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DENTON — The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – the $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks – revealed Wednesday that Bleed Green, the North Texas men's basketball alumni team, has been admitted into TBT's 64-team field. Bleed Green will be competing in the Wichita Regional at Koch Arena from July 22-25. Purchase Tickets Here Bleed Green is organized by 2022 UNT men's basketball graduate J.J. Murray and 2020 UNT men's basketball graduate DJ Draper (who will also play). Bleed Green's current roster includes: Shannon Shorter (2009-11) Jordan Williams (2011-15) DJ Draper (2015-20) Jorden Duffy (2017-19) Zachary Simmons (2017-21) Thomas Bell III (2019-22) Brandon Jefferson (Metro State) Murphy Holloway (Ole Miss) Wendell Mitchell (Baylor/Texas A&M) The team will be coached by current North Texas Director of Basketball Operations Andre Shaw. The No. 7 seed Bleed Green will take on No. 2 seed Eberlein Drive in the team's first-round game on Friday, July 22 at 1 pm CT. If Bleed Green advances to the second round, they will face the winner of No. 3 seed Purple and Black (Kansas State alumni) and No. 6 seed Lone Star Legends on Saturday, July 23 at 5 pm CT. The Wichita Regional championship game is Monday, July 25 at 8 pm CT. TV information for the Wichita Regional will be released soon. The winner of the Wichita Regional will face the winner of the Omaha Regional in the quarterfinals in Wichita on July 27. Semifinals will be in Dayton, Ohio at UD Arena on July 30, and the $1M winner-take-all championship game on Aug. 2.

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Graham Harrell – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach (First season at WVU) One of Brown’s biggest offseason moves was the hiring of Harrell, a former record-setting QB at Texas Tech who has quickly become one of the most respected offensive minds in the sport. Harrell has served stints as OC and quarterbacks coach at North Texas (2016-18) and USC (2019-21), forming a relationship with new WVU quarterback JT Daniels at the latter stop. Last season, USC led the Pac-12 in passing offense, red zone offense and third down conversion percentage, ranking in the top 20 nationally in each category. Harrell also produced back-to-back top 25 offenses at North Texas. read more: https://www.wboy.com/goldandbluenation/wvu-football/2022-wvu-football-roster-review-head-coach-and-offensive-assistants/amp/

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The actor was announced to be playing the main character in a film about the famous North Texas wrestling family. LOS ANGELES — For decades, thousands of wrestling fans around North Texas would pack the Dallas Sportatorium to watch the Von Erich family fight off opponents from all over the country like the Fabulous Freebirds. This beloved family didn't have a happy ending, however. The promoter of World Class Championship Wrestling, Dallas' local wrestling territory from the '60s through the '80s, was Fritz Von Erich. He would live to see five of his six sons, some of whom were the star wrestlers of WCCW, die tragically. read more: https://www.wfaa.com/amp/article/entertainment/movies/zac-efron-star-von-erich-family-biopic/287-04c3298e-7912-4337-92b1-be4270b0d1c4

Charlotte 49ers Preview 2022 The 49ers are still trying to find the consistency needed to be a bigger factor in Conference USA. The breakthrough bowl season in 2019 was fun, the 2-4 season in 2020 was because of 2020 – there weren’t any bad losses among the four – and last year a bowl game was well within each, but the defense went bye-bye over a three game losing streak to close out the year. The experience is there to be better after a decent season, but it’ll be all about the improvement on the other side of the ball. The new-look Conference USA schedule just got a lot easier, but it’s still going to be a fight to get close to six wins if the D isn’t far, far better. But first … Link: https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/05/charlotte-49ers-preview-2022-season-prediction-breakdown-key-games-players

CLEVELAND – KD Davis was named to Phil Steele’s 2022 Preseason All-American Fourth Team; the publication announced this week. After a stellar 2021 campaign, KD Davis was one of two Conference USA players to be named a Preseason All-American. He totaled 121 tackles, 13.0 TFLs and 5.5 sacks with two fumble recoveries. He started all 13 games at middle linebacker and earned First Team All-CUSA honors in the coaches’ poll. Ten members of the team were also named to the Preseason All-Conference USA teams. Oscar Adaway, John Davis, KD Davis, and Manase Mose received first team honors. John Davis totaled 18 tackles with an interception and four pass breakups in 10 appearances, nine of which were starts. Mose earned second team All-CUSA honors from the coaches in 2021. Adaway missed last season due to injury. Defensive tackle Roderick Brown was named to the second team. Offensive tackle Cole Brown and linebacker Larry Nixon were both recognized on the third team. Running back Isaiah Johnson, offensive guard Gabe Blair and wide receiver/punt return specialist Roderic Burns garnered fourth team accolades. The Mean Green open the 2022 season on Aug. 27 in El Paso against UTEP at 8 p.m. (CT) on Stadium.

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Wichita State announced Kevin Saal, the current athletic director at Murray State, as its new leader in the athletic department on Wednesday. As Shocker fans learn more about their school’s new AD, here is what other college administrators have said about Saal. Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart TOP ARTICLES “With an incredible focus on education and a competitive spirit, Kevin brings an integrity and discipline that is the foundation for moving teams to a championship culture. His passion and capacity for college athletics is balanced by a love and care for people at the highest, most genuine level. His experience at every level in athletics provides WSU and the community with a proven leader going forward.” read more: https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article262570672.html

"We do have the one thing you can't win in college football without, and that's good quarterback play," Lashlee told 247Sports Brandon Marcello on the College Football Daily podcast. "Tanner Mordecai had a fantastic year last year so we're fortunate to have him back. We are fortunate to have a [redshirt] freshman quarterback in Preston Stone who is the highest-rated player to ever come to SMU. So we have two quarterbacks we feel we can win with. If you have a quarterback, you have chance. Having [Mordecai and Stone] allows us to spend time trying fill those holes so we don't miss a beat on offense." SMU will open its 2022 campaign at area foe North Texas Sept. 3. The two will become conference foes in a year from now as UNT will join the American Conference in July 2023. AAC play starts for SMU against UCF -- the Knights are entering their final year in the league before entering the Big 12 -- after additional non-conference clashes against Lamar, Maryland and TCU. Read more: https://247sports.com/Article/SMU-football-Rhett-Lashlee-touts-1-2-punch-at-QB-with-Tanner-Mordecai-Preston-Stone--188811417/

Prospect on the Rise Allen 2023 OL Kasen Carpenter (6'3, 265) picked up his first Power Five conference offer from Texas Tech. Carpenter now has 16 offers with schools like Air Force, Arkansas State, Army, Liberty, Navy, North Texas, Tulsa and UNLV on the list. Carpenter played his junior season at Midlothian Heritage but will play for Allen as a senior (his father is a coach on staff). link: https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2022/06/19/this-week-in-recruiting-presented-by-chicken-express?ref=article_preview_img

All sports will compete in The American starting Fall 2023 DENTON, Texas – UNT will officially enter the American Athletic Conference as a member on July 1, 2023, as announced by commissioner Mike Aresco on Wednesday. "UNT has gained tremendous momentum the last two years and this forthcoming transition to The American is another stellar example highlighting our progress," UNT President Neal Smatresk said. "Our university community is looking forward to working with our new colleagues in The American and to all the great things still to come for our athletics department and our university." As the Mean Green prepare for the final year in Conference USA, the department does so on the heels of tremendous accomplishments both in competition and in the classroom. UNT posted its best academic semester in department history in spring 2022 with a 3.206 GPA and its sixth-consecutive semester with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Additionally, UNT's winning percentage during the 2021-22 school year was the best in the athletic department's modern era. North Texas won three Conference USA championships during the year including the third straight title for both men's basketball and softball along with a second consecutive for women's golf. Nine different programs reached postseason competition. "This is an exciting time at North Texas, and we look forward to the upcoming challenge of entering The American next fall," UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. "Our student-athletes and coaches have made significant accomplishments during our time in Conference USA, but we look forward to what is next with great optimism." The Mean Green were previously accepted as a member in The American on October 21, 2021, but with an undetermined start date. The establishment of the entry date comes after the conference reached agreement with its three exiting schools – UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston – to terminate their conference membership as of June 30, 2023. UNT, established in 1890, has more than 42,000 students and is a Carnegie-ranked Tier One public research university. Athletically, the Mean Green have won 139 conference championships all-time across 16 different sports. "We are extremely pleased and excited to welcome our new members to the conference in 2023, as we begin our second decade," Aresco said. "Our incoming schools comprise a distinguished group with attributes that will enhance our conference's Power 6 goals. We have already seen the investment and commitment that these institutions have made as they prepare to compete in The American, and, together with our accomplished incumbent institutions, the conference is assured of many years of championship-level competition as part of a bright future that will build on the extraordinary legacy of the past decade." Five other new members will transition at the same time at UNT, those include UAB, UTSA, Rice, Charlotte, and FAU. The six universities will join East Carolina, Memphis, Navy (football only), South Florida, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, and Wichita State (basketball and Olympic Sports only) – to bring The American's membership to 15 schools, beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. The American will compete as a 14-team league in football and in men's and women's basketball among other sports. The American will have a presence in four of the top 10, seven of the top 25 and 12 of the top 51 Nielsen media markets. The league will have four teams in the state of Texas, two each in Florida and North Carolina and one each in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Kansas. UNT has competed as a member of Conference USA since 2013. North Texas was a member of the Sun Belt Conference beginning in 2001. LINK: https://meangreensports.com/news/2022/6/15/general-unt-to-enter-the-american-on-july-1-2023.aspx

Summer hasn’t slowed the Transfer Portal and several Conference USA Football programs have benefited from new additions over the past few weeks. Players have come and gone this offseason with each and every Conference USA football program feeling the good and the bad enacted upon it by the Transfer Portal. Here are three new additions within the Conference over the course of the last few weeks who could play meaningful roles on the field this season. North Texas – QB Grant Gunnell(Memphis) The starter at Arizona in 2019, Gunnell transferred to Memphis last year but missed the 2021 season with a leg injury. Now healthy, Gunnell opted for the portal where he received a good amount of interest before landing in Denton with the Mean Green. Gunnell threw for 1,864 yards in 12 appearances with Arizona, tossing 15 touchdowns with just three interceptions. A highly sought-after recruit coming out of high school, Gunnell will have a legitimate chance to win the starting job at North Texas this season and could be extremely productive in Seth Littrell’s system. read more: https://attheroost.com/2022/06/14/conference-usa-football-sum22-transfers/