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From ESPN Texas loses two players in one dayESPN.com news services AUSTIN, Texas -- The same day the Texas Longhorns found out they had lost freshman Earnesia Williams for the season due to a torn ACL, the team lost a second player, too, as junior Kalee Carey announced she was leaving the squad. The 6-foot-4 junior forward -- the second-tallest player in Texas history -- was a two-year letterwinner. Carey appeared in two of six games so far this season, playing a total of 10 minutes while failing to tally any points or rebounds. Carey last played against South Carolina (one minute) in Texas' 59-55 win on Nov. 25. Last season, Carey saw action in 31 games as a reserve post, scoring 98 points with 72 rebounds.

UNT-UT ?Try another comparison

Nothing new here. Your point?

Sun belt Women are ranked as the #12 conference by Sagarin. It's early but ahead of MAC, WAC and CUSA ladys http://www.rpiratings.com/womrate.htm

Here's the latest Pomeroy predictions. Have us favored in home games except for Houston & Denver. http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?y=2006&team=North%20Texas&t=p

ATTENDANCE AVERAGES - TO DATE WOMEN'S 2,852 Western Kentucky 2,710 UA-Little Rock 2,201 Middle Tennessee 2,064 Arkansas State 734 North Texas 622 Denver 449 Troy 212 ULL 206 FIU 202 New Orleans non listed - South Alabama MEN'S 5,828 WKU 4,260 Middle Tennessee 3,557 Arkansas State 3,310 UA-Little Rock 3,209 ULL 2,013 South Alabama 1,692 Troy 1,568 North Texas 1,456 Denver 953 FIU 542 UNO

Posted on the Sun Belt board by Space Raider. Women's Basketball Attendance Balloons In First Five Games MT Media Relations MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee women's basketball has seen a phenomenal jump in attendance for this season. In the first five games of the season, the Blue Raiders are averaging 2,201 per game. Middle Tennessee is currently ranked third in attendance in the conference behind Western Kentucky and Arkansas-Little Rock. The Lady Toppers lead the league averaging 2,852 fans per game, with the Trojans following with 2,710. The five-game attendance mark to start the season is almost a 300 percent increase from 2004-05, in which the Blue Raiders averaged 616.2 after five games. In the first four years after Middle Tennessee joined the Sun Belt, the Blue Raiders averaged approximately 160 fans per game after the first five games. "I think one of the factors to the increase in attendance is that we have a new staff and a lot of people are coming out to see what is going on," said Head Coach Rick Insell. "We got some momentum with our recruiting and another part is the success the team has had in the last couple of years in the NCAA Tournament. Those events alone have created excitement for the program." Middle Tennessee women's basketball has also seen a jump in season ticket sales. Last season, the Blue Raiders sold 1,176 season tickets. This season, women's basketball has sold 1,628. The Blue Raiders will play their final home game of 2005 on December 21 when the squad hosts former OVC foe Tennessee Tech. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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ULL plans cutbacks, preps for tight budget By RICHARD BURGESS rburgess@theadvocate.com Acadiana bureau LAFAYETTE -- While the University of Louisiana at Lafayette winds down the fall semester this week, the university is preparing for budget belt-tightening that administrators and professors say cannot be endured for long. ULL faces more than $2 million in budget cuts mandated by the state to help stave off a post-hurricane budget catastrophe -- and that number could rise in the coming months as the full economic impact of the storms is realized. FULL ARTICLE http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/120805...tbacks001.shtml

Hello......... The new soccer facility HAS already been built. Team practicing at their new soccer facility

Ranking the new coaches Ranking 2005's 23 new coaches after their first season: Charlie Weis, Notre Dame: Restored hope to the hopeless. Gave sight to the blind. Oops, wait. That's Touchdown Jesus. Weis came close to The Big Guy, though, waking up the echoes and turning Notre Dame into a national contender again. Already, he is the country's best offensive play caller and one of the best game planners. Les Miles, LSU: Should get coach of the year just for guiding the program through a couple of hurricanes. To get the Tigers into the SEC title game was amazing. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina: We thought he'd go 5-6 -- at best. Spur Dog is a ahead of the curve with the Cocks in a bowl game in his first year. Look out SEC East. Urban Meyer, Florida: Don't run this guy out of town, Gator fans. Meyer beat the school's three biggest rivals but lost to South Carolina. That's progress. Meyer is great at adjusting on the fly. Eight victories in his first season in Gainesville with Zook's players and all those injuries are amazing. Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio): Finished 7-4, tied for MAC East title and destroyed eventual MAC champ Akron. Kyle Whittingham, Utah: Whittingham was in a no-win situation. A Heisman finalist was leaving. Expectations were through the roof after an undefeated 2004. After a shaky start, Whittingham kept it together by winning three of the last four, including a win over BYU. Terry Hoeppner, Indiana: The Hoosiers faded down the stretch but Indiana started 4-2 and beat Kentucky. Better times are ahead. Bronco Mendenhall, BYU: The Cougars started scoring again, which is weird. Mendenhall is a defensive guy. Bill Cubit, Western Michigan When Cubit's son Ryan was knocked out, quarterback Tim Hiller came in and became MAC freshman of the year. Dave Wannstedt, Pittsburgh: Wanny did not restore the roar to the Panthers. An 0-3, including a loss to Ohio, degenerated into a 1-4 start that included a loss to Rutgers. With a bowl bid on the line, Pittsburgh didn't show up in the finale, losing by 32 at West Virginia. Frank Solich, Ohio: A nationally televised upset of Pittsburgh gave the Bobcats hope. A messy DUI put Solich's job in jeopardy. Ed Orgeron, Mississippi: By any measure, Coach O's 3-8 debut was a disappointment. Orgeron needs to find a quarterback and develop some toughness in the lines -- his specialty. Mark Snyder, Marshall: The news is not good for what used to be the most powerful mid-major. Tied for last in Conference USA East. Three of the seven losses for Snyder were by five points or less. Skip Holtz, East Carolina: If his name wasn't Holtz, would we care? The Pirates won their last two to finish 5-6. Brent Guy, Utah State: Life as a head coach (for Guy) and life in the WAC (for Utah State) started with a 3-8 thud. Guy was 3-1 against four other coaches on this list. Tyrone Willingham, Washington: Barely competitive in Ty's first season. Only one win (Arizona) over a BCS conference team. U-Dub is at an all-time low. Fortunately for Willingham, it was a lot worse at other places. Read on ... Walt Harris, Stanford: How does a team go from losing to Cal-Davis to leading Notre Dame with 1:49 left? Harris gets low marks just for confusing us. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State: A rookie head coach in the Big 12. Not a good combination. Okie State gave up a combined 153 points to the teams Gundy will have to beat to win the Big 12 South -- Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma. Dick Tomey, San Jose State: Tomey doesn't want to retire and the school doesn't want to drop football, how can we criticize 3-8? Mike Sanford, UNLV: The spread option produced only 18.8 points. The Rebels (2-9) finished last in the Mountain West. Ron Zook, Illinois: At least you can't blame Ron Turner anymore. The Illini gave up a school-record 435 points. Hal Mumme, New Mexico State: A disgraced athletic director (Boston McKinley) hired a disgraced coach. Oh-for-12 was the logical result. Greg Robinson, Syracuse: Sometimes you make life choices that are horrifically wrong. For Robinson, a career assistant until a 1-10 debut at The Cuse, there's always the NFL.

Ranking the leagues Big Ten: Seven bowl teams. Two BCS teams. The resurgence of Penn State. Three teams with at least nine victories. Pac-10: Going into the final weekend, three top 11 teams. USC has a 34-game winning streak. By Saturday, it will have the last two Heisman winners and three of the last four. Half of the league's members are in bowl games. SEC: The best defenses in the country are on display here but the league slipped overall. All 12 teams lost at least two games. ACC: Florida State slumped badly. Virginia Tech had two bad losses to end the season. Miami lost to Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech was the only national contender by November. Big 12: A one-team league (Texas). The North Division is a national joke. Gary Barnett has won the division four of the last five years and might get fired. Big East: Not as bad as you thought. When Rutgers gets to a bowl game, that's good news. South Florida is on the rise too. West Virginia should begin 2006 in the top 10. Conference USA: Quality at the top with Central Florida, Tulsa and UTEP. Mountain West: TCU was the best mid-major at 10-1 but the only loss was to SMU. After that, a lot of mediocrity. The other eight teams each lost at least five games. WAC: Fresno State played the game of the year (arguably) at USC. Four teams won at least seven games, including surprising Nevada (8-3). MAC: The league took a huge step back this year. Akron won the league at 7-5. Bowling Green was a disappointment at 6-5. Few signature non-conference victories. Sun Belt: It is, what it is -- a conglomeration of schools operating on the periphery of I-A.

Why the "future threat to UNT" in the title ?

Some other stuff in the same article as above. Baseball decision to be made soon UNT will make a decision on whether to field a baseball team in the spring of 2008 in the next 45 days. UNT would add the program in the fall of 2007 so the team would be ready for its first game the following spring. “We need to make a decision if we want to go in the fall of 2007, which is what I want to do,” Villarreal said. “We are looking at the balance of dollars, the Title IX implications and what is in the best interest of the program overall.” UNT has entered into an agreement with the Denton Outlaws, a Texas Collegiate League summer team, to build a field on UNT property across from the Mean Green Athletic Center. The Outlaws played on a field owned by UNT that is being converted into a softball field last season. “Eventually the Denton Outlaws will play on campus,” Villarreal said. “We hope to start construction quick enough to give them some place to play.” Indoor facility on radar Villarreal returned from a trip to Springfield, Mo., over the summer with a new perspective on a potential indoor practice facility for all Mean Green sports teams. Villarreal visited the Springfield Cardinals’ facilities during his stay, including their indoor practice area. “After talking with team officials, it was not nearly as expensive as one might have thought,” Villarreal said. “Their space was big enough for a football team to practice or have a soccer or softball team work out. “Right now our first priority is the football stadium, but if someone comes along and wants to make a donation and have the naming rights, it would help a lot of sports.” UNT’s APR numbers look good All of UNT’s sports teams will exceed the pass-fail line of 925 for the two-year reporting period in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Report, while the overall program will finish around the 940 mark, Villarreal said Thursday. The APR measures an athletic department’s performance in retaining its athletes and keeping them eligible. “We continue to do well,” Villarreal said. “Our graduation rate is about 67 percent, but have to continue to do better and push the envelope when it comes to academics.”

Football: Villarreal confident in Dickey’s abilities Athletic director, coach meet to discuss future of UNT football program 08:41 AM CST on Friday, December 9, 2005 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer North Texas athletic director Rick Villarreal expressed confidence in head football coach Darrell Dickey and his efforts to rebuild the Mean Green after a 2-9 season on Thursday, just a few days after a postseason meeting. “The meeting was for us to look at what we can do to make sure that we give the team the best opportunity to be successful and make sure that our expectations are the same,” Villarreal said. “We were both in agreement. I am very confident that coach Dickey will work hard to make the adjustments that need to be made.” Villarreal said Dickey would return for his ninth season at UNT in 2006. UNT won the Sun Belt Conference title and played in the New Orleans Bowl in four straight seasons while producing a pair of national rushing champions in Patrick Cobbs and Jamario Thomas from 2001-04 before a down year last season. UNT was picked to win a fifth straight Sun Belt title in the league’s preseason poll, but lost five conference games by a combined 21 points. “Rick gave me a lot of opinions on what he saw and what we can do better,” Dickey said. “It was a productive meeting.” Dickey said the meeting was the first he has had with Villarreal following a season since the beginning of the Mean Green’s run as Sun Belt champions. UNT has made several improvements to its facilities since the beginning of the Mean Green’s run as Sun Belt champs, including the addition of an athletic center and new artificial turf at Fouts Field.

Saw a post stating they had received an exemption from the NCAA on # of programs required to remain 1A. Tulane to suspend half its athletic programs Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- Tulane is suspending half its athletic programs to cope with the financial damage done by Hurricane Katrina. The school will continue to compete in Conference USA in football, men's and women's basketball and baseball, along with volleyball, women's indoor track, outdoor track and cross-country Men's track and cross country, women's swimming and soccer, men's and women's golf, and men's and women's tennis are part of university-wide cuts. The cuts affect about 100 athletes. The school will still compete in Division I-A because it received a five-year waiver of the league requirement of 16 sports, university president Scott Cowen said Thursday. Athletic Director Rick Dickson went to displaced athletes' current campuses to inform those whose programs were eliminated. "Today is a day of great loss," Dickson said. "As far as I am concerned, no student-athlete is any more important than any other." Cowen said the university will honor athletic scholarships for students who stay at Tulane, even though their programs were eliminated. Those who transfer to continue with sports cut by Tulane will be immediately eligible to play at their new schools, said Doug Hertz, chairman of the board's athletics committee. Hertz said the board considered eliminating athletics altogether. "Anybody who loves Tulane athletics owes Scott Cowen and Rick Dickson a huge pat on the back for going to the NCAA and convincing them to give us a waiver and for going to the conference and convincing them to allow us to continue to compete," Hertz said. "That was essential." The Green Wave's membership in C-USA and accompanying revenue from television contracts is worth between $1.8 and $2 million dollars a year, Hertz said. Tulane has had minimal income from athletics since Katrina hit. The football, volleyball, soccer and basketball teams have been competing on four campuses in Louisiana and Texas. The football team played 11 games in 11 different cities. Where the team will play next season is still uncertain. Hertz said the university will evaluate all of its facilities in January. The men's and women's basketball teams will return to campus later this month. A women's game in Fogelman Arena on Dec. 18 will be the city's first college or professional sporting event since the hurricane. The men's team will return a week later.

From USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/foo...wl-revenues.htm

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2250930 Sun Belt MVP: Arkansas State RB Antonio Warren Despite playing in only nine games, Warren led the New Orleans Bowl-bound Indians in rushing (1,046) and ranked second in scoring (36 points). He placed 13th nationally in rushing average (116.2 ypg) despite being the only player in the top 30 to have fewer than 170 carries. North Texas RB Patrick Cobbs (104.9 ypg) gets a mention, despite his team's poor finish. Coach of the Year: Florida International's Don Strock A preseason poll of league coaches picked the Panthers to finish last by a large margin, but FIU won five games and finished in fourth place. Strock's offense led the league in passing yards (2,595) and ranked third in scoring offense (23.4 ppg). FIU hardly looked like a provisional Division I-A member, upsetting Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 5. Arkansas State's Steve Roberts gets a mention here. Newcomer of the Year: Louisiana-Lafayette RB Tyrell Fenroy The freshman became the first Cajuns RB ever to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. He finished the year with three consecutive 100-yard games and ranked second in the league in rushing touchdowns (12) and third in rushing average (95.7 ypg). Fenroy ranked fifth nationally among freshman in rushing. Biggest Surprise: Arkansas State Picked to finish sixth in the league before the season, Arkansas State won the league and earned its first bowl appearance. The Indians won four of their final five league games and will play in the postseason for the first time since 1987, when they reached the Division I-AA quarterfinals. Biggest Disappointment: North Texas Not surprisingly, North Texas was the preseason pick to win the league after claiming the title in each of the past four seasons. But the Mean Green tumbled into a last-place tie with Florida Atlantic after losing their final six games. Despite the efforts of RB Patrick Cobbs (1,154 yards), North Texas ranked last in the league in both scoring defense (31.5 ppg) and passing offense (129.3 ypg, 13 INTs).

The notiarity of Oak Street Hall, the races to beat the 11PM & 1AM curfews, parties at Shahan's Point...... memories, memories

Spare us. The thread is about Texas State not your name thing

Nope, it's Louisiana-Lafayette

"Young men fight wars because of the politics of old men". In the early 50's we escorted a mine sweeper from Pearl to Japan that had been given to the JDF (Japanese Defense Forces). While at Midway Island so the sweep could refuel, Japanese officers joined our officers at the base O club. Two junior officers were on the sweep as interpretors because they spoke english. Found out that the remaining crew were all formerly in the Japanese Imperial Navy during WWII. Just a few years later dining at the same table. (3 of our 5 officers along with our chiefs and several senior PO's were also WWII vets).

It is early, but because of their win, we DID move up some in Sagarin & Pomerory even though we lost to A&M.

Men's basketball: UNT barely misses out on upset 09:05 AM CST on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer COLLEGE STATION — When the ball left Kendrick Davis’ hand late Tuesday night, the North Texas junior was confident the Mean Green were on their way to perhaps the biggest upset win of Johnny Jones’ five-year tenure at UNT’s head coach. The Mean Green were trailing Texas A&M by two when Davis hoisted a 3-point shot with one second left on the clock in front of a hushed crowd at Reed Arena. The silence was broken when Davis’ shot bounced high off the back of the rim at the buzzer to preserve the Aggies’ 72-70 win in front of 5,348. “That is the type of shot I practice all the time,” Davis said. “I am the type of person who will live with it whether I make it or miss it. I will shoot that shot again. It felt good. I don’t regret it one bit.” The near miss brought to an end perhaps the Mean Green’s best performance of the season. UNT (2-3) led through much of the first half, came back from a 10-point deficit in the final six minutes and had three chances in the final 2:42 to tie the game or take the lead. The Mean Green missed out on all three opportunities and saw a chance for an upset slip away. Texas A&M (5-0) came into the game on an early roll and is receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll. “We played them tough, but we couldn’t get it to fall at the end,” Jones said. “They did what they had to do to get a ‘W.’ This kind of game will help us if we can come out next time with the same intensity.” That intensity helped UNT jump out to a 25-21 lead midway through the first half after Davis hit one of his two 3-point shots on the night. Junior guard Calvin Watson scored 22 points to lead UNT, while Davis had 21. Texas A&M overcame a solid performance from UNT’s backcourt, thanks to the play of Joseph Jones. The 6-9 sophomore forward dominated the paint and finished with a career-high 35 points to go along with 13 rebounds. Joseph Jones’ point total was the highest for a Texas A&M player in 11 years. Davis called Jones a monster, a comment the Aggies’ leading player accepted as a compliment. “I will take it if that is what they are going to give to me,” Joseph Jones said. “They were competing really hard, but my guards did a great job of getting me the ball and I was just feeling it.” Jones was especially effective late in the first half when he scored seven straight points to spark a 14-6 Texas A&M run that gave the Aggies a 38-31 lead at intermission. Jones finished with 17 points before intermission and helped put the Mean Green’s front line in foul trouble early. UNT senior center Jeffrey Simpson picked up a pair of fouls in less than two minutes and was joined on the bench a short time later by sophomore forward Quincy Williams, who also picked up two quick fouls. “It was difficult for us because he is an excellent post player,” Johnny Jones said. “He is a great finisher and got to the line.” UNT was able to stay in the game, despite Jones’ big night. The Mean Green got to within one point five times early in the second half before Texas A&M pushed its lead to 67-57 with 6:13 left on a pair of free throws from Dominique Kirk. UNT got back to within 70-68 on a Watson jumper with 2:42 left, but turned the ball over and missed a pair of shots in the closing moments, including Davis’ last-second 3-pointer at the buzzer. Even though UNT didn’t get the result it wanted, Johnny Jones was happy with the look Davis got at the basket. “Kendrick has been a really good 3-point shooter for us,” he said. “He is a clutch player. That is a great shot for him. We just didn’t get the bounce.”

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