[Rice Hires Lanier]

39 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Nice to see him take a step up and advance his career.

He really deserves some rest with no expectations after putting up with SMU's crap for the past couple of years.

[Soccer picks up Davia Richards - NJCAA All-American & Jamaican National Team!]

Big time transfer!    Juco Region 5 player of the year from Hill College.
https://meangreensports.com/news/2024/3/25/womens-soccer-soccer-signs-jamaican-senior-national-team-midfielder

https://njcaaregion5.com/sports/wsoc/2022-23/players/daviarichardsj5lj

[Tommisha Lampkin is back for 24-25 season!]

GREAT news!

Recruiting starts in your own house these days.   Glad Tommisha is sticking around!

[Ousmane]

Xavier might still be a little too far from home.   

I expect he'll find a Big East or A10 (maybe Colonial or MAAC) school closer to NYC.

[Where do we go from here?]

11 minutes ago, MeanGreen22 said:

Taylor’s size scares me but the kid is incredibly talented. I think Mason is going to be a stud that might push for minutes Year 1. 

His height is probably what is keeping a lot of bigger programs away, but last time we picked up an undersized PG from a neighboring state that everyone else passed on (way back in 2007), we wound up with a HOF'er.  🤞

[Where do we go from here?]

2 minutes ago, CMJ said:

UAB is an equal, but they don't scare me the way FAU did.  I always thought the Owls were just flat better than us.  I don't have that feeling about anyone else.

I always thought, each time we played them over the past 2 years, we could beat FAU... until "Davis time".  Then:

I'll be so glad when that guy is gone.

[Where do we go from here?]

51 minutes ago, CMJ said:

Where do we go from here?  One way ticket to the AAC champs. 

 

May out at FAU?  USF was great this season, but I need another year before I'm convinced.  No one else scares me.

As long as Kennedy is at UAB, they will continue to be a thorn, and it doesn't look like Charlotte is going anywhere.   Does Memphis do anything over the offseason?   
It's nice to have a team that's always contending.  We actually have to think about what the other contenders are doing to keep up/be better!

[Dusty May To Michigan?]

4 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Precisely. That's why I have been an advocate of making an internal decision as a program and university to move in that direction for our football program. 

We could run the most perfect offense in the world and score 40ppg... we'd still get 45+ hung on us every week with this defense.   Hodge's defense is not in the same neighborhood as Morris/Caponi.

[Dusty May To Michigan?]

51 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

... 

So, given that, we can recruit junk yard dawgs, play like snails, slap the floor and rely on defense. It's a frustrating product to defend and it's a winning formula for us. 

It's like having to play against the Triple-option in football.    Just a different animal.   I love it.

[Tylor Perry says goodbye]

3 minutes ago, rcade said:

I don't underestimate it. I just accept that it is the way things are until somebody figures out how to bring more order to the chaos.

Bigger schools damage us. We damage smaller schools.

It works both ways. 

I bet OU wasn't too happy to lose one of their brighter young guys last year in Noland (a guy who started 8 games for them as a sophomore).  But Noland wanted more run, and he found that here.  I'm glad he did.
I bet OleMiss wasn't too happy to lose Allen (a 13-game starter last year), but I'm thankful they did.

It's just a part of the game you have to play.   Recruiting is a different animal now.

[Where do we go from here?]

There's no recruiting dropoff.   Hodge is likely more relatable than McCasland anyway.   
Coach Hodge brought in Edwards, Noland, Buggs, Walker & Allen over the last cycle.  Also, Phil Forte, who is a good coach/recruiter.
The two HS kids we have lined up appear to be nice players (Taylor ranked the #20PG in this class), and based on last year's success, I think it's safe to say he knows what he's doing when finding guys in the portal & JUCO.

[Our Prissy Little Sister School SMU fires Coach Rob Lanier after two seasons.]

12 hours ago, MeanGreen22 said:

Rob doesn’t have to move very far

Rice got better, no doubt.  But coach is gonna be shocked at the stark contrast in admin & booster support between SMU & Rice.

[Tylor Perry says goodbye]

Mentioned starting at Coffeyville... bypassed his biggest accomplishments... went into massive props for KSU. 

[AAC in the Tourney]

10 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

UAB game tied under two minutes

Too much LeDee.  Sheesh!

[AAC in the Tourney]

1 hour ago, golfingomez said:

Northwestern making this a very North Texas-style game... FAU up 20-19 at half!

Based on this i fully expect FAU to pat them on the head with about 4 minutes remaining and win comfortably

I guess FAU ran out of gas.

[Seton Hall Fan Board on NT]

33 minutes ago, CaribbeanGreen said:

high flying style, huh?

Someone might have watched the 2nd half of the LSU game, and drew some conclusions.

I really hope their actual team thinks the same.


Also:
HallX2
All World
Today at 6:50 AM
Defending NIT Champs?

https://setonhall.forums.rivals.com/threads/nit-north-texas-—-tweets-stories.64725/post-1060743

[2024 March Madness Thread]

7 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Sanford is getting screwed. 

They deserved better than what happened to them. 
They definitely would've rebounded the ball there and had the last shot of the game, just needing 2 to win.   Instead, they're down 3pts after 2 made undeserved FTs.   I don't understand why it wasn't reviewed.

[Ousmane]

41 minutes ago, Greendylan said:

I believe Ousmane played in the first NIT game last year.

You're correct.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401526891

Methinks Deep Throte's not deep enough.

[Seton Hall's size]

34 minutes ago, NT80 said:

I bet they are looking ahead to playing Boston College or UNLV.

I don't know if they have a gmg.com comparative board, but their Rivals board is somewhat active, and there is very little talk about us.  Who knows what their players are thinking though.

[Seton Hall (3/23/24)]

9 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Are we sure someone didn't rebuild the old union?

Whoa!   I'm pretty sure Guyer's gym is bigger than that!

[Tough Times for smuT]

4 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

 

Unlikely. Their boosters won't take kindly to hiring a 1st year D1 coach with 14 losses. I'm not worried. And I'm pretty sure smug tried to do the same to Grant and he waited for a better gig. I anticipate, even if this unlikely scenario were to happen, Ross to do the same. 

You know who SMU boosters will love?    Will Wade.   If Lanier is let go... that's probably the first guy they call.  2 peas in a pod.

[Seton Hall's size]

13 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Meh. 1 has starter minutes. Another has reserve minutes. The other 2 don't play. The rest of their team (contributors)... 6'6", 6'6", 6'2", 6'4". We'll be aight if we play our game and keep playing great gap help defense. 

Right.   Their 2 bigs who actually contribute are 6'11 & 6'10.   We have 6'10 Sissoko & 6'9 Allen.  We'll be fine down there.   
Honestly, if there is a mismatch to be exploited, it's going to be AScott against whoever they trot out on him (likely Dre Davis).

Defensively, it's going to come down to if we can contain their 3 good guards... any of whom can go off on any given night.    Their PG, Dawes, has been hot over the past 2 games, while their top scorer, Richmond, has only put up 19pts over the same span (in 76 total minutes) on some pretty poor shooting.

We're not really going to catch them off-guard with pace of play like we do alot of other teams.  They're pretty slow as well, ranking in the bottom 1/3 in possessions/40min.
They struggled with the 2 teams they played who are in our neighborhood defensively (UConn & Nova... of course, everyone struggles against UConn! 😂).

These dudes can be had.  Especially if they come in overconfident.

[UTRGV Leaves WAC for Southland]

2 minutes ago, untcampbell said:

Proportionately to pay an exit fee of $2 million to leave the WAC is the equivalent of Clemson's battle with the ACC. The struggle is real. 

 

GMG

They'll recoup it over a 2-3 year span with all of the regional travel savings instead of having to fly all around UT/AZ/CA & Seattle.

[Tough times for K-State]

There's a lot of jilted lover syndrome in this thread.

[LSU (3/19/24)]

1 hour ago, Green Otaku said:

You're missing the point that the Pit would remain, and could be used for whatever university events they wanted to while a new arena would have the freedom to heavily prioritize men and women's basketball.

Just curious if anyone from the university posts on here and could enlighten us on what is actually scheduled at the Super Pit over the weekend.    Anyone know?