Player Leaves Unt Men's Team

Hallelujah?

How does that affect the quota?

Hmm. 1 less big body to take up space in the paint. As bad of a player as Knox was, I don't think I'm excited about this... unless Johnny's got something up his sleve?

Hmm. 1 less big body to take up space in the paint. As bad of a player as Knox was, I don't think I'm excited about this... unless Johnny's got something up his sleve?

I'm with you. We won't have a center on the roster. And Knox was definitely making improvements last season.

Sorry to see him go. I really expected him to develop over these next two years.

so i put up with all of that for nothing?

Knox-ville will be missed in my book. A lot of potential in that kid

Sorry to see him go. I had forgotten that he was ranked as high as 62 in the state, so I guess JJ wasn't the only one who saw potential there. Sure hope jj has got his eye on a good big guy somewhere.

Not good in my view, unless NT has someone better lined up. NT spend 3 years on a player waiting for him to develop enough to be a positive factor and now with two years left to play; he is gone. Knox got a lot of negative comment during his career, but he did contribute. Reminds me of when Mangrum left, there were a lot that saw that has a positive, opening up another scholarship. Losing Mangrum ended up costing the team a substantial amount. No Knox was not close to as good as Mangrum, but the situations are similar.

I think this probably explains NT's apparent interest of signing a front court player with what was then their last ship. I sure don't want NT going into next season like last with only 11 ship players. Franklin getting to play next year and Mitchell being eligible become even more important factors.

Edited May 26, 2011 by All About UNT

It is always sad to see a player leave the program. Knox earned some PT last year and acquitted himself well. I thought he would contribute more in the next two years.

Thank you for your service, Ben, and good luck to you.

two open scholarships and we need two bigs now!

two open scholarships and we need two bigs now!

If anyone wants to do some detective work, I would scour the juco rosters because I am betting they will try to land a big guy from there!

And the bench gets thinner. We really need to sign another big man, said Mr. Obvious guy.

He showed improvement after he got all tatt'd up.

Fort Knox will be missed!

I will not be changing my avatar, if any of you are wondering!

He wasn't Josh White, but he was coming along. I think we may miss him the next two years. Good luck, Ben!

Damn. Best of luck to Knox wherever he chooses to go.

rumor is he is leaving to play a Duke...

There are 2 available transfers that I would love to have, however, they would have to sit out 2011-2012. Keep in mind those guys that just graduated; with another year of eligibility to play at a different university. (Dez Willingham from SMU to UNT and Mangrum from UNT to SMU.

Don't have any names other than possibly Ian Markoff of Wisconsin. Decided to transfer back to Texas last year but elected to just quit the team and remain as a student. I have no evidence to support such a scenario involving him. Just pointing out another option; for 11-12. Best of luck to Ben Knox

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/markolf_ian00.html

I think I'll miss Big Ben. I really liked the kid and got to meet his family at this year's conference tourney in Hot Springs. I do think he will be missed as his game was improving and I fully expected that improvement to continue. Good kid too and took care of business in the classroom. Sure, still lots of room for improvement in his game, but it was developing. It must be hard for a kid to put in that much time and effort into something and then to not get much playing time. College sports is not like HS in so many ways, but not the least of which is the time element...it's almost a full-time job of these student-athletes, and the pay-back is playing time. When that isn't much of a pay-back it has to be hard. I have no clue why Ben decided to leave the program, but I, for one, will miss him.

Two open slots now....hopefully each will be filled by a "big man".

Good luck, Ben.

rumor is he is leaving to play a Duke...

Why not a Count, King or even a Duchess?

Good luck, Ben.

Adios my Sweet Knoxxy.

We don't need quitters.

Welp see ya later!

Well... Bye.

I saw a great deal of improvement last year and was looking forward to watching him for his last two years. JJ had Knox start a few games early in the year and was begining to bang the opponents big men around plus just a big body in the middle of the opponents lane. Knox started getting really pretty aggressive in the middle. Sad to see him go.