Herd seeks payback against North Texas

[Harry]

 

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Taylor said the 2020-21 version of the Mean Green reminds him of Old Dominion in how hard the team plays and its physicality. However, North Texas brings a bit more scoring ability to the forefront.
 

“North Texas, you know, we have to match their energy, box out their bigs because they’re coming to the glass every time,” Taylor said. “Then we’ve got to turn around and guard [Javion] Hamlet coming up the floor, [isolation] off a ball screen or whatever it is. It’s going to be a really wide variety of things that they do that we’re going to have to be able to defend.”
 

North Texas had a balanced attack in that win, and brings a similar approach to Huntington again this season.
 

The leader is Hamlet, the reigning Conference USA Player of the Year, who quarterbacks the offense. Hamlet averages 13.5 points and is fourth in Conference USA at 4.2 assists per game.
 

The Mean Green also feature post presence Zachary Simmons, who D’Antoni feels is key because of his ability to pass out of the post for open looks on the outside.

 

 

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[greenminer]

I think one of the leading story-lines going into this final stretch is how Javion will continue to develop.  He has shown signs of shaking off this season-long rut and getting into a really good groove.

If he can continue this trend, we are a very tough MM to beat.

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Marshall are a hard team to gauge. They've split with schools like ODU and La Tech as well as gotten swept by WKU. Their canceled series with Rice would have been really telling. Now, they haven't played a game in almost 2 weeks (as we haven't either), so it's hard to pin them.