[Fairfield guard Jasper Floyd transferring to UNT]

2 hours ago, greenminer said:

How did their pace of play compare?  We were notoriously slow with our offense, which limited possessions.

Fairfield was at 68.9 possessions/gm.  A pretty quick clip putting them just outside of the top 1/3, ranking #143.  
We were at 62.8 possessions/gm.  Tied for 2nd slowest pace (#360) after Virginia's mind-numbing 60.8. 

https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2024/stats-adv-pace  

[A-Scott Projected to OU]

3 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Sorry, but this is not the move up I thought he would get.

St. John's is a top 5 Big East team (a "High Major" conference).
They play big home games in MSG.   It's a great landing spot for him.  He'll get a ton of eyeballs on him there.

[SFA stud guard Latrell Jossell commits to North Texas]

1 minute ago, BleedingGreen said:

I don’t think that diagnosis is correct, but I don’t deny I am in pain.  
 

Ok.  , ok ….you’re right!!!  I admit it !! I want Rubin and Aaron back .  

dang, you are good !!! 

We're all feeling the pain pal. 
Those guys were instrumental to some of the best NT Basketball we've ever seen.   
Let's just hope these new guys are ready to play, and buy-into Hodge's system right away.   If so, I think we can still succeed.   It's going to look a lot different though.

[SFA stud guard Latrell Jossell commits to North Texas]

11 hours ago, BleedingGreen said:

Hot Sports Opinion:

 Not counting Rubin as that is sacrilegious, I think we upgraded in the 3 for the 3 trade with our newbies over Noland, Edwards, and almost sacrilegious to say … Scott.  

 

Let me help you get a grip on what you're suffering from:
https://evolutioncounseling.com/jilted-lovers/

I really hope this helps you.

[Report: Farrar and Bradford Both Hit The Portal]

Was hoping to see Farrar step up this year.

Called Bradford once Gilbert left.

[The Athletic on DFW Football recruiting]

8 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

Oh, listen, I cannot believe yall haven't sued the NCAA of billions of dollars. For back pay for killing your program. Yall just laid the groundwork for how painful a Death Penalty is to a program, so fine upstanding programs like Baylor, who saw players rape and kill people, as well as Penn State. who looked the other way at pedophilia in their own facilities by coaches, never got a deserved death penalty. But I will also say that nobody else had a payroll that involved the governor of a state to keep this all under wraps. Yall made it an artform...

With all of the L's the NCAA is taking lately when they're challenged in courts... they'd likely win.

[Noland To New Mexico]

2 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

I didn’t feel the need to include the most recently completed season since it was in your post directly above mine. 
 
I disagree with the remainder of your post. Good programs survive coaching changes. 

[Transparency?]

7 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Overprotective Parent Speak translation - My son should have been the center of Coach Hodge's universe. He should have had all plays run through him and had a say in all team activities. After all, my son is great!

Well, he was certainly in line to be that guy this coming season.

[Transparency?]

She makes it sound like CJ felt Coach Hodge was not 100%-honest (transparent) with him.   

I can't imagine that being the case, as Coach Hodge seems to be very up front & open with his players.

[Noland To New Mexico]

18 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Recent Records/Success:

22-23 Season

UNM: L 1st round of NIT

NT: Won the NIT

21-22 Season

UNM: 13-19

NT: 25-7; L 2nd round of NIT

20-21 Season

UNM: 6-16

NT: 18-10; Beat #3 Purdue in opening round of NCAA before falling to VIllanova

19-20 Season

UNM: 19-14

NT: 20-11

Post seasons cancelled.

That's weird,  I guess the most recently completed season doesn't count?
I'm sorry Lifer, but everything prior to 21-22 (when Pitino showed up at UNM), and honestly, prior to 23-24 (when Hodge took over at UNT) needs to be removed when comparing the two teams for players who are actually playing RIGHT NOW.   Those other programs belonged to different people.

When talking about recent success for dudes who are considering playing for both schools, the only thing that matters is this past year and future predictive success (re: momentum).  Unfortunately, NT is on the wrong side of both of those factors as of right now.

[Noland To New Mexico]

5 minutes ago, Dannymacfan said:

We get you are a closet New Mexico fan but noone l know cares that much about them.  Sure they have more fans at games but there is frankly nothing else to do there.  We have fielded a much more competitive program than they have recently.

If you're a basketball player, aren't you more concerned with basketball goings-on, like gameday atmosphere, level of competition, opportunities to play for championships, etc...?
  
Also:
UNT finished this past season 19-15 with a NET ranking of 79 (7th in AAC)
UNM finished this past season 26-10, with a NET ranking of 22 and an at-large 11 seed in the NCAA tournament as the 6th place finisher in the MWC.   Seems like maybe the NCAA tournament selection committee "cares about them".

Given the above, it would seem UMN's program is a little more "competitive recently".

[Noland To New Mexico]

I'll miss CJ.
Those of you saying it's a "lateral move" have never been to a game in the Pit, or have any knowledge of the overall CBB landscape, with MWC basketball being a very respected conference.   They have a rabid fanbase, and I'm willing to bet the bump in NIL is noticeable.

The Pit is an incredible facility that I hope NT's new arena will be modeled after.   I got to take in the NT victory over UNM back in McCasland's 2nd year.   One of my favorite memories of NT Sports.

[New commit Creighton transfer post Brock Vice]

On 4/20/2024 at 8:19 AM, MeanGreenZen said:

This is an interesting pickup for us. This guy doesn’t conform to the typical transfer profile that we should be focusing on: highly productive player at a low-major/D2 or a formerly productive player at high-major/mid-major who needs a change of scenery. 

Brock Vice has played ZERO real college basketball. 

But finding a player who can be productive for us at the center position is going to take some creativity.

Need to replace Tylor Perry or Jason Edwards? Not fun, but there are LOTS of fast young men 5’9 or taller who can dribble and shoot that the marketplace has undervalued. Ross Hodge can take his pick. 

There just aren’t very many 18-24 year-old humans who are 6’9 or taller. And the marketplace places a very high price on those who are that tall AND possess any degree of athleticism or basketball skill. 
 

Which brings us back to Brock Vice, who redshirted on a VERY good Creighton team that finished 25-10 last season (second-place in the Big East). 

The starting center on that team was Ryan Kalkbrenner, a 7’1 monster who averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots a game. His backup also put up good numbers in very limited minutes. 
 

So Vice hasn’t been a productive college player yet, but atleast he has a good excuse. 

With both players in front of him on the depth chart eligible to come back to Creighton next season, Vice needs a change of scenery to get his oversized sneakers on the court. 

He’s 6-10. Can rebound AND shoot. Was an outstanding high school and AAU basketball player. And has enough meat on his bones and athleticism to have been a standout high school football player. 
 

This is exactly the kind of kid that Ross should be landing. We did not have a player like this guy on our team last season and it hurt us all year. 

Welcome to Denton!

 

 

This is a lot of typing to try and spin the bolded part.  😬😬

[Memphis NIL]

psh.

I'd rather be Frenchy's Famous than have tons of money.    Let's just get these transfers' names on a big orange yard truck off Dallas Dr. and watch all of the 5*s roll in.

[SWAC leading rebounder Brian Myles to announce where he's going]

A lot of you guys still haven't learned....

Many times, dudes transferring from a High-Major/P5 to NT looking for more PT aren't nearly as good as dudes transferring from a Low-Major/FCS, or even D2.

[Nothing is off the table per new AAC commish]

1 hour ago, meangreenbob said:

Excellent post!
 

 It’s inconceivable that we are to blindly give money into a system that has no obligation or requirement to account for the allocation of those funds. 

Kind of like the government. 

No thanks. 
 

 

[Former UNT signee Layne Taylor commits to central Arkansas]

I guess he wasn't lying when he said he wanted out of his NLI to be somewhere closer to home.

Not sure what his home situation is like (maybe he has family that needs help?), but UCA is much closer to it.

[Stone Earle deserves to be the starter]

4 minutes ago, GreenBacker said:

Yes.  I agree.  My point is that it is a very small sample size in less than ideal conditions.  If he was good enough to beat out the guy they brought in to be the starter last year, odds are he showed lots of promise.  By all accounts they wanted it to be Rodgers last year, but Stone kept outplaying him in summer/fall camp.  He also put up 3 touchdowns against Cal in 1 half(1 more than Auburn did in their game the next week) when Rodgers couldn’t do much.  Stone now has another year in the system.  I just think the fanbase has made up their mind off a small sample size since the coaching staff is always so hush hush on the day to day.  I’m sure the new Chandler will get the job, but QB play is the least of my worries whether it’s Stone or Chandler. 

Honestly, after I read this, I chuckled because... no way.
Then I thought about it a little bit, and I chuckled again because I agree.
Then I thought about it some more, and I began sobbing.

[How was the Spring game? (new format & stuff)]

19 hours ago, peanuts104 said:

How? Chandler was at the spring game.

Probably saw what he had to work with, then started weighing his options.

[Noland To The Portal]

43 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Seriously?  That would be poor for Hodge's own career.

It would be like Bill Belichick to Tom Brady:  "Maybe go test the waters at Tampa Bay?".  lol

How could that possibly hurt Bill Belichick?

There's no salary cap structure out here in the Wild Wild West of NIL.

[Meet today's 2024-25 Mean Green???]

1 hour ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

I think McCasland will get the Baylor job and Tech may be looking as Ross to replace him.

1st scenario is more probable than not.
2nd scenario is not likely.

[Noland To The Portal]

53 minutes ago, greenminer said:

I thought the one on this site was simply collecting the money and forwarding it to the LTT Collective.  Am I wrong?

Pretty sure Harry's is called "Mean Green Collective".

[Meet today's 2024-25 Mean Green???]

33 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

I want a coach that is telling his guys to invest in our program and make it great and not to use us as a stepping stone.

Spoken like a true fan.  I get it.

Coach Hodge's relationship with his players is markedly different though.   
These players are people.  
He genuinely cares about them, and if they feel like they have an opportunity (whatever that opportunity is: more PT, money, "prestige", etc...) then he might encourage them to pursue it, while keeping the door open to come home & "invest in our program and make it great".

[Meet today's 2024-25 Mean Green???]

24 minutes ago, Shark84 said:

For a Coach and a system that asks guys to be unselfish, love each other and put team and others before self. It's going to be hard to get guys to buy into that for one year. He may have to change the philosophy. I don't think you will have guys knocking down the doors to come play defense. I trust Hodge will do whatever it takes to put a winning product on the floor, but I do think our system/style will be different. 

That's pretty much every single coach & system out there.  Basic staples of "TEAM".    And players know what they're getting into.

[Noland To The Portal]

15 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I'm actually in the camp now that we're gonna see a few of these players back next season. it's only good business to test the portal waters and possibly leverage Hodge/UNT for as good a deal as possible. 

calling it now...Noland and Jones will be back next season. Scott maybe not...he has NBA metrics and upside and a year at a P5 could enhance his overall pro stock. 

I'm here too.   Aside from Scott, I think struggling high-majors will be blinded by Edwards' PPG, and he'll get a deal somewhere as well... but he might have the same disappointing outcome as Reese & Drez.    

As for Rubin, CJ, & Buggs, I just think there are SO MANY other players out there for these high-majors to choose from... I don't know that they're going to get what they're looking for (something like Georgia Tech or some other ACC/SEC bottom-dweller offering a little more money, but not a promise of PT), and it may be best to return to a winning NT for a little less $, but a chance to do something big, but who knows?