Shark84

Anyone know if the owner is a UNT alumn?

If we had played great the last two games and lost, I'd be worried, but we played poorly and still had a chance to win both games in the last seconds. For seeding purposes, Saturday is a must win if we want a chance for a top four seed for the tournament.

Jossell had a virus yesterday but got an IV and is going to try to play tonight.

Bad loss Saturday, fly to Birmingham Sunday afternoon then walk through and shoot around today. UAB also played Saturday but had an early game and was at home. Going to have to gut it out tonight. No style points. Just find a way to scratch out an ugly win. GMG!

I think we desperately need to get to our bye week. We look tired and haven't been able to get multiple days of practice time. Tonight will be tough with the travel yesterday and game tonight. UAB got to play an early game at home Saturday. We will get back Tuesday and have a couple of days to get ready for Tulane at home Saturday. Then we will have Rice on the road before getting 8 days off. GMG!

The thing here is that he got left at the alter last season and had to rebuild almost the whole thing. He went heavy seniors. That's concerning. Just because he did an entire rebuild once with the portal doesn't mean that's an efficient and consistent business model. Because I don't believe it is. I think you can patchwork with 1 year guys, but the nucleus has to be 2 year guys in hopes to run it back while patchworking with 1 year guys again. I disagree with this. We have seen firsthand what team success will do to your roster in the NIL/Portal era. Hodge brought in guys that he thinks fit into the culture the program has. He has helped develop and raise the game of B Lorient and does anyone expect him to stay after the numbers he is putting up this year? I don't blame the player. I would love for him to stay but all of us know how things work. Just enjoy watching him playing for the Mean Green. Guys in their last year of eligibility want to play and be in a winning program. Hodge and UNT are providing that. That's why I think bringing in those seniors can work. Have to trust that Hodge can evaluate and make smart judgements on who to bring in. GMG!

I've reached out to over ten people who normally don't attend the games and encouraged them to come Saturday. They didn't know about the tailgate activities, and some may bring their kids. Sometimes people just need a little nudge to motivate them to attend. I hope we will have multiple gates and ticket windows open. It would be nice to have more than two concession stands open as well. Don't give people who show up for the first time a reason to complain. Make it a great experience and maybe they will come back. GMG!

I refuse to fall into the negative mindset that a lot of UNT alumni have. Same old North Texas, we will blow a big game on National TV, or choke in the conference tournament. Just enjoy what we have and support them this year. Most of them have no idea what we have done in the past. They are new to North Texas don't place negative ideas in their heads. GMG!

I thought our guys looked tired late in the first half and the early in the second half. We have played a ton of games with travel over the past two weeks, and it continues Saturday at home and then the quick trip to play UAB. Then we get a week off. People don't realize how hard the travel is on teams. That's what makes last night such a gutty win. It ain't always going to look pretty. Last place Charolotte took Temple to double OT on the road last night and Tulsa hung with UAB. The AAC tournament in Ft. Worth is going to be great! This team is so easy to root for. They just don't quit. Pack the Pit on Saturday and let's beat nUTSAk on Saturday, GMG

The AAC releases the conference football schedule, not the schools. I'm sure it won't be released until ESPN gets done picking the games and dates they want for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.

The spread is only UNT - 5.5. That shows how close the oddsmakers think this game will be. I don't care how ugly it is, just win!!!!! GMG

Let's just worry about beating FAU on Sunday. GMG

These are some good ideas and the reason I say get input from multiple sources and not just rely on a promotion's person. The drum line would be great at games and I'd increase the size of the basketball band. We have 500 in the green brigade, get at least 100 in the basketball band. That increases the excitement and makes it a fun atmosphere. I still think having a Guyer, Ryan, Braswell, Denton High night would be great. Have their bands, drill team, cheerleaders perform pregame and at halftime. Cheer and Band parents travel. Also give out free or discounted tickets to the students from each school. These don't seem to hard to do, especially with the number of Wednesday and Saturday/Sunday games we have.

I try not to think about anything but the present in this new age of NIL and the portal. Enjoy the team we have this year. Lorient will be able to get a ton of money from a power 5 school for his last year of eligibility so just have fun watching him play for the Mean Green!

The rematch in Philly the last game of the regular season is going to be a tough one. That game will probably mean a lot in the seeding for both teams.

We hired a game promotions person last year from Texas Tech. She was in charge of promotions for the women's games there. I wish they would let some of the longtime season ticket holders, student leaders, ect. have some input. Whatever we are doing is obviously NOT working. It would be nice if we could get some answers from someone in the athletic department. It was a fun environment last night with only 4K, just think what it would be like with 8-9K!

It will be interesting to see how B-Lo does against his old school. It will be hard to top the monster game he had against Temple. GMG

Tulane will be a tough team as well.

Glad I'm not a betting man cause 9.5 points to Temple is way too many. We hardly ever blow people out. Our style of play doesn't lend itself to that. Probably should be a 4-5 point spread. Who cares, just win baby! GMG

I'd rather see that money spent on getting student groups on campus to show up.

I think this speaks well for Coach Hodge and Coach McCasland. They are able to identify players that just know how to win. All of the guys that left us are on winning teams and in two cases, ranked teams. Ruben and Michigan are 14-4 and ranked #21. Aaron and St. John's are 16-3 and ranked #20. Edwards and Vandy are 15-4 and getting votes. Noland and New Mexico are 16-4 and Buggs at East Tenn. are 11-8. I think Hodge did an awesome job replacing some really good players!

It's going to be a tight game and we really need the Pit rocking. Can't make people show up but the ones that are there can be loud and make a difference.

Biggest issue is that we no longer have any Quad 1 games and will be favored in all but maybe the away trip to UAB. It will be really hard to move up in the NET rankings and if we lose a couple of games, we will drop, especially at home. None of that really matters as much as getting a top four seed for the AAC tournament so we get the double bye and would only need to win 3 games in 3 days. Memphis is the only AAC team that has a chance for an at large bid. They have the Quad 1 wins and strength of schedule to give them a chance. Beat Temple!!! GMG

Hope Walker is better by Wednesday and that no one else gets sick.

It's kind of funny. Back then the student side was packed and nobody from Denton showed up on the press row side. Now it's just the opposite. I remember the Dorm associations and greeks going to the games. Good times.