Campus To Welcome Team Home At 3 P.m. Today

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Campus to welcome team home at 3 p.m. today

With an 83-75 win over Arkansas State University last night (March 6), the Mean Green men's basketball team clinched the Sun Belt Conference Title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament.

Join the campus community as we welcome our champions home at 3 p.m. today outside the North Tunnel entrance to the Super Pit.

President Gretchen M. Bataille, the UNT cheerleaders, the UNT Basketball Band and other fans will greet the team as they arrive. The UNT Police will escort the team’s bus along Interstate 35E through Denton County and onto campus.

“We’re honored to bring this championship back to North Texas," says Johnny Jones, head basketball coach. "We appreciate all the support that we have received throughout the season, and look forward to heading into the NCAA tournament.”

Match selection for the men's tournament will be televised at 5 p.m. March 11 on CBS. The completed brackets will be available at NCAAsports.com immediately after the selections are announced. Game times will be announced shortly thereafter. The tournament begins with an opening round March 13 prior to the March 15 first round games.

The title win was the team's 23rd, the most ever by a UNT team, and UNT's appearance in the NCAA tournament will be the first since the 1987-88 season. The team finished with a record of 23-10 and Calvin Watson, senior, was selected as the most valuable player of the tournament.

Read more about how the Mean Green earned their ticket to the big-time basketball dance.

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