glass empty approach in their comments - but to be honest I get the negativity when it comes to football because even when we get a win (no mater how impressive) there has been an underlying issue for the past 6 years that suggests that we'll continue to struggle. But with basketball, I don't get any negativity (and to be honest don't see too much negativity thankfully). The modern era basketball program is something really special for NT athletics and Grant has proven to be a an incredible hire. Sure there's concern of what the future holds on whether or not we can hold on to Grant, or if we'll ever be able to afford substantial renovations to the Super Pit or build a new arena, blah blah blah. But for now, for this program at least, I'm enjoying the moment and smelling it allllll up, because as many have said before, these guys deserve our undivided attention as they continue to give us something to be proud of in the athletic scene. It's been while, but I have absolutely nothing to be negative about.... well except for the awful officiating we've seen, but there's nothing we can do about that (unless I'm wrong and there is something we can do about it, because I would happily write emails or tweet to hold those guys accountable).

Regardless of what the seating chart says and ignoring how many tickets were purchased by La Tech, it has to be assumed that we'll have one of our largest attendances for a regular season game this year - including a lot of first timers or occasional attendees. With that said, I hope the AD is putting forth a tremendous amount of effort in planning to make sure the production value and experience is well above the standard. Not to say that it hasn't been great so far, but the team does their part on the court, but it's up to the AD to make sure that the overall experience and off-the-court experience is enjoyable enough to bring back those casual fans and individuals that would otherwise not attend. There's a real opportunity to potentially gain some regular attenders to the fan base, possibly even season ticket holders.

Promoting games should be in the RA's job description. Why not the teachers too? I remember we had a teacher who made a deal where he would give +2 points on a test if we attended the football game. I understand that not every teacher is this passionate and would probably have an issue with the incentive, but why can't the athletic department collaborate with the 100s of other departments at the university to establish champions to promote games.

How is CUSA better than the Sun-Belt, based on regular season records and bowl wins, they appear better these days.

Graham left... that's what happened.

I hear from my La Tech friend how La Tech's facilities are outdated and they don't have the funds to fix them, and how he wishes he had our budget and our facilities. But when it comes to winning and losing, they are constantly outperforming us. That's what irritates me. I am under the impression better facilities leads to better recruiting, which leads to winning, but that's not happening. At the end of the day, all I care about it winning. I feel like in our conference, we should have games that we "should" win, and then be competitive in all other games. But this season, I honestly didn't go into a single game with any confidence. In the 3 conference games that we won we outscored our opponents by 21, in the 4 conference games that we lost we were outscored by 81 points. The conference was pretty weak this year, so it's pretty sad to see that record and point differential.

Not true. I sit 10-20 feet from where he was standing majority of the time. I can see everything he does and clearly see his facial expressions. He was disengaged for about 80% of that game. Standing by himself, kicking the dirt (literally), playing with his helmet, occasionally watching a play - only to dramatically roll his eyes and drop his head when a pass goes incomplete. I remember so much detail because I couldn't stop watching him, wondering why not a single coach came over to him to tell him to quit pouting and get engaged. I also wondered if we hadn't lost our QB coach right before the season would he be the one to do some actual coaching and talk to him (doubtful). Sitting so close to the side lines is a pretty cool experience, especially when we're winning and have a disciplined team. When we are in our current status, it's pretty depressing. It's extremely apparent that we have an undisciplined team. Here's just a few things I noticed: 1. While we're getting absolutely destroyed, I Players (not naming any specifically) on the side line are working on their dance moves and goofing around with each other. Not all of them, but an alarming amount. There were a handful of players who seemed like they had zero interest in the score. 2. I noticed one player specifically who was very upset about the situation but handling himself the completely wrong way: getting into a full blown argument on with the defender while the offense is trying to get lined up and losing his mind on the sidelines. 3. Coaches not performing any leadership responsibilities on the side lines. While the first two points (plus Bean) are happening - not a single coach is doing anything about it. The coaches are frantically flipping through their play books and consistently yelling basic instructions that should have been thoroughly covered in practice. With all the negativity, I did notice some good things: 1. There are some true leaders on this team (I have so much respect for them considering how much it's lacking from the coaches). I wish I remembered their names or numbers but there was an offensive linemen who was working on technique with teammates off to the side. There was a defensive lineman who walked over to a player who just got a personal foul and gave him a stern talking (didn't see any input from the coaches on the matter). There was a young receiver who was trying to calm a veteran receiver down while he was going nuts over smack talk from the defender. 2. I don't know who this coach is, it kind of looked like Clint, but I'm not sure it was him - anyway, while we were totally getting our asses handed to us, the defense made a tackle for a loss and all the players started doing a coordinated dance on the field (while the USM offense is getting lined back up). This coach blew up, marched almost to mid-field where they were dancing, and aggressively told them to quit dancing and get lined up. They immediately stopped and got lined up like they should have already done - I didn't see much of this from any of the other coaches. Basically this a very undisciplined team and I don't see how we can beat anyone, maybe UTEP, but not much outside of them. That's a result of coaching. Not saying it's time to clean house, but I hope they realize this and get it together.

Give me Aune

I meant to say more improvement. Leaving out that word makes it sound like there has been no improvement which, yes I agree, sounds like no progress has been made and that is not true.

I did not equate a bad last year to not having made* any progress.