LSU (3/19/24)

[Glory to the Green]

Just now, GMG_Dallas said:

 

 

 

Was just about to post this. Pretty solid post by Kennedy. 

[greenminer]

Great win. Lets keep winning this thing, then we can start figuring how to win more of these OOC matchups in the regular season too.

[Aquila_Viridis]

That is one of the great wins in NT basketball history, over an SEC team on the road in the postseason. I hope it is a sign of things to come.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

8 minutes ago, Aquila_Viridis said:

That is one of the great wins in NT basketball history, over an SEC team on the road in the postseason. I hope it is a sign of things to come.

Meh. This is North Texas basketball. I expected to win. 

[GMG_Dallas]

16 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Meh. This is North Texas basketball. I expected to win. 

Same. Makes me proud of where this program is today.

[UNTLifer]

Game wasn’t near as close as this score. Hit our FT’s and we win by 15+. Best overall game we have played in a while. Four more wins. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

8 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Meh. This is North Texas basketball. I expected to win. 

High Expectations.   It's good to have them.  It's even better when they're met.

[golfingomez]

Really great game to watch last night. We got the W and the chance to keep playing. No reason why we can't keep doing this.

[Big Z]

4 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

Really great game to watch last night. We got the W and the chance to keep playing. No reason why we can't keep doing this.

Our guys showed that they WANT to play basketball and get better. And it showed last night! 

[golfingomez]

4 minutes ago, Big Z said:

Our guys showed that they WANT to play basketball and get better. And it showed last night! 

They definitely had more want to than LSU last night. Sissoko diving for that loose ball in the first half makes me hope the intensity level continues to increase during these games

[cousin oliver]

4 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

They definitely had more want to than LSU last night. Sissoko diving for that loose ball in the first half makes me hope the intensity level continues to increase during these games

I respectfully must challenge your statement.  The announcers clearly had personal relationships with the LSU staff and they stated several times during the broadcast that the squad wanted to be there.

[Matt from A700]

9 hours ago, Aquila_Viridis said:

That is one of the great wins in NT basketball history, over an SEC team on the road in the postseason. I hope it is a sign of things to come.

Just hate to see all these empty arenas. Probably a mix of having less than 48 hours to sell and P6 fanbases not caring for the NIT anymore. I was surprised USF had the record they did and had to play UCF on the road. We had a similar record the past two years and had homecourt advantage.

[untcampbell]

Not many of us there....but it was fun to see the win. I sat in GA, talked with a few LSU fans. All were nice, but clearly disappointed. The last LSU game I saw was a 49-7 beat down football game in 1995. My wife was pregnant (Ian turned 28 today), wasn't feeling well and stayed at the hotel while I went to that game solo. Not as pleasant of an atmosphere that day.

Physically, it looked like LSU was the bigger, stronger team. NT simply outhustled them, wanted it more, on this night. This is absolutely fun basketball to watch. I love our guys.

As the game was winding down, I went down to the reserved seats area where the vast majority of our fans sat. Briefly met a few players parents, celebrated the win and relived that two handed baseline dunk (arguably his second best play of the night) from AScott with his dad. Great win!

BTW, parking was free in the track and field lot, probably elsewhere, and ticket was $10. When I walked up to the ticket office, they gave me the ticket for free.

GMG

Edited March 20 by untcampbell

[golfingomez]

19 minutes ago, cousin oliver said:

I respectfully must challenge your statement.  The announcers clearly had personal relationships with the LSU staff and they stated several times during the broadcast that the squad wanted to be there.

LSU may have wanted to be there, but UNT clearly wanted it more

[CMJ]

23 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Just hate to see all these empty arenas. Probably a mix of having less than 48 hours to sell and P6 fanbases not caring for the NIT anymore. I was surprised USF had the record they did and had to play UCF on the road. We had a similar record the past two years and had homecourt advantage.

Usually NIT attendance picks up as the tournament progresses.  Like you said, it's a mix of reasons...short turnaround, disappointment among fanbases, etc..

[Cooke County Kid]

Great game, we were clearly the best team, out played and out hustled them.  I enjoyed it, let’s keep it going!!!

[Green Otaku]

14 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Let build 3 more, one for mbb, one for wbb and a spare for random events

I still marvel that so many think that the legal ownership of the Spit is a significant factor in scheduling it's use.

The vast majority of all D1 basketball programs have a multi-use main basketball facility.  I know this particular discussion is due to the scheduling conflict mentioned in the NIT broadcast.   However, there is no guarantee and it is in fact likely that the same problem would exist if the Spit was an asset of the athletic department.  

 

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.

[Green Otaku]

13 hours ago, Hunter Green said:

Will we ever wear green again?

Not as long as the players are picking the jerseys, which is clear that they are. They love the black jerseys.

[UNTLifer]

13 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:

Not as long as the players are picking the jerseys, which is clear that they are. They love the black jerseys.

Fact or your opinion?

[Green Otaku]

1 minute ago, UNTLifer said:

Fact or your opinion?

Opinion, but there is no other reason why we have seen the disproportionate amount of black compared to the other away jerseys.

Here's the breakdown for this year:

Black: 10

Green: 6

Grey: 4

Weirdly we wore the grey 3 times at home this year, and green would be 1 lower if we didn't wear them at home vs. SMU when we played them at home.

[Hunter Green]

42 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:

Not as long as the players are picking the jerseys, which is clear that they are. They love the black jerseys.

I love the greens, as you might have guessed. It's reminds me of the Celtics.

[UNTLifer]

4 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

I love the greens, as you might have guessed. It's reminds me of the Celtics.

I love the green, but, oddly enough, never was a fan of the Celtics.

[Hunter Green]

47 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:

Not as long as the players are picking the jerseys, which is clear that they are. They love the black jerseys.

Which is another reason we have no identity when it comes to recognizing us by uniform. Different game, different uniform. Our primary color is green not black.

[Hunter Green]

1 minute ago, UNTLifer said:

I love the green, but, oddly enough, never was a fan of the Celtics.

Me neither, but the unis are sharp.

[Green Otaku]

Just now, Hunter Green said:

Which is another reason we have no identity when it comes to recognizing us by uniform. Different game, different uniform. Our primary color is green not black.

The only way to change it is to not offer the option. It's pretty clear the players love them for both FB and BB.