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I agree, but we could also change the borderline fans attitude with a solid win at home against TCU. Of course this won't happen without the proper board work.

Here's the article. Lady Eagles claim Century Tel title 12/01/2002 Staff report SAN MARCOS — The North Texas women’s basketball team captured the Southwest Texas Century Tel Classic with a convincing win over the Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos 65-41 at Strahan Coliseum Saturday. The Lady Eagles (3-0) used a stingy defense to hold the Kangaroos (1-3) to just 29 percent shooting from the floor and only seven second-half field goals. "I thought that we had them scouted well and we came out red hot shooting from the floor,’’ said North Texas head coach Tina Slinker. ‘’We were able to take their top players out of the game and just played great defense.’’ North Texas opened the game with a 9-2 run and extended their lead to 17-4 with 13:03 left in the first half. True freshman Jamie Armstrong came off the bench blazing as she poured in 13 first-half points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor. UMKC (1-2) got as close as 27-16 in the first half with 4:09, but the Lady Eagles ended the half on an 8-2 run to take a 35-18 lead into the break. The North Texas lead ballooned to 52-28 midway through the second half sparked by junior forward Emily Britt’s career-high 11 points off the bench. Angel Lewis continued her sparkling defense as she held Kangaroo leading scorer Katie Houlehan to just three points on the afternoon and 0-11 shooting from the floor. "I really like the way that Angel has been playing. She has been playing great defense and she has taken a real leadership roll for us this year’’ said Slinker. Lewis turned in eight points and eight rebounds on the afternoon. Armstrong’s 13 points led North Texas while Kim Blanton turned in her third consecutive double-figure game with 11 points. North Texas has now won seven straight games at the SW Texas Century Tel Classic and won their third tournament championship. The Lady Eagles continue their five-game road trip and will go after their fourth straight win to start the season on Tuesday against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 5:30 p.m.

Congrats to the Lady Eagles and Coach Slinker.

I listened to the game with my four month old. Yes, I am trying to brainwash him in to the Mean Green Nation! I would agree with everyone's assessment of the game. One question, how many fans did we have there, and how many total fans were there? Okay, that was two questions, and come to think of it, I have one more. What is the capacity of Moody?

UNT’s Davis, SMU’s Ross set for reunion 11/29/2002 By Tim MacMahon / Staff Writer Chris Davis strongly considered SMU and a few other schools before deciding to play his college ball at North Texas. The 6-5 senior swingman still might deserve a smidgen of credit for the Mustangs’ winning seasons the last two years. According to Davis, he helped develop the game of Quinton Ross, his 6-6 SMU counterpart and former Kimball teammate. "Since I was a little bit older, I had to have him under my wing a little bit and teach him the ropes," said Davis, who will face his former understudy Friday night at Moody Coliseum when the Mustangs and Mean Green meet. "But he done grew up now." The pair played together for just one season at Kimball. Davis, who transferred from Irving, was a senior and the team’s star. He played the point forward-type position previously filled by his cousins, Jason and Jeryl Sasser, among others who went from Kimball to college stardom. Ross was a junior, a role player on a team that went to the Class 5A regionals. Ross, who had a two-inch growth spurt between his junior and senior years in high school, filled Davis’ shoes the following season, leading Kimball to the state championship game. "They are as similar as you can get," said Kimball coach Royce Johnson, who was an assistant under his father, Goree, before taking the helm prior to Ross’ senior season. Johnson moved Kimball’s game with Carter to a 1 p.m. tip Friday just so he could see the two all-around threats compete against each other. Both players hope to better their performances from SMU’s 74-66 win over UNT at the Super Pit last season. Davis, who was the nation’s ninth-leading scorer with an average of 22.5 points per game, shot a dismal 5-of-24 from the field and was held to 15 points. Ross, an All-WAC defensive selection whose primary concern was slowing Davis, scored just five points on 1-of-9 shooting. "I really didn’t relax during the game," said Ross, who has scored a career-high 28 points in both of SMU’s games this season. "But this year should be different because we’ve played against each other." Added Davis, who redshirted his first season at UNT: "I was just so into it and so energetic. I didn’t let the game come to me. But they came out with the victory, so he got the best of me. "This one is for the bragging rights. Q gave me a little heat this summer, talking about how they beat us." When he isn’t ribbing Davis about the Mustangs’ victory, Ross speaks reverently about the UNT star. "He can do it all," Ross said. "He can shoot, rebound. He’s big. He can defend, push the ball on the break. He was really the same player at Kimball, he just improved his skills and got a lot stronger." The spindly SMU senior could just as easily be describing himself.

Are we really supposed to believe that Tark the Shark was heartbroken? These types of activities follow him around. Think there is a connection?

Great post. My only addtion would be: 12. He has made an effort to connect with the alumni. Something HELLwig never did. RV came to one of my Fraternity's alumni meetings this summer and talked about the direction of the programs, what was planned for the future, and how important it was for us to get involved. He did this after spending the day in Austin selling our program to alumni down there. I don't recall ANY past AD's getting out selling the program in the past. I have grown up a Mean Green fan. My father taught at NTSU/UNT beginning in 1965, and I was born shortly thereafter. The same issues regarding attendance, community support, alumni support, and student/campus support that we face today have been there for the last 37 years. I had a discussion about this with my family this weekend. It amazes me that a town that relies on UNT and TWU as much as Denton does, that it doesn't support these universities more. I am a diehard UNT fan and will be through all my living days. The one area that I feel is lacking and could make a huge difference in the future of UNT athletics, is student support. I never saw any promotions regarding UNT's athletic events when I was in school. We never had on campus pep rallies like they did this year. We never had 2,000 attend the Bonfire like they did this year. How do we change this? We build school spirit beginning with freshman orientation, faculty and staff show pride and wear green one day of the week promoting the games, on campus advertising to the students, decorate the campus green, etc.... These would all build school spirit, as I am sure many more and better ideas would. UNT needs to connect with its students they way other universities do. We love to make fun of TAMU, but there students are some of the most loyal anywhere. Do we need to go to these lengths? No, but we should do what works for us. Create a connection to the students. Once you do this, they will be more apt to give back when they graduate. I can sit and look at what I have in this world today and thank UNT for providing my father with a job to support us, and I can thank UNT for providing me with an education to support my wife and child. Giving back is the least I can do? Sorry for the longwindedness. Go Mean Green

That is flat out awesome!!! Maybe the little green haired son is finally going to get some well deserved attention. Now, maybe the local media will follow this up with some nice stories during the season.

Marin ejected in UNT win NCAA’s leading scorer will miss SBC semifinals 11/07/2002 Staff report MOBILE, ALA. — North Texas got two goals from Melinda Pina and a very unwelcome turn of events in a 4-1 victory over Middle Tennessee in the opening round of the Sun Belt Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament Wednesday. Marilyn Marin Marilyn Marin, the nation’s leading scorer in NCAA Division I, received a red card in the 38th minute of the contest because of rough play. North Texas (13-4-1) not only had to play the rest of Wednesday’s game shorthanded, but will also be without Marin in Thursday’s semifinals as she serves an automatic one-game suspension. "I was proud of the way the team played, especially being a [player] down," said UNT coach John Hedlund. "I think we played a man short for about 60 minutes. The team showed a lot of character. We’re just glad to get to the next day." Hedlund said losing Marin, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, "hurts because she’s a tremendous player but at the same time I think the girls really wanted to show that they are not a one-man team." Sophomore defender Caree Ridenour posted the game’s first goal in the 12th minute to give North Texas the early lead. Seven minutes later, Pina scored to make it 2-0. Even with 10 players on the field, North Texas continued to dominate the attack and got a quick goal by midfielder Michelle Uselton, assisted by Pina, right after the start of the second half in the 46th minute. Pina scored in the 74th minute on a great one-on-one chance from 15 yards out to give North Texas a 4-0 cushion. Middle Tenneesse ruined the shutout bid for North Texas when Lindsey Bopp scored off an assist on a corner kick by Laura Miguez in the 76th minute. North Texas will face host South Alabama in the 7 p.m. semifinals Thursday.

Four-year letterman guard back on court as student assistant Dario Aguilar Sports Editor November 07, 2002 When Johnny Jones graduated from Louisiana State University in 1985, Dale Brown, the head coach of the Tigers, offered him the option of coming back to the team to work as a student assistant. Now the head coach of the Mean Green, Jones offered the same opportunity to former guard Kenneth Mangrum. Mangrum, a four-year letterman for NT who graduated in August, accepted the job. "I felt like I had an opportunity to learn some things and share some things [with my former teammates]," Jones said of assisting Brown and the coaching staff at LSU. "Kenneth has brought that aspect here [while] being around working manager duties and at the same time watch basketball and watch for things that the team is doing on the court." Mangrum, primarily known last season as a defensive specialist for NT, wanted to help with just that aspect this season as the Mean Green will try to rid itself of the low ranking it had last season in the Sun Belt. While NT ranked first in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring, averaging 78.4 points per game, it ranked last in scoring defense, giving up 78.2 points per game to opponents. "I'm just observing and putting my two cents in," Mangrum said. "I'm kind of here being a motivator and doing whatever I can do to help on defense. If I see something that the coach didn't see then I will let [the player] know." Sophomore guard Leonard Hopkins said that Mangrum's help as an assistant has been invaluable thus far. "He was a defensive star for four years," Hopkins said. "I played behind him last year and I learned from his game. He taught me how to get a good position on the player and not play so far off him." Hopkins said that Mangrum's experience at the collegiate level has been something that the underclassmen have looked up to and respected. "He's good to have around the team because he has been in the college game for four years," Hopkins said. "He has helped us at the guard position because he has been here and played it." Mangrum said that this season is much different for him than last year, no longer running drills and formations with his former teammates. "I get flashbacks of last year, but I am glad I don't have to run lines anymore," Mangrum said with a chuckle. "But it's kind of tough watching and being on the sidelines." But the former guard who was next to the players on the court helping the Mean Green earn its first winning record in five years is still listened to, but in a different position on the court and with a whistle around his neck instead of a green practice jersey on his back. "Last year he was a teammate and we joked around, but this year we have to take him seriously and look at him like a coach," Hopkins said. "But he has earned that spot so we can't give him anything but respect."

Sounds painful!

Does this mean our soccer chicks are "sexier" than MTSU's? Way to go Ladie Eagles!! Win the SBC!!

Relax BHud, Shane has been trying to teach us the ins and outs of journalism for quite a while now. We are just too slow to catch on!

Everyone should take Silver's cue and attend them all, rain or shine.

Not to get into the for and against arguement here, but my Fraternity has taken this stance from the beginning. We just completed construction of our house this fall, and have followed this from the start. In reference to your post SilverEagle, Sigma Chi has always supported UNT football and entered the stadium and cheered together. So hopefully we will see you there. Better bring your binoculars if you are on the pressbox side, you know how far apart the stands are!! I agree and hope all the Fraternities follow suit, but from my observation at all the games at Fouts this year, the Fraternities has a large contingent in the stands. Let's all support UNT and UNT athletics. Afterall, it is the University that prepared us for the real world. Go Mean Green Eagles.

No they shouldn't be a PR rag for UNT, but they should post both sides to the story. This is misleading, and most of us feel, aimed to get the students to oppose the POSSIBLE purchase of the law school. These reactions are just the culmination of many years of frustration over this type of article.

Here's the linkUNT golfballs

I would fathom a guess that the area in the SW corner between Bonnie Brae and I35W could also be used for intramurals, thus opening up all the space around Fouts for expansion of the Athletic Center, Fouts Field, and the practice facilities. Again, this is just a guess.

Sounds like a Nate Newton starter kit

Chico Esquella.

I emailed RV asking this question for my nephew, who is a senior on the Grapevine High School team. RV's reply was that UNT currently had a Club team. He didn't say much more which leads me to believe that this is not in his immediate plans. I must agree. There are bigger fish to fry at this time.

Well let's see here. 1. SMU's football team was being trashed and the location of their campus, not their academic programs. 2. "For Christ's sake". This coming from a man that doesn't believe in any god. 3. "Holy Crap Man". See #2. Not only are you an idiot, but you can't seem to make up your mind about what you believe. <_<

I agree!!!! The Eagles has been our mascot forever. Now I do like the Mean Green nickname, but I hate to see us go away from the eagle. The eagle is our tradition.

How about burning this to a CD and playing it during the tailgating festivities?

I, for one, would like to see this from time to time. This would set UNT apart, make our cheerleaders unique, draw attention,.......Oh, who am I kidding, The 21 year olds in skirts is the real reason. Of course my wife would beat me senseless. Seriously though, I believe our fans, dance team, and cheerleaders all do a great job. I have never watched them solely throughout the game, but when I do, they seem to be doing a great job.