5 things to know about North Texas, Wisconsin men's basketball's NIT semifinal opponent

[Jonnyeagle]

On the same day that University of Wisconsin men’s basketball advanced to the National Invitation Tournament semifinals with a 61-58 win over Oregon, its soon-to-be NIT semifinal opponent had a close win of its own to secure a spot in Las Vegas.

North Texas (29-7) will meet UW (20-14) at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas for the penultimate round of the NIT on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

The No. 3-seed Mean Green’s quarterfinal win was its 29th of the season, besting No. 1-seeded Oregon State 65-59. North Texas was 16-4 in Conference USA play this year, but was bounced in the second round of the conference tournament by University of Alabama-Birmingham. Since then, the Mean Green have not allowed any of their NIT opponents to reach 60 points.

Lockdown D

North Texas has one of the best statistical defenses in the entire country. In fact, no Division I men’s basketball team holds opponents to a lower scoring average, only surrendering 55.6 points per contest — almost exactly on par with its NIT average of 55.7 per game. Per KenPom, the Mean Green are ranked No. 25 in adjusted defensive efficiency and force opponents into the seventh-lowest effective field goal percentage (44.6%) in the nation.

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[emmitt01]

- Somebody should let Oregon State know they made the NIT quarterfinals.   

- Then they should let them know they lost to us.  

 

 

[Jason Howeth]

The worst part about almost every report for upcoming games in the NIT is that we're still shown as a 3-seed. Utter incompetence. 

[UNTFan23]

7 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

bounced in the second round of the conference tournament by University of Alabama-Birmingham

No, we were bounced in the third round. We beat the brakes off of LaTech in the second round 74-46.

[drex]

Typical laziness on the part of sportswriters.

[MeanGreen_MBA]

I am game ready, just need a plane

 

[Big Z]

12 minutes ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

I am game ready, just need a plane

 

[meaniegreenie]

#6 UNT is the better team