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Bill Blakeley was fired. New coach Tommy Newman felt that Spud didn't fit his slow down style.

I've never heard of a guard, at any level, at any time, averaging 57% from the floor. I hope like hell this is accurate. Where's "Downtown" when we need him? Buford and/or Oldtimer, what's your assessment of the roster? (2-deep) Thanks!

Pull the brooms out! Spurs in 4!

My name is Harvey. Received a BBA from North Texas State in 1978. Met my wife of 23 years at NT. My oldest son, Brandon just completed his freshman year at UNT and is currently working and attending summer school in Denton. My hobby for the past 30 years has been following high school sports in the Dallas area (football, basketball & track) Since 1978 I have made as many NT football & basketball games as I possibly could. Grew up in Dallas and was a huge SMU fan as a kid. Have been in the banking business for over 22 years as Bank Manager, Business Banker and Investment officer. Currently employed with JPMorgan Chase in Dallas. Deceased mother in law also received her BA & MBA from NT. Thank God for this message board. Over the years, I felt that I was the only alum in the metroplex who gave a damn about UNT.

Similar to last year, a record number of quality International players are expected to dominate the 2003 draft. This draft is deep, tall and athletic. The Mavs, though picking at the end of the draft, should pick up a great prospect. Additionally, Mark Cuban will make a run at Clipper free agent center Michael Olowokandi. Miami Heat's Alonzo Mourning and/or the Jazz's Karl Malone. My sleeper free agent is New Orleans Jerome Moiso (6-10) Early entrants for NBA Draft Player Year Height School Chris Alexander Junior 7-1 Iowa State Carmelo Anthony Freshman 6-7 Syracuse Mario Austin Junior 6-9 Mississippi State Ronald Blackshear Junior 6-5 Marshall Chris Bosh Freshman 6-10 Georgia Tech Lamar Castile Sophomore 6-2 C.C. of Beaver County (Pa.) Ndudi Ebi HS Senior 6-9 Westbury Christian (Texas) Rod Edwards Junior 6-1 Ouachita Baptist Andre Emmett Junior 6-5 Texas Tech Carl English Junior 6-5 Hawaii T.J. Ford Sophomore 5-10 Texas Zac Fray Sophomore 6-6 Santa Ana Jonathan Hargett Freshman 5-11 West Virginia David Hamilton Junior 6-9 Salem International Jarvis Hayes Junior 6-7 Georgia Sani Ibrahim Freshman 6-10 Southern Idaho Maurice Jackson Junior 6-9 Texas-Permian Basin LeBron James HS Senior 6-8 St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) Richard Jeter Sophomore 6-6 Atlanta Metropolitan Chris Kaman Junior 7-0 Central Michigan James Lang HS Senior 6-10 Central Park Christian (Ala.) Antonio Lawrence Freshman 6-4 San Jose State Erazem Lorbek Freshman 6-10 Michigan State Ricky Minard Junior 6-4 Morehead State Marcus Moore Junior 6-6 Washington State Simeon Naydenov Junior 6-6 Louisville Jameer Nelson Junior 6-0 Saint Joseph's Travis Outlaw HS Senior 6-9 Starkville Jason Parker Junior 6-2 Tulsa Kendrick Perkins HS Senior 6-10 Clifton J. Ozen (Texas) Brian Polk Junior 6-4 Temple Josh Powell Sophomore 6-9 North Carolina State Rick Rickert Sophomore 6-11 Minnesota Luke Ridnour Junior 6-2 Oregon Robert Smith Junior 6-7 N.C. Wesleyan Mike Sweetney Junior 6-8 Georgetown Chris Thomas Sophomore 6-1 Notre Dame Charlie Villanueva HS Senior 6-10 Blair Academy (N.J.) Dwyane Wade Junior 6-4 Marquette Mo Williams Sophomore 6-1 Alabama Doug Wrenn Junior 6-6 Washington Nick Zachery Junior 6-3 Arkansas-Little Rock International entrants for NBA Draft Player Team Country Height Born Mauricio Aguiar Cordon Uruguay 6-6 1983 Pero Antic AEK Greece 6-10 1982 Malick Badiane Langen Germany 6-10 1984 Leandro Barbosa Bauru Tilibra Brazil 6-3 1982 David Brkic Virtus Bologna Italy 6-11 1982 Carlos Delfino Skipper Bologna Italy 6-6 1982 Boris Diaw-Riffiod Pau Orthez France 6-7 1982 Aleksandar Djuric Kapfenberg Austria 6-11 1982 Viktor Khryapa CSKA Moscow Russia 6-9 1982 Maciej Lampe Universidad Comp. Spain 6-11 1985 Kresimir Loncar Benetton Treviso Italy 6-10 1983 Darko Milicic Hemofarm Vrsac Serbia-Montenegro 7-0 1985 Misan Nikagbatse Snaidero Udine Italy 6-5 1982 Zaur Pachulia Ulker Turkey 6-11 1984 Aleksandar Pavlovic Buducnost Serbia-Montenegro 6-7 1983 Mickael Pietrus Pau Orthez France 6-6 1982 Zoran Planinic Cibona Zagreb Croatia 6-7 1982 Pavel Podkolzine Varese Italy 7-4 1985 Alassane Savadogo Kadiogo Bulls Burkina Faso 6-10 1982 Sofoklis Schortsanitis Iraklis Greece 6-9 1985 Blagota Sekulic Partizan Serbia-Montenegro 6-9 1982 Nedzad Sinanovic Zenica Celik Bosnia-Herzegovina 7-1 1983 Luka Sjekloca Buducnost Serbia-Montenegro 6-11 1984 Jon Stefansson TBB Trier Germany 6-4 1982 Szymon Szewczyk Braunschweig Germany 6-10 1982 Christos Tapoutos AEK Greece 6-7 1982 Remon Van de Hare F.C. Barcelona Spain 7-2 1982 Anderson Varejao F.C. Barcelona Spain 6-10 1982 Slavko Vranes Buducnost Serbia-Montenegro 7-4 1983 Aleksander Vujacic Snaidero Udine Italy 6-6 1984 Xue Yuyang Flying Dragons Hong Kong China 7-0 1982

Most of these guys played in the 90's. The list goes back to the early 70's. Alton Lister, Dallas Madison is the oldest. I can't believe I left off: Larry Johnson, Dallas Skyline, UNLV & NY Knicks DeWayne Scales, Dallas Carter, LSU Vernon Smith, Dallas Carter, Texas A&M (Deceased) Rynn Wright, Dallas Roosevelt, Texas A&M (Carl Wright's Bro. & Bracey's uncle) Ricky Grace (Wilmer Hutchins) is the all time leading scorer overseas in the league he has played in. Since the posting, Chris Bosh (Dallas Lincoln & Ga Tech) has declared for the NBA. (Should go in the top 10) Dallas Carter's Andre Emmett has also declared (Texas Tech) Dallas Kimball's Quinton Ross (SMU) should be a late 1st round pick or 2nd rounder in June. I also expect Duncanville's Ryan Randle (Maryland) to be drafted in June.

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Downtown's boy comes in at #43 (very impressive) Camelo Anthony declares for the NBA on Thursday Lebran James on Friday Maybe Margus Mitchell on Saturday 1 Robert Whaley 6'10 PF Barton County (KS) CC 2 Jeff Varem 6'5 SF Vincennes (IN) JC 3 Nate Daniels 6'8 SF Broward (FL) CC 4 Richard Jeter 6'5 SF Atlanta Metro (GA) JC 5 Nick Williams 6'4 PG Chipola (FL) CC 6 Chris Adams 6'10 C San Francisco City (CA) CC 7 Aaron Curtis 6'5 SF Lon Morris (TX) JC 8 Omar Thomas 6'5 SG Panola (TX) JC 9 Julian Sensley 6'8 PF Los Angeles (CA) CC 10 Eddie Withers 6'0 PG Seminole (OK) JC 11 Travis DeGroot 6'3 SG New Mexico Military JC 12 Jerel Blassingame 5'10 PG Los Angeles City (CA) JC 13 Jumichael Young 6'3 SG Chipola (FL) CC 14 Darius Brannon 6'9 C Lee (TX) JC 15 Darris Manciel 6'11 PF Arkansas-Fort Smith JC 16 Jerry Nichols 6'4 SG Walters State (TN) JC 17 Tre Simmons 6'5 SF Green River (WA) CC 18 Chris Williams 6'7 SF Hill (TX) JC 19 B.J. Puckett 6'8 PF Truett-McConnell (GA) JC 20 Nouha Diakite 6'9 PF Barton County (KS) CC 21 Justin Williams 6'10 PF Kankakee (IL) CC 22 Ray Booker 6'2 PG Allen County (KS) CC 23 Aundrae Grayson 6'0 PG Carl Albert (OK) JC 24 Donnell Taylor 6'6 SG Okaloosa-Walton (FL) CC 25 Steve Moore 6'4 SG Eastern (OK) State JC 26 DeVonne Giles 6'8 PF Seward County (KS) CC 27 Carlos Hurt 6'2 PG Wabash Valley (IL) CC 28 Levi Rost 6'8 PF Lansing (MI) CC 29 Danderick Jones 6'4 SG Trinidad (CO) JC 30 Chris Thompson 6'6 SF Pasco-Hernando (FL) JC 31 Jeremiah Massey 6'7 PF Oxnard (CA) JC 32 Anthony Johnson 6'5 SG Motlow (TN) State JC 33 Dontae Truitt 6'5 SG Sheridan (WY) JC 34 Nate Lofton 6'10 C Arkansas-Fort Smith JC 35 Randy Pulley 6'2 PG Barton County (KS) CC 36 Cecil Hood 6'3 SG Arkansas-Fort Smith JC 37 Jimmy Inglis 6'9 C Eastern (OK) State JC 38 LaKeith Person 5'11 PG Enterprise (AL) State JC 39 Tim Gainey 6'6 SF Cochise (AZ) JC 40 Filberto Rivera 6'1 PG Southeastern Iowa CC 41 Diego Vargas 6'5 SF Pima (AZ) CC 42 Harvey Thomas 6'9 PF Northeastern (OK) A&M JC 43 Margus Mitchell 6'0 PG State Fair (MO) CC 44 Tremaine Fuqua 6'10 PF Skyline (CA) CC 45 Justin Holt 6'7 SF Tacoma (WA) JC 46 Lamar Owen 6'5 SF Southeastern Illinois CC 47 Hank Rivers 6'8 PF Southeastern Nebraska CC 48 Josh Sullivan 6'0 PG Cleveland (OH) State JC 49 Daryl Jacobs 6'11 C Cochise (AZ) JC 50 Greg Brown 6'1 PG Indian Hills (IA) CC 51 Mike Travis 6'9 PF San Francisco City (CA) CC 52 Sheldon Pace 6'0 PG Chaffey (CA) JC 53 Dion Sherrell 6'4 SG Schoolcraft (MI) JC 54 Dedric Spooner 6'9 PF Colby (KS) CC 55 Michael Bell 6'10 PF Palm Beach (FL) CC 56 Ed McCants 6'5 SG Paris (TX) JC 57 Diego Romero 6'10 PF Lon Morris (TX) JC 58 Chris Huber 6'2 PG Dixie (UT) JC 59 Antonio Griffin 6'7 PF Scottsdale (AZ) CC 60 Byron Burnett 6'9 C Southern Union (AL) State JC 61 Marcus Neal 6'2 PG Polk (FL) JC 62 Richard Thomas 6'8 PF Tallahassee (FL) JC 63 Sredrick Powe 6'7 SF Tallahassee (FL) JC 64 Daryl Dorsey 6'2 SG Brevard (FL) CC 65 Michael Stringer 5'10 PG Tallahassee (FL) JC 66 Alfred Neale 6'5 SF Northeastern (OK) A&M JC 67 Ron LeMelle 6'5 SF Western (OK) State JC 68 Mario Jointer 6'2 SG Okaloosa-Walton (FL) CC 69 Reda Rhalimi 7'0 C Daytona Beach (FL) CC 70 Jason Ingram 6'4 SG Dodge City (KS) CC 71 Rodney Billups 5'11 PG Los Angeles City (CA) JC 72 Dreike Boldin 6'7 SF Carl Albert (OK) JC 73 Ozwaldo Gonzales 6'9 C Jacksonville (TX) JC 74 Adrian Jackson 6'0 PG Broward (FL) CC 75 Kevin Mickens 6'8 PF Allegany (MD) JC 76 Bradley Mosely 6'2 SG Daytona Beach (FL) CC 78 Bilal Russell 6'6 SF Fresno (CA) JC 79 Damian Staple 6'8 PF Southeastern Illinois CC 80 Tommie Eddie 6'7 PF Coffeyville (KS) CC 81 Issac Hines 6'1 PG Collin County (TX) CC 82 David Warsaw 6'3 SG El Camino (CA) JC 83 Mauricio Branwell 6'9 PF Barton County (KS) CC 84 Jaison Williams 6'2 PG Southern Idaho JC 85 Chris Brown 6'7 SF Polk (FL) JC 86 Darel Lucas 6'0 PG Redlands (OK) JC 87 Michael Phillips 6'6 PF Okaloosa-Walton (FL) CC 88 Zione White 6'3 SG SMSU-West Plains (MO) JC 89 Keion Kindred 6'4 SG Yavapai (AZ) JC 90 Ronell Taylor 6'6 SF Okaloosa-Walton (FL) CC 91 Ricardo Freeman 6'3 PG Seward County (KS) CC 92 Michael McFadden 6'5 SF San Jose (CA) CC 93 Kitus Witherspoon 6'8 PF Seminole (FL) CC 94 J.J. Montgomery 6'5 SG Angelina (TX) JC 95 Shawn Wiggins 6'3 SG Allegany (MD) JC 96 Marvin Moore 6'6 SF Southern Union (AL) State JC 97 David Truesdale 6'3 SG Dodge City (KS) CC 98 Donell Allick 6'3 SG Seward County (KS) CC 99 Dreike Boldin 6'8 PF Carl Albert (OK) JC 100 Quinnel Brown 6'5 SF Wabash Valley (IL) CC 101 Jason Carter 6'9 PF Southern Nevada (NV) JC 102 Yakhouba Diawara 6'7 SF Southern Idaho JC 103 Justin Garcia 7'0 C San Bernardino (CA) CC 104 Pearson Griffith 6'10 C Murray (OK) State JC 105 Rudolph Mauricette 6'11 C Lee (TX) JC 106 Shane Hawkins 6'6 SF Columbus (OH) CC 107 Anthony Ighodaro 6'7 PF Moberly (MO) JC 108 Marcus Jackson 6'8 PF South Plains (TX) JC 109 Marques Lewis 6'9 PF Wabash Valley (IL) CC 110 Hakeem Rollins 6'8 PF Mesa (AZ) CC

Thank you Buford! Actually, I really didn't realize this Hawthorne kid played at Hastings. I saw them defeat Dallas SOC in the finals of this year's Dr Pepper tournament. This kid can play! He hit NBA 3's all night.

Move over Little Joe Hamilton; step aside Weasel Johnson. Marquis Mitchell is coming to town. Happy days are here again! We should all be happy that PV didn't beat UNT out for this prize recruit. Our program is really on the rise. Marquis actually cancelled trips to SW Mo. St, Manhattan and Montana. The Greater Baton Rouge area is now the mecca of high school basketball. Now that we all have been educated about the top Juco programs in the country, our coaches should camp out annually in places like Sedalia Mo. and Mineral Area. Despite half of UNT's roster developing their skills at southern Dallas Rec Centers, we shouldn't think that these center are a great place to see talent. I wonder if our top recruit Mike Jones (MCC) has spent most of his summers playing in these sames centers. (just a few blocks away from Lancaster, Tx) Does anyone really believe that any of these Juco schools could compete with the National Champion Dallas Lincoln squad? Speaking of going way back, didn't Latwell Sprewell play at Moberly like 10-15 years ago? Can we talk about some modern day talent at Mineral Area? If you haven't noticed, most great high school players are electing to straight to the NBA. (Not Juco) Chris Bosh is projected to be a lottery pick if he comes out this year. Quinton Ross of Dallas Kimball was the player of the year in the WAC. Jeryl Sasser (Dallas Kimball) was an NBA first rounder. UNT's Chris Davis (Dallas Kimball) was 1st team Sunbelt. The Duncanville girls team defeated one of the top Juco women's team this year. Please don't compare the talent of Dallas/Ft Worth area to places like Mineral Area & State Fair Mo. Downtown, I like you! The basketball side is too quiet.

Lighten up Downtown! Posting what I read on another board (that some 6-4 kid chose PV over UNT) is not false information. PV and other SWAC schools were actually better than our 02-03 squad. Frankly, I was being nice by comparing this Mitchell kid to Jerome Rogers. (On paper) Jerome's numbers were much better coming out of high school and the D1 level if JJ would keep him on the floor. Jerome is a shooting guard playing the point. (combo) It sounds like Mitchell is also. Both are in the 5-10 - 6-0 range. Jerome can also explode with points in bunches. Rogers is also the quickest guard we have and would also average 2-3 steals a game. Moreover, Jerome played against some of the top competition in the state (Dallas Lincoln, Dallas SOC, Dallas Kimball & Ft Worth Dunbar to name a few) State Fair Mo Community College didn't really play a final four type schedule; going up against the likes of Moberly, Three Rivers, SW Mo. St (West Plains) and Mineral Area. Like I said previously, I hope I am wrong about this kid, however, I can only base my opinion on what we have done prior to now on the recruiting front (Ty Thomas, Lee Green, Ron Harris and Scott Roniger) Degrate actually committed to Trilli out of high school. Does the signing of Mitchell upgrade our talent? At the least put us on par with other Sun Belt schools? I invite you to any southern Dallas area Rec Center to find other Mitchell types who are as quick as TJ Ford (Thurgood Marshall, Beckley/Saner, MLK Center or Singing Hills) We have to do a better job recruiting. Mind you, we passed on Spud Webb. (not the current regime) SMU passed on Larry Johnson. TCU passed on Kenneth Lyons, UT passed on Keith Langford. Professionally, the Mavs passed on Karl Malone. Hell, Portland passed on Michael Jordon There's an abundance of proven talent in the area for us not to have to reach for kids.

Granted I have not seen this kid play but how can we be impressed with him on paper. His bio is very similar to Jerome Rodgers. I believe Jerome will be a Jr as well. At least he has been in the system 2 years. Why do we need a scoring 6-0 combo guard? At this height, I prefer a true point guard with T J Ford quickness. I don't see how we have upgraded the point position. I noticed on another board that we lost out to Prairie View on another kid. (also considered SWTS & Sam Houston) Where's Vic Trilli when we need him during this time of the season? Oh well, I hope like hell I'm wrong.

Thanks Oldtimer! Good stuff! You and Buford keep me lurking on this side.

Roster looks good on paper! Does anyone know how recruiting is going? What positions? How many scholarships? Transfers/Walk Ons? Other than Masters, anyone with eligibility that won' be back? Go Texas Longhorns!

Dandrick plays the 2 guard position. With a great need at PG, I can't see us going after a juco at the same position as Hopkins. Isn't the Watson kid a 2 as well?

Island Eagle, have you seen this Watson kid play? Have you had a chance to see the 2002-2003 version of the Mean Green? Just curious to know if you think this kid is better than Ty Thomas and Ron Harris. Hate to see another 6-5 type that may not beat out what we have. Does anyone know what this other early signee at MCC is doing? (out of Lancaster High) Thanks!

This team is void of a big time player. We have some talent, however, most of these guys are role players. On a very good team, none of these guys would start. Yet alone, get significant playing time. Unfortunately for the team, Chris Davis is having a terrible senior campaign. He is a turnover or bad shot ready to happen. I agree with other posters, JJ is not getting the job done on the recruiting front. I know about the Injuries; they are a part of the game. When I looked up the other night and saw Boxell and Chiles at the guard positions, I couldn't imagine this was D1 basketball. Bring on the LSU kid! If the guy can play, I welcome him. If he can't, then we need to stay away from him. This team is playing like Darrell Dickey's first 2-3 years. (the crowds have been understandably disappointing) If this program doesn't improve soon, JJ may need to borrow a page from Trilli's book of how to free up scholarships. Can you tell I'm a little frustrated? Jerome Rodgers is your point guard Johnny! Let's look to other options and/or sit Chris Davis down when he is playing poorly. Go Tampa Bay!

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I hope most poster don't really believe that kids sign with UNT because this is their first and only love. Ask coach Fran if he and other coaches aren't constanting looking for better situations. To Erskin's credit, he took a risk by walking on at UT opposed to taking another sure scholarship at another D1 school.

Metroplex Champs (2002-2003) Oops, SMU just got another rebound! Guys we need help bad under the boards. Outstanding game by Jerome Rodgers. This kid grew up tonight. Clearly, the best point guard on the floor. Good game by SMU's Q. Ross, the only legitimate pro prospect. (Dallas Kimball ) I won't name names, but I was truly dissapointed in 3 of our guys. Oops! UNT just commited another foul.

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All the NBA experts felt that he would have been the #1 pick in the 2002 draft if he had left school (yes, ahead of Yao Ming). Can't disagree about his parents, however, their situation is totally different than 99.9% of most families. I would imagine that it would be difficult for me to delay a 20-30 million dollar signing bonus when I had never had any money. They still offer GED programs don't they?