UNTLifer

Are you serious?

You forgot one other: "We had a coach that knew how to prepare us and make good decisions during the game." Jim Nasium.

I listened to almost every Bball game this year and heard the same thing. At least with football I'd seen us out play and out hustle someone.

e-bone, I'll respond since I am one of "those fans that only attended one game this year." I used to go to all of the games. I came to one this year and watched us get out coached, out hustled, and out played by teams with less athletic talent. I saw us jacking up threes without working the ball on offense. saw is not blocking out on the boards, saw us playing poor defense and watched a coach that doesn't know how to utilize timeouts or substitutions. I apologize if, in your eyes, this makes me a bad supporter of NT. I just don't agree with you. I will come to games when the above is corrected, but for now, the above equals a boring game in my book. You blame our lack of conference movement on lack of support for the basketball program? How about the lack of support by the athletic department. We are hosting a conference tournament and can't get cheerleaders there? Our world reknowned music school's pep band gets outplayed by ASU's? This just sends a message that they don't care, which in turn, causes the fans to feel the same way. They should have gone all out hosting this tournament. Instead, attendance for the remaining games will be an embarrasement to North Texas, and we won't host another for a long time. I don't blame you for trying to get fans out there, it is just they manner in which you try to do it.

I went to one game this year and observed how poorly coached we were and didn't go back. Would have liked to have gone tonight, but didn't get back in town until 8:00pm. From what I have read, JJ should be shown the door.

e-bone, I'm with JohnDenver on this one. You are a whipping, and you contradict yourself. In your first post you state, "The saddest part about this is that the vast majority of NT "die hards" don't care." Then you state in your next post, "And you're right, the real die hards will be at the tournament, which is the point I'm trying to make." Make up your mind. Going on a rant everytime attendance is brought up isn't going to attract anyone. Oh, I won't be there because I will be out of town due to a family illness. Wish I could be there, but it isn't possible.

I'm in and, if it doesn't get the athletic dept. in trouble, would go for a 50%/50% split with Andrew's fund.

Didn't realize we would get Henderson back. Still, I would like the Mavs to aquire defense and rebounding, not someone a former teammate labeled as "soft."

Don't forget to add that you also get to see us get hammered by a sub .500 team by 19 points. Maybe RV should stop dancing and look at the performance of his two Bball coaches.

Yes, and the Indiana game from last year would prove this point. I know Indiana is not ACC, but if we can't sell out Indiana, then who?

Bad trade. What in the world do the Mavs need Van Horn for?

Without even seeing next years schedule, 4-12 at best. Bledsoe blows.

Cerebus, I never received a PM.

Pudge showed up 22 lbs. lighter to training camp today. Coincedence? I think not.

Interesting silence regarding this topic.

Were Closed?

Not all the blame should go to the players.....Bettman should look in the mirror. He has been a disaster as NHL Commissioner.

I would attribute their increased numbers to the fact that their student body and general population is typically uglier and thusly did not have a date for this evening.

The kind of comments that don't win fans.

Nope, gotta go with the egg.

Please explain why this is a commuter school? e-bone, I came to the ULAR game this year and it was boring. Poor decisions, poor rebounding, being out hustled equaled boring in my book.

Why do you give Nellie credit for calling out Finley, but not Johnson for calling out Dampier?

ebone, not once did I state that we should fire the coach in the middle of the season, but they must be more accountable for the performance, or lack there of, of their teams. Slinkers teams, save a few years when Jalie Mitchell and Rosalyn Reades were here, have continually completed a season with a losing record. Think it is odd that the athletic webpage doesn't show her career record at NT? JJ, I personally like him, but am starting to wonder about his ability to lead this team. Sure we have a winning record this year, but who have we really beat? I just don't believe that the other Sunbelt teams have that much more talent than we do. Speaking of the Super Pit, it is the best facility in the Metroplex and probably only ranks behind a few in the state. We should be able to recruit better regarding the education NT provides, the facility and the area we are located. The recruiting is getting better, but their performances are ho-hum at this point. I do hope they can turn the season around and go in to the conference tournament on a positive note, but things don't look good right now. I applaud you for your dedication to the bball cause, don't get me wrong. I just get tired of the constant rant against alumni that don't turn out for the games. The responsibilities of life, job, wife, children, etc..., are much more than the responsibilities of a student. You may not understand this now, but you will after graduation. Also, attending 15 home games including some during the week is a much larger committment than 5 or 6 home football games.

Lack of support does not cause a team to lose by 50 pts. on fall behind 19-1 to start a game. Besides, 3,000+ shows that attendance is improving despite the poor performances of late. Slinker has been here too long and has proven to be a relatively good recruiter, but doesn't seem to produce much with the talent once it arrives. I think it is time for her to go. 16+ seasons with her record is unheard of. JJ is somewhat of an enigma to me. I want to support him and see if he can revive this program from the Trilli era, but the performances of late, our record this year despite a relatively forgiving schedule is puzzling. I observe an athletic team without much court discipline. This is a direct reflection on the coach. e-bone, I appreciate your enthusiasm and support for the b-ball games, but your constant finger pointing at alums that you don't think properly support these programs is tiring and does more harm than good.