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I wish Mangrum the very best. He is a class act and this is an unfortunate incident for him and the team. I suspect that he is done for good. I find it hard to believe that his knee will heal to a degree that he can play again given that it hasn't healed properly after several years.

They didn't "turn on them"... they were moaning and groaning about the embarrassing play. What do you expect them to do? Celebrate? I think I am about done with this conversation... it is going no where and is getting blown way out of proportion.

CBL, did you attend or even watch (not listen) this game. I suspect you were not there else you'd feel my pain. The Super Pit was electric. The crowd was having a blast. Then the back-ups came in and deflated the entire place. The students were grumpy and embarrassed about this...even yelling at our own players.... I understand that a coach needs to play the bench in a blow out, but their play was embarrassing. After ULL did the alley-oop, I would have put our starters back in just for that and give 'em another beating... JJ gives them mercy and that's how they act. And what about the students who do not come out to every game or know our line up? These folks just thought we really stank it up and almost gave the game away.... It sucks that in such a great victory came that ending and this thread....

Ok. I get it. No one agrees with me.

The problem with this analysis is that JJ cleared the bench at around 8:00 minutes, not 2:00 minutes. All that bench needed was another 3 or 4 minutes and ULL would have pulled out the win. It was embarrassing. I wonder how many people who are saying it wasn't that big a deal actually watched the game versus listening on the radio. That last 8 minutes were downright ugly, and I wonder how the radio guys reported it. Why is it so bad that I want to have a strong game from start to finish? I don't mean a 40 point win, but not allowing it to get so ugly. My god, ULL started doing ally-oop dunks, steals, blocks, out-hustling us... it was not pretty.

It's about finishing strong, which has absolutely killed us this season... we've been in nearly every game, except Houston, only to give it away at the end. Can we please have 1 dominant game where we play a complete game from start to finish. That's all I'm saying. I would have put in the back ups when JJ did. However, given the current circumstances, I would have pulled them after their lousy performance.... everyone, even the back ups, should be held accountable. No one should be allowed to stink it up. We do not have that luxury with our closing problems. Guys, you know me. I don't complain much, but we really need to learn how to finish strong... we did not do that tonight.

This isn't a charity event. When our team turns the ball over 8 times in 5 minutes and drops, what was it, 15-20 points, after the bench enters the game.... I say re-bench 'em. We need consistency and strong finishes more than anything right now... even more than dishing out bench time that turned into a mess. I am not against playing these players, reward them, but they have to play up to D-1 standards to stay in....at least, in my opinion. The Pit Crew section was getting very grumpy during this time... even starting yelling at a few of our players... we were all flying high and then watched that catastrophe of an ending. Aside from this ending, we had a blast. One of our best first halves of the season. I hope that we can continue this momentum into February/March.

Not me.

I was VERY unhappy with the finish. We need to have a strong game from start to finish. I know we could have put up 110 the way we were playing, but we totally lost momentum at the end.... it is was sloppy too in front of a big crowd.

Hey, I like the ESPN ticker... just noticed we are now, "UNT Mean Green." Nice.

The refs are out of control. They just instructed 2 police officers to remove several patrons.

That was not a player control foul on Tramiel. The refs have really taken over this game and even calling even minor aggressive plays....

Howerton having one of his best games of the season.

37-34 is correct. They had to go to the monitor for a "close" shot at the buzzer... it wasn't even close...

Tramiel had a double-double in the first half.

Good things happen when Tramiel gets that ball. Stop the 3 ball lobs and feed Tramiel dammit! The guards will get their shots when the defense collapses on Tramiel and he kicks it out. It is really that simple. FEED TRAMIEL!

Is this game on TV? The ESPN ticker said "official TV timeout" on the last break.

Also it appears that the Live Stats will be functioning this game (free). You can find it here.

I hope we win this one. Tough place for the Mean Green to win. BTW, you can watch this game on Mean Green Sports Premium ($$$).

I own Computer Rescue and Maintenance, which I am in the process of shutting down before I leave for internship..... I know a thing or two about computers Quoner.

I cannot believe how that game ended in so many ways... why in the hell did the ball end up in Dennis' hands??? He is one of our absolute worst shooters this season... why didn't Tramiel get the ball?? He is by far our highest percentage shooters!

The good news for the SBC Tourny is that we more than hold our own against the best teams in the league.... we just have to learn how to finish a game....

Hey fellas...I'm tired of reading mine and CMJ's posts.... where are y'all??? Jump in this conversation!

Johnson is dominating this game in so many ways.

More phantom calls.... that was not even close to a travel by Johnson.