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Don't confuse expensive with prestigious.

Or beating on the closet door...

Quinnipiac University: The SMU of the North.

Their RPI is a sparkling 206. I'm just certain they'll get a call from the NIT committee.

You clearly don't understand the value of traditions.

Some people have no respect for the history and traditions of human communication. I mean, come on - without the telegraph where would we be today? At one point people used 3 fingers to type their morse-code? EVERYONE KNOWS THE PROPER MANNER IS USING 2 INDEX FINGERS AND AN ALTERNATING RING FINGER?

We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. This game will bother the hell out of these guys (and us) for the rest of their (our) lives. We know it, they know it. It wasn't just another game. To be honest, I'll be over it in the morning but I digress. Not really. Best of luck to the Trojans in the play-in game. Imagine this in my best Will Farrell voice...Bitter, bitter, bitter. Hate you Trojans, till the morning - then good luck....in the freaking play-in game you a-holes. You better freaking win the play in games chumps! You are such a bunch of a-holes! Sincerely, Hater of UALR - ever since a big white UALR player grabbed his junk after a close victory against the Mean Green in Denton screaming "we own you" back in 2005 or so. P.S. We need to kick them out of the conference for this, since they don't have football.

Disclaimer: I hate blaming the refs, If you play the game right the refs won't have an opportunity to screw you. However, there is a difference in no-calls and fictional calls. we were victim of both. Being a cheerleader, I have sat baseline under the basket for the last five season. In all those games I would see about 0 to 2 missed calls every game, nothing really crucial or blatant, just little things that happened where I had a better angle or the ref was watching something else. In all 4 games we played this weekend that number jumped to about 5 to 10 per game. At one point in the second half of the final, I sat and counted on my finger for the ref to see, three missed calls on the three shots on in about 6 seconds total. The least blatant, but still a no call, was of course the illegal screen that cut our lead to 1. There were also several UALR slanted calls in their semi-final game against MTSU. Either the Sun Belt has a pro-UALR/anti-UNT conspiracy or the Sun Belt need to hire major-conference refs for the tourney. GMG.

Tonight 8:30 p.m. (Approx.) - 4A: Dallas Kimball vs. Cedar Park (Semi-Finals) http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/pages/streaming_3/0 Tomorrow Night 8:30 p.m. (Approx.) - 5A:: Garland Lakeview Centennial vs. Northside Taft (Semi-Finals) FW Arlington Heights vs LaMarque @ 7:00 PM (w/future UT Star, Julien Lewis) Took down defending National Champs, Jack Yates HS & Galveston Ball) Meet the LaMarque Cougars (They are blowing up!) FOX Sports Southwest continues its UIL state basketball tournament coverage this week with live telecasts and webcasts from the boys tournament at the Erwin Center in Austin. Class 5A, 4A, 3A and 1A Division II semifinal games and the 3A title game will be webcast live on FoxSportsSouthwest.com. FOX Sports Southwest will carry the 5A, 4A, 2A and 1A championships. Some of those games will be distributed on FOX Sports Southwest Plus due to programming conflicts on FOX Sports Southwest. Jeff Power, Lincoln Rose and Craig Way (based on his availability) will share the play-by-play duties with Neal Raphael and former Baylor coach Jim Haller splitting the analyst roles. Coppell High School boys basketball coach Brad Chasteen, who won his 500th career game earlier this season, will join Ric Renner in studio on Saturday to analyze the days championship games. UIL BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT TV SCHEDULE (All times listed are Central) Thursday, March 10 Semfinals 2:00 p.m. 3A: Corpus Christi West Oso vs. Dallas Smith FoxSportsSouthwest.com 3:30 p.m. 3A: Burkburnett vs. Mexia FoxSportsSouthwest.com 7:00 p.m. 4A: FW Arlington Heights vs. La Marque FoxSportsSouthwest.com 8:30 p.m. 4A: Dallas Kimball vs. Cedar Park FoxSportsSouthwest.com Friday, March 11 Semfinals 3:30 p.m. 5A: FM Marcus vs. Fort Bend Hightower FoxSportsSouthwest.com 7:00 p.m. 1A Division II: Bronte vs. Roxton FoxSportsSouthwest.com 8:30 p.m. 5A:: Garland Lakeview Centennial vs. Northside Taft FoxSportsSouthwest.com Saturday, March 12 8:30 a.m. 1A Division I Championship FOX Sports Southwest 10:00 a.m. 3A Championship FoxSportsSouthwest.com 2:00 p.m. 2A Championship FOX Sports Southwest Plus1 3:30 p.m. 4A Championship FOX Sports Southwest Plus2 7:00 p.m. 1A Division II Championship FOX Sports Southwest3 8:30 p.m. 5A Championship FOX Sports Southwest3,4 1 Also replayed on FOX Sports Southwest at 5:30 p.m. 2 Also joined in progress on FOX Sports Southwest at conclusion of Pac-10 womens basketball championship 3 Available on FOX Sports Southwest Plus in markets carrying Lakers-Mavericks NBA game 4 Also replayed on FOX Sports Southwest at 11:00 p.m.

You are.

Actually the refs did have something to do with the loss. NT should not use the refs as an excuse for the loss as it should not have come down to a couple of calls or non-calls. However, the refs play a part in every game, in this game they seemed to be determined to let them play far more than the norm for a Belt game. The referees to a large extent dictated the pace of the game. Particularly in the first half, Thompson was mugged several times going to the basket without a call. He would have had a lot more free throws if the game was called like the rest of the tournament. I actually prefer they let them play more, but to state the officiating had nothing to to do with the results is just wrong. Teams should adjust to the officiating but bad calls such their failure to call Bozeman pancake block definitely have an impact on the results. You don't think that if that had been called and the three waved off and NT getting free shots wouldn't have changed the game?

Cool video, but the band (George Mason's Green Machine that wears yellow) isn't that good.

I disagree. They did have something to do with the loss. Could we have made them irrelevant, yes. We didn't and they screwed us over. Our lack of a killer instinct does not absolve them of gross incompetence. Also, I will be bitter about this for a very long time and will probably use this as heckle ammunition next year when the thugs from Little Rock visit the Pit. I am a fan, as in fanatic. I can be fanatical about the teams I support. This includes grudge holding, for decades or longer sometimes. Your mileage may vary.

Nope...BeanCounterGrad's sources are correct.

Sheesh! If UALR missed and we won, we wouldn't be talking about this (refs), we wouldn't be over-nitpicking JJ's defense at the end, TT would be MVP and we would be heralding Josh's heroics with 1.5 seconds left. It's amazing!

The real mockery is the NCAA... And the way they dole out punishment. See Ohio st.

This self imposed probation very well could derail the Pony Express' drive to a national championship in 2014. Also, it could really impact attendance. The numbers could plummet from the 500 person fan base to a mere dozen. Anyway, it's SMU, so who cares.

While you may have a valid point here, self pity never gets the girl or the plus 1s. Did I really just reference that useless feature? Kill me.

Can't help you there but if I could it would at least be applicable. Rick

Always wondered why the Mangrum family spent so much time texting during games.

I. Am. Shocked. And all of this time we thought they were keeping it classy on the hilltop...

Perhaps this should get moved to the football forum since it's not basketball related.

What????? I could post a list of texts conversations between Emmitt and I during the past basketball season if that is what you would prefer? Rick

Take that UALR, how's your football stadium lookin? S'what I thought. Thanks for the pics flyer

Wow. Just..... wow. I don't pop in around here very often, but MY GOODNESS the natives get restless after a few years of crappy football! FFR, I love ya brotha, but could I interest you in a bottle of kelly green Lexapro? As stated earlier, can we please just start winning some d*$m football games?!? That would make the worst of logos look SUHWEETT!!!

hope nobody drowned.

Looks like pretty good stuff to me. I cannot wait to see this thing come together. Wow, just fantastic stuff. I had several people recognize my UNT gear at Hot Springs come up to me and mention our new stadium. At the Alumni breakfast on Sunday morning (excellent food btw) we had people coming to our Alumni Association booth to check out the photos and drawings we had on display. Every comment was in the range from "great to awesome", and this was coming from our fellow Sun Belt school's alumni and administrators. Also...you would have been proud of YOUR Alumni Association...by far the best Alumni/school booth at the event that morning! Well done!

I'm all for it. I think the whole old Southland should be div 1 in football. La Tech, UNT, ULL and ULM already are. UTSA and TSSM have already announced. Lamar has reestablished football. Rumblings about UTA, SHSU and SFU moving up. McNeese can't be far behind. Of course, Texas football will continue to be weakened below the AQ level as more and more teams recruit to the division 1 level. Also as more lower level teams are added to the mix, the likelihood of another split in D1 is more likely. I don't blame any school for their ambitions, if I was an alum of those universities; I would be all for the move. The reality is that in the long run, it won't be a good thing for NT and I believe Texas football in general. It is imperative for NT to continue to distance themselves from these start ups.

let's hope they aren't biting them...

Time to burn this mother(Hot Springs) down.

Wow, I didn't get to watch a lot of games this season unfortunately, but I was not impressed with Jones's game management towards the end. When the bright lights were on, the crowd was loud, and things were hectic...our guys looked completely lost. Did UALR's scrambling have something to do with our mistakes down the stretch? I think so, but we looked completely scattered and frantic. It took Tristan missing a FT, an illegal screen which led to a 3, and a push off which led to another 3 for these guys to get the win...maybe it was just their year.

The alumni logo is weak-sauce. It's a hundred other college/high school logos with a star over it. It would be one thing if it existed as the school's logo for a hundred years, but it hasn't. And I'm no fan of the current eagle logos, either, but I'll take them 100 times over the interlocked-N/T/star. Blech. Thanks to this thread, I now know that the reason fans from other schools make fun of us is NOT because we historically stink at football and that they've barely heard of us. It's because we don't do a proper eagle claw.

I like the basketball pep band. I'll have to give them each an encouraging hug in Hot Springs if people don't stop saying such hurtful things.

Half the team is under 21. What kind of message would that send?

I don't know about a nerd convention but it very well could've been the gmg bowl

And incase I didn't get to thank you and all the other NT alumn who supported me and the team and university, thank you so much. I love North Texas and will defend it at all costs. It is a part of me and I will always be a part of it. I shed blood for this university in the past and I still bleed green today. I love all of you and I love the Mean Green. My period of life in Denton was one of my life's most important, and I will help alumni and the university whenever I get a chance. Thank you all. Blake Burruss

What do you like about UNT? Our Talons can't manage to take care of a cannon or bell. Our shade of green looks like vomit. Our branding/logos are nowhere near up to snuff. We're not using the AC deck the way we should. The pricing of club level seats in the new stadium blows. We don't demand enough of our basketball program. Our Alumni Association listens not to our most important fans opinions. I'm sure I'm leaving more out, but how could anyone care for a university that can't get a single thing right? Edit: We also don't have a good chant for use at football games. We can't figure out how to make out hands look the most like an eagles foot.

Sun Belt officials are the worst in the country...but at least in this game it was because of no calls as opposed to over-officiating. Refs had nothing to do with the loss though. Move on.

Ha! Oral...

NIT? SMU's dreaming. CIT? Sure, buy your way in, but you are one and done.

Thanks. I did see that, but was looking for the "NIT" bid.

Link? I looked on the DMN website and didn't see anything. Just curious, as I would love to read this article.

Until otherwise noted, I Back the Belt.

Oh Emmitt, I love what we have.

What does it matter? The guys who play for SMU are living such rockstar, warlock, tiger-blood drinking lifestyles that they will be winning* no matter what sanctions are put on them. They just wont be winning any basketball games. #WINNING!* I wonder if they will allow kids to get out of their LOIs? Cunningham would look nice in Green. *winning = delusional.

I may not always agree with what you post on this part of the board, but I definitely agree with this. +1

As much as some may disagree, this is a form of stealing and it is clearly illegal. It is an infringement of intellectual property rights among other things. The guy obviously knew he was in the wrong or he would not have tried to "cover his tracks". Folks, you may not be aware or you may not care, but this type of activity is really hurting legitimate artists and legitimate businesses. I know lots of people think this thing is fun because they are getting away with something for "free" that they should rightfully be paying for when used, but that is the heart of the problem. This was not a victimless crime, and whether or not you like the idea of "big corporations" wrong is wrong. If you don't think the law is just, work within the system to change it. Until then, try not to be part of the problem. Stealing is stealing any way you want to cut it, and any person of even normal levels of intelligence knows it as such. Now, does the arrest, etc. fit the crime? Maybe, maybe not, but I can tell you from the research and policy work that we do here at IPI on Intellectual property and Intellectual property rights...IT IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM and it actually does financially hurt a lot of people...even people not associated with those big corporations some folks like to see as the root of all evil in the world. My guess, if the programs being downloaded and songs being downloaded "free" were yours and it was a part of the work you did to support your family, you would see it in a bit of a different light. This sort of thing has put many people out of work, cost untold millions in lost tax revenues, etc., etc. That may not be a popular fact with some folks, but is happens to be the truth. Please think about it the next time you or someone you know downloads a "free" song, movie, tv program, etc., etc. that they have obtained in such a manner. It's all part of a much bigger problem, not the laest of which is simple lack of honesty.

At UTA the question is, were the ballot printed in enough languages for the students to understand what they were voting for or against?