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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.

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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...

I would never wish to do anything to disappoint our women's team. A couple decades back we played at Oklahoma State in basketball on the same evening that the OSU football team was playing Oklahoma. The football game was shown on their video boards. Everything seemed to work out well as it was a huge victory in their Bedlam game and the basketball fans were very pleased that they were able to keep up with both games.

I was actually thinking that it may get hundreds or more fans to attend their game, more to celebrate cutting the nets for their division championship, and possibly garnering them more fan support at the CUSA tournament in Frisco next week. We'll want to have as many fans there as possible. It'll be the women's team's version of this:

Thank you for everything you're doing. We fans really appreciate it.

Maybe the men's game could be played on the video boards in the Super Pit? Wouldn't that be incredible? The video boards aren't really required for instant replay, and at the women's games most fans sit so close to the action that they're not reliant on the video boards. Would somebody with a little more influence than me please contact Wren and see if it can be done.

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Isn't it nice having such an excellent product sponsor North Texas Athletics?

Not exactly a stellar Free Throw percentage, but I guess if you have a night like that it's best to have it when toying with UTSA.

2021-22 C-USA Standings EAST CONF GB OVR Middle Tennessee 13-4 - 22-8 Western Kentucky 10-7 3 18-12 Florida Atlantic 10-7 3 17-13 Charlotte 9-8 4 16-13 Old Dominion 7-10 6 12-18 Florida International 5-12 8 15-15 Marshall 4-13 9 11-19 WEST CONF GB OVR North Texas 16-1 - 23-4 UAB 13-4 3 23-7 Louisiana Tech 12-5 4 21-8 UTEP 10-7 6 17-12 Rice 7-10 9 15-14 UTSA 2-15 14 9-21 Southern Miss 1-16 15 6-24

MEANGREENSPORTS Abou Ousmane dunks on Jacob Germany in front of both UTSA fans SAN ANTONIO — The North Texas men's basketball team won a program-record 15th straight game Thursday with a 59-48 victory over UTSA at the Convocation Center. The Mean Green (23-4, 16-1 C-USA) have now won the second-most Conference USA league games in a single season with 16 and extend their already program record for single-season league wins. Thursday UNT was led by Preseason All-Conference forward Thomas Bell who finished with a team-high 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the victory. UNT, which owns the nation's top scoring defense, has now won 21 of its last 22 games and has held seven opponents under 50 points this year. The 15 straight C-USA wins is the longest among active league members and the sixth longest in the league's 27-year history. UNT finishes the regular season on Saturday with a road game at UTEP. Saturday's game is scheduled to tip-off at 2 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the Mean Green Sports Network. North Texas begins the 2022 Conference USA Men's Basketball Championship at the Star in Frisco on Thursday. Fans can purchase their tickets here. Team Statistics Team Statistics Game Stats UNT UTSA FG% .444 .396 3FG% .318 .091 FT% .462 .563 RB 35 29 TO 11 9 STL 2 3

As of earlier today.... but still could be slightly altered by tonight's and Saturday's games. (Click on it to enlarge the bracket) WKU wins at Marshall, puts pressure on FAU to keep up in race for final double bye. UAB clinches W2 with win at USM. La Tech locked in at W3

Possibly the best halftime show ever at a North Texas basketball game. Cheer squad performed the National Championship Award winning routine. I also involved the Dance Team and the Drum Line. I wish they would have performed it Saturday at the men's game. The crowd would have gone wild. I didn't post pictures of when the Dancers and Drum Line joined because I planned on showing their YouTube video. GONG! They can't show it on YouTube because it's part of the routine for the Cheer National Championship in April. Still a GREAT show. Sorry if you missed it.