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Or Rice after what they did last year!

Didn't say that was the reason fans don't show up, just that it doesn't help.

DFW media doesn't help promote us and that hurts.

Anyone heard if Mashburn will be back for Temple in the tournament?

When did we get so high and mighty that an NIT bid is beneath us? Post season basketball builds the brand name and culture. It helps in recruiting players in the portal. Guys want to come play in a winning program.

This team was picked to finish 7th and lost 5 really good players in the portal. Coming into the season, if someone would have predicted that we would go 23-7 and finish 2nd in the conference, we would have said they were crazy. This team has flaws but has earned the right to keep playing regardless of the outcome in Ft. Worth. I feel like we have a good chance to win the AAC tournament but will still be proud of a great season and won't be mad about an NIT bid. Continue to build the brand name. Get to Dickies Arena Friday and GMG!

Best dunk in a game by one of our guys since...........?

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Does anyone know how a 3 way tie for first would be broken? If we win out and UAB beats Memphis there is a good chance of all three of us sitting at 15-3. We split with UAB and lost to Memphis. UAB split with Memphis and us. Memphis would have split with UAB and beaten us.

Heard Massey is out again but haven't heard of any other injuries.

I still don't understand why we can't hire UNT grads to fill some of these positions. They would know what the problems are and what can be done. Hiring people from Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, ect. isn't working.

Houston played 8 guys last night and Texas Tech played 6. Tech had 2 of their better players out with injuries but none of their bench touched the floor. I would love to see what Mason could do but I'm not at practice, so I have to trust the coaching staff.

If UNT had matched Tech's money offer, you think Grant would have stayed? I don't think so. He wanted to be at a power 4 school.

We need to get BLo going again. Hopefully a return to his old school will do the trick!

Both the men's and women's teams are in a good position to both get top 4 seeds and the double bye.

So, you think it was just the money? That is part of it but the support of the program both financially and physically was just as big. He could have probably gotten more money somewhere else but his ties to TT and knowledge of the program were a big part of his decision. He can probably stay at Tech for the rest of his coaching career if he wants.

True but who wouldn't want to coach in that environment and with that budget.

Watching this game and seeing the student turn out. Grant made the right decision. He had to beg our students to come to the Pit.

Memphis will bring a good crowd and UAB should as well.

The UTSA loss isn't going to be the reason we don't get an invite to the NCAA tournament. We would have had to beat Memphis and probably McNeese to even be in the conversation. The AAC doesn't provide enough Quad 1 games for us to be higher ranked. As always, we have to win the conference tournament to get to the Big Dance. If we don't, we will definitely get an invite to the NIT or the new FOX post season tournament. I don't know if one is any better than the other. I'm just hope we get another shot at Memphis in Ft. Worth!

The FAU game is on Thursday night. Hodge said they have their academic coach with them on the trip. He said they would travel to FAU after the game Sunday. Rest, recovery and schoolwork day on Monday. Practice Tuesday and Wednesday. Game Thursday and fly back to home after.

Memphis beat Rice by 3 points last week and they are the 14th ranked team in the country. Why is UNT supposed to blow them out? We don't have the most talented, athletic roster in the conference. The preseason coach's poll picked us to finish 6th. Again, why should we be blowing out everyone but Memphis in the AAC? Our style of play is going to keep most games close. I think having success and failing in some of those late game situations will help us come tournament time. The last 3 road games we have are all going to be tough. I'd be happy with a split on the 2 game Florida trip and Temple is undefeated at home in conference play. They should also have Mashburn back and he is the second leading scorer in Div. 1. I would love to see Hodge get those freshmen some minutes but that has been the case for the past several years. I'm sure the coaching staff has their reasons. I too, would like Vito to ask Hodge about that situation. GMG!

Time to get some rest and good practice time in before the last 6 games. GMG!

The problem is to get those one or two recruits, we will need a rich alum or local business to cough up the NIL money to get them. We are having success in both men's and women's basketball because of the head coaches we have in place and their ability to identify players that will fit into their systems and recruit ones that will come to UNT for what we can offer. Lorient is a great example.

The Johnny Jones era was great and Jimmy Gales led team was the first to make it to the NCAA tournament. We also had some really good teams under Blakely in the late 70's so this success is not the first in a century.