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I think as a "buy in" tournament that they announce commitments as soon as they receive them. Committing early may even give Rice a better shot at securing a first round home game. The CBI isn't the most prestigious tournament but I sure had a blast when we won it in McCasland's first season.

I'll take that any day.

One guy, WKU Center Jamarion Sharp at 7'5", and some guy who's at his ideal weight if HE was 7'5"

La Tech and North Texas combined have more fans than the sideline seating can accommodate. GET THERE EARLY!!! GET THERE EARLY!!! GET THERE EARLY!!! GET THERE EARLY!!! And in case you didn't get that... GET THERE EARLY!!! Be at doors by 10:00, seating starts at 10:30, tipoff is 11:30 Get there early or you'll be watching from the balcony, or worse, from the other court area.

The half price daily tickets are a MUCH better deal anyway. It's all General Admission and you can attend as many games per day as you want with the single game tickets. Unfortunately I bought the "full session" passes for $125 each on the PT Barnum Special. I wish I had saved the money and purchased more GREEN gear. Remember, WEAR GREEN, not white , black, or gray.

MEANGREENSPORTS.COM Mean Green Crushes Southern And Texas Tech The Mean Green concluded their weekend with two, dominating run-rule wins on Sunday against Southern and Texas Tech. GAME 1 BOX SCORE GAME 2 BOX SCORE Lubbock, Texas— UNT softball concluded their weekend with two, dominating run-rule wins on Sunday against Southern and Texas Tech. For the second day in a row, North Texas crushed Southern 24-7 and followed that performance up with an overwhelming 11-3 win against Texas Tech. After these two wins on Sunday, the Mean Green finished with a 4-1 record on the weekend. North Texas is now 11-3 on the season and will host their first game at Lovelace Stadium this Wednesday against Texas. QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG "I'm really proud of our team and how we responded today after a bad performance against (Texas) Tech on Saturday. We came to play and really felt like we had something to prove." Game 1 Recap – UNT 24, Southern 7 Once again North Texas sprinted out to a fast start on offense against Southern. UNT scored three runs in the first inning and scored at least three runs in all five innings. Kalei Christensen started the scoring with a solo blast to right field to take a 1-0 advantage. Two batters later, Kailey Gamble singled through right side. Molly Rainey followed with a homer to right center, extending the lead to 3-0. The scoring didn't stop there as Cierra Simon picked up an RBI by bringing Mikayla Smith home. Tayla Evans later tripled to left center to bring two more runners home and extend the lead to 6-0. In the top of the third inning, the Mean Green continued to put runs on the board. The Mean Green were able to add four runs due to a passed ball, error, double and wild pitch before Gamble homered to right center to make the score 13-0. The Mean Green continued to capitalize on the Lady Jaguars mistakes and scored four more runs in the fourth inning before the Lady Jaguars tacked on seven runs with five hits to cut the deficit to 17-7. The Mean Green then responded again in the final inning as Emma Grahmann doubled to right center to drive in three runs and increase the lead to 20-7. Amarys Miller-Godsey made her first appearance of the season and tripled to left field to score three more runs and make it 23-7. Shelby McHughes would bring in the last run of the game on a single to right field. Skylar Savage (3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K) recorded her third win of the season and pitched three hitless innings against Southern before Karsyn Iltis relieved her in the fourth. Ashley Peters finished the game for the Mean Green and finished with three strikeouts. Alissa Castaneda led Southern, going 1-for-3 with one hit, one run and two RBI. The Mean Green set a new school records for runs scored in a game (24) and most RBI in a game (19) while also scoring the most runs against a Division I team this season and the second most runs against all colleges. UNT was led by Gamble and Cobb who both finished 2-for-3 with two runs. Gamble added three RBI while Cobb added two, to the 19 total RBI that North Texas recorded. Game 2 Recap – UNT 11, Texas Tech 3 In the last game of the weekend, North Texas scored multiple runs in each of the first three innings once again. Lexi Cobb led the offensive surge in the first inning with a home run to right center on the third pitch. Molly Rainey came to the plate three batters later and homered to right center to extend the lead to 4-0. Texas Tech responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the second before Peters ended the inning with a strikeout. In the second inning, UNT added two more hits including an RBI single to drive Ashlyn Walker home. Christensen would follow with a RBI groundout to bring Grahmann home and extend the lead to 6-2. The offense wasn't done yet though as Simon would single in the top of the third and Walker would hit another Mean Green home run to make the lead 8-2. Texas Tech would add one run in the bottom of the third before both teams would go scoreless for two innings. But the scoring would resume in the top of the sixth inning when Cobb led off with yet another homer, this time to right field to make it 9-3. Evans would single later in the inning before Gamble hit her second home run of the day, and first against Texas Tech, to extend the lead to 11-3. Peters (4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 4 K) picked up her sixth win of the season. Savage (2.0 IP) relieved her in the fifth inning and didn't surrender a hit. Payton Jackson led Texas Tech with a 2-for-3 afternoon at the plate with two runs. Cobb led the Mean Green with a 3-for-3 afternoon with two home runs and three RBI. NEXT UP UNT will play host to Texas on Wednesday March 9 at 6 PM at Lovelace Stadium on ESPN+.

The Big XII games against Texas and Oklahoma State are both listed as sellouts. April 20 against Oklahoma still has seats listed as available. North Texas Softball ticket availability We do have the luxury of outfield seating atop vehicles. Would somebody with photos of the outfield vehicle parking and seating please post pictures and provide stories and opinions. .

The Beautiful Super Pit. A Nearly Perfect College Basketball Facility.

I haven't heard about it being a sellout, but even if, Wren may be able to make standing room only happen for fans that want to bring their own folding chairs. There's areas with a view past the dugouts. If nothing else, the beer seats in the outfield are always available.

Bring your buddies so you can discuss Thursday's plans for our Thursday's CUSA Basketball Tournament games.

The North Texas Men and Women do not play in the CUSA Basketball Tournament until Thursday. So... Please come out and support the North Texas Softball team on Wednesday evening as they host the Texas Longhorns. Our Mean Green (11-3) just blasted though Texas Tech's tournament with a 4-1 record this weekend as tournament champions. The game starts at 6:00 but try to get there early. The Longhorn fans travel well and will quickly claim many of the better seats. Get There Early. Wear Green. Be Loud. Wednesday, 6:00 Lovelace Stadium

North Texas Next Hosts The Texas Longhorns, Wednesday, 6:00 At Lovelace Stadium

Denton County Courthouse illuminated in Blue and Yellow in support of Ukraine.

It was the curse. It wasn't the other team when you shoot 53% free throws and only lose by two points. Team Statistics Team Statistics Game Stats UNT UTEP FG% .511 .489 3FG% .278 .455 FT% .531 .840 RB 29 27 TO 14 15 STL 5 6

Jalie has built a consistent winner with having winning seasons four of the past five years, and there are strong indications that she is preparing to raise the team to the next level through outstanding recruiting.

Sure, that's all it was about, yeah, until the curse was actually invoked in El Paso. We tempted fates one too many times and got beaten in a game we should have won. Although really ugly in photographs, the black uniforms looked even worse on television.

True, we have been able to overcome the curse several times, yet we always won in Green and White to build the streak. Hopefully we learned our lesson and will just wear our school colors, Green and White, in perpetuity.

MEANGREENSPORTS.COM The players huddled during the game while trying to overcome the curse of the "Bad Luck Black" uniforms. 68 North Texas 23-5, 16-2 C-USA 70 UTEP 18-12, 11-7 C-USA Score By Periods Team 1 2 F North Texas 21 47 68 UTEP 35 35 70 Mean Green Again Cursed By Wearing Fashion Colors, Win Streak Snapped At UTEP EL PASO — The North Texas men's basketball team's 15-game winning streak came to an end Saturday at UTEP with a 70-68 defeat to the Miners to conclude the regular season. UNT (23-5, 16-2 C-USA) was down 17-2 to start the game and down 14 at the half but fought back by outscoring UTEP (18-12, 11-7 C-USA) 47-35 in the second half. However, they fell just short. "UTEP came out physical and made tough baskets to start the game," said head coach Grant McCasland. "I love the fight of our group but we didn't give them 40 minutes of toughness." North Texas was led Saturday by Thomas Bell who recorded his sixth career double-double finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds — seven of which were offensive rebounds. (RV) UNT who sealed the Conference USA West Division title last week with a 56-49 victory over Louisiana Tech at the Super Pit heads into the 2022 C-USA Men's Basketball Championship in Frisco next and will play Thursday in the quarterfinals. UNT is the reigning champs. "We just can't have starts like we did today," McCasland said. "But nothing has changed. I still love our fight and we're still the regular season champs. We know what we have to do next week in Frisco. We've done it before."

Wow, this decision sure bit N'Yah on the tail. She left a program where she was a star player having the time of her life and transferred to a school where she sits unhappily at the end of the bench for a cellar dweller. N'Yah has zero points, zero rebounds, zero steals, and zero assists riding the pine through the last four games while playing 2.5 minutes in each, all losses. 2021-22 SEASON STATS PTS 3.3 REB 2.3 AST 2.0 FG% 26.7

I didn't know that. Thanks. I may have a new bourbon now as well. A

Tailgate Party starts at 11:00 Game Tipoff is at 2:00 Tailgate Party Details DENTON, Texas – North Texas women's basketball (15-11, 9-7) welcomes the UTEP Miners (14-13, 6-11), on Saturday afternoon inside the Super Pit. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. (CT) and will air on ESPN+. The voice of Mean Green women's hoops, Zac Babb, will have the call on KNTU 88.1 FM. North Texas will honor its six graduating seniors before the game starting approximately 30 minutes before tip-off. Graduate assistant, Rayanna Carter, Amber Dixon, Aly Gamez, Trena Mims, Emma Villas-Gomis, and Madison Townley will be recognized on the floor. To win the western division, the Mean Green must take care of business against UTEP. The Miners come into this game reeling a bit. They have lost six out of their last seven. Conversely, UNT has won seven of its last eight for the late season push up the standings. UNT will turn its attention to the Conference USA Tournament at The Star in Frisco. The opening round of the tourney begins on March 8th. QUOTING HEAD COACH JALIE MITCHELL"First and foremost, its senior day tomorrow. We're looking forward to celebrating our six that are graduating. It's always a bittersweet day because they've meant so much to our program. I'm glad we can recognize their contributions with their families in attendance. As far as UTEP goes, it's a big game. I thought when we went to their place, we weren't playing our best basketball. Looking back at it, there's a lot of things we could do differently. Even though we held UTSA to 51, I thought it could have been better. During this quick turnaround, that is something we will button up for Saturday." HISTORY- This will be the 19th all-time meeting between North Texas and UTEP.- The Miners lead the all-time series, 11-7.- They have split the last four matchups.- UTEP won the last meeting in El Paso, 75-62 on Feb. 3, 2022. SCOUTING UTEP- Lost six out of its last seven.- UTEP is 3-8 away from El Paso.- Boasts five players averaging better than seven points per contest.- On Thursday night, the Miners lost to Rice by 20 in Houston.- Head Coach Kevin Baker is in his eighth season with the program.- UTEP was also selected third in the C-USA Preseason Coaches' Poll. TOWNLEY'S TAB- Is No. 1 all-time in school history for most rebounds in a career. (850)- Is No. 1 all-time in UNT history for most games played. (129)- Is fifth in all-time games started at UNT. (102)- Is tied for No. 28 on the all-time scoring list at North Texas. (696)- Fourth in career rebounds among active DI players in the state of Texas.- Second most career rebounds in C-USA among active players.- Tied for 49th nationally in career rebounds among DI active players. NOBLE OUTLOOK- Has reached double figures in 20 games this season.- Is No. 24 on the career scoring list at North Texas. (736)- Is tied for eighth on the all-time career 3-pointers made list. (87)- Is seventh all-time career 3-pointers attempted. (266) FOR THE RECORD- UNT has won seven of its last eight.- Mitchell is two wins from the century mark.- In eight of North Texas' C-USA victories, they have held the opponent to 60 points or less.

The refs were bad, very bad. OK, so there was the Good, the Bad, and the Lady Roadrunners. Whah Whah Whah This was former North Texas women's coach Karen Aston coming back to North Texas determined not to lose. The Roadrunners fought back to tie the game and then had what appeared to be an insurmountable 7 point lead in the final two minutes. The UTSA players were all dancing and hugging their coach with congratulations. Then Maddie and Quincy dashed their celebrations and sent the shocked UTSA team pouting to the locker rooms. They'll have the whole bus ride to Rice to whine about the stolen opportunity.

As A Texas Vodka Should Be...

The Mean Green kicked off the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic with a 5-4 win over Texas Tech on Friday evening. MEANGREENSPORTS.COM 5 North Texas 8-2 4 Texas Tech 5-11 Score By Periods Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E North Texas 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 1 Texas Tech 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 8 2 W: Skylar Savage (1-0) L: Rains,Olivia (0-4) Game Recap: Softball | 3/4/2022 9:50:00 PM Mean Green Knocks Off Texas Tech 5-4 Lubbock, Texas— The Mean Green kicked off the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic with a 5-4 win over Texas Tech on Friday evening. Both teams started off hot offensively, combining for five runs in the first two innings before a four-inning stretch that only saw one run scored. QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG "It's tough anytime you have a long break like we did. I'm really proud of how we prepared in these last two weeks, our practices have been good. We were pretty sharp tonight. I'm proud of our kids and played a really solid game." "Winning on a Friday night at a Big XII school is a big win. I expect them to bounce back and be really tough in the next two games that we play against them. For us it's just moving forward and keeping the energy up and playing good softball." Game Recap – UNT 5, Texas Tech 4 The scoring started early for the Mean Green, as Kailey Gamble brought Lexi Cobb home on an RBI single to take the lead in the first inning. The Red Raiders responded with a run in the bottom of the first to tie the game. In the top of the second, Lexi Cobb doubled to right center allowing Cierra Simon and Rylan Dooner to score. Texas Tech would cut the Mean Green lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the second. After the Red Raiders tied it in the fourth inning, the Mean Green responded once again in the seventh inning behind a double steal by Cobb and Sydney Ingle. Ingle was able to steal home to retake the lead 4-3. With momentum on their side, Christensen brought Cobb home to extend the lead 5-3. Texas Tech scored one more run in an effort to tie the game before Skylar Savage forced a fly out to center field to end the game. Ashley Peters (4.0 IP) started the game for North Texas while Skylar Savage (3.0 IP, 1 H, 3 K) picked up her second win of the season. Cobb finished with three hits, two runs and two RBI to lead the Mean Green in all three categories. Arriana Villa led Texas Tech with a 2-for-4 night at the plate with one RBI and one run.

I do remember this memorable shot from the movie...