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Greg Wesley, one of the top basketball prospects in the Dallas area, saw what Tony Benford is building at North Texas over the weekend. That was all that was necessary for the 6-foot-7 forward to decide he wanted to continue his career with the Mean Green. Wesley, who is ranked No. 17 on TexasHoops.com's list of the top players from the state in the class of 2013, committed to UNT on Tuesday, just days after taking a weekend visit to the school. "I enjoyed the coaches and the players," Wesley said. "I liked their talent and intensity. It's far enough away from home so that I can grow up, but close enough so that my mom can see me play." Wesley averaged 14 points and 6.2 rebounds for Seguin last season and was a first-team All-District 7-4A pick. Wesley said he chose UNT over offers from Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, TCU, SMU, New Mexico State and Louisiana-Lafayette. UNT has already picked up commitments from three highly regarded forwards for its 2013 class in Kingwood's Josh Friar, Midland College's Anthony Norris and Oldsmar (Fla.) Christian's Tony Nunn. http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/colleges/...orward.ece View the full article

I noticed there wasnt a link to these articles over here so figured people might be interested. These are two articles from Tuesday that give alot of information about the new 7th BCS Bowl that will offer a guaranteed slot for the highest ranking non-AQ champ. One article is by Mandel, the other by Dodd. If finalized, a seventh playoff bowl worth approximately one-quarter that of the Rose Bowl will be added in 2014. Industry sources told CBSSports.com that the as-yet unsold, unnamed bowl would be worth approximately $20 million in the TV market, $60 million less than the top tier Rose and (pending deal with the) Champions bowl. But the money is less of a factor than the new bowl's creation itself, which will give access to the five current non-BCS conferences, including the Big East, beginning with the first playoff year in 2014. BCS commissioners said last week they would consider adding a seventh bowl to the current six-bowl rotation. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...20-million http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/wr...z27VkkNHtf View the full article

North Texas may have lost to Kansas State this weekend, but the Mean Green's respectable showing vs. a top-25 team was enough to impress our voters. North Texas jumped three spots from its previous ranking and is the highest ranked non-Big 12/SEC team in our poll. This week's full poll can be found below. 1. Texas (10) 109 2. TCU (1) 95 3. Texas A&M 86 4. Baylor 78 5. Texas Tech 72 6. North Texas 40 7. SMU 38 8. Rice 34 9. UTEP 31 t-10. Houston 8 t-10. UTSA 8 (Also receiving votes: Texas State (6)) FULL ARTICLE http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/...op-3.html/ View the full article

Kansas State had averaged over 50 points a game vs Missouri State & Miami (Fla), given up 22 total points in their first two games with nearly 500 yards per game offense. Vs North Texas they had 373 yards of offense. The half time score was 14-7 K-State & 21-13 K-State at the end of the 3rd quarter. HIGHLIGHT VIDEO http://www.meangreensports.com/mediaPort...EM_ID=1800 GAME STORY MANHATTAN, Kansas - It was an impressive, resilient performance from North Texas Saturday night at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Playing the No. 14 team in the nation, a squad that steamrolled its first two opponents, North Texas competed from the opening kick. The Mean Green moved the ball, controlled the line of scrimmage, constructed long scoring drives, and answered every momentum shift. The only thing missing was the final score. The highly-favored Wildcats, who scored 103 points in the their first two games, escaped with a 35-21 win. It was K-State's big plays that overcame the Mean Green's tenacious ball-control attack. "This team has a lot of pride, and that's why this loss hurts," North Texas coach Dan McCarney said. "Losing is not acceptable, but we'll build on this." http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArtic...=205686150 View the full article

Kansas State, ranked No. 15 in the nation, isn't taking the Mean Green of North Texas lightly, even with a showdown with 5th-ranked Oklahoma on deck. How could they? Wildcats coach Bill Snyder has his fingerprints all over the program. He coached under Hayden Fry at North Texas from 1976-78, and got his first win with K-State (and his career) over the Mean Green in 1982. Then there's the last meeting between the teams in 2010. The Wildcats won a wild 49-41 decision in Denton, Texas. K-State (3-0) will host North Texas (2-1) at 6 p.m. CT Saturday and are 28.5 point favorites. While Louisiana-Monroe proved no team can be overlooked, it would be a massive upset for the Mean Green to walk out of Manhattan with a win. The game is on FSN locally. Read more: http://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-st-wildcats/2012/9/15/3329100/kansas-state-north-texas-2012-schedule-game-time-odds

I was having a discussion with a coworker about the various games coming up this weekend, and wondered aloud how much A&M/SMU tickets were going for on stubhub, craigslist, etc. He told me that the game hasn't yet sold out. I'm not big on criticizing attendance issues, because every school has unique circumstances that sometimes prevent them from having huge crowds every week. I just figured this would be one of the toughest tickets ever at Ford Stadium, given the fact that A&M (and all of their weirdo fans) are coming to town. View the full article

The Sun Belt is focused on catching Conference USA and the Mountain West in the race to be the best of the rest among major college football conferences. New Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson believes conference realignment and an evolving postseason format has widened the gap between the have and have-not conferences. The 10-year-old Sun Belt has usually been the have-least league, but has taken small steps forward while its "peer conferences"as Benson like to call them, have slid back. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/sun-belt-sets-sights-on-catching-conference-usa-and-mountain-west/2012/08/27/0e92a1ee-f023-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html" target="_blank">WASHINGTON POST: Sun Belt trying to catch C-USA, MWC</a> View the full article

may be a mid-to-long term direction. So it's not really dead. "We're comfortable with where we're a with a 14-team conference,"&#157; General Hammond said. "The whole idea of (a Mountain West merger), right now, that's not the near-term direction. It could be a mid-to-long term direction. We're sailing with 14 teams. I think the conference is pleased with the future composition." http://blogs.hattiesburgamerican.com/sou...usm-notes/ View the full article

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Something in there is very weird. http://businessofcollegesports.com/2012/...lass-rank/ View the full article

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...ight-teams "Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson sees positives in the recently announced four-team college football playoff, but said Tuesday he believes it will expand to eight teams sooner rather than later. "I know we're saying four teams for 12 years," Thompson said. "But I don't see it as a four-team playoff for 12 years. I just don't see it. If there is success with four, I think we will go to what is most ideal, which is eight. That would double the access points." ... View the full article

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Mean Green have a lot of talent returning. https://admin.xosn.com/pdf8/849133.pdf?&...EM_ID=1800 View the full article

Quote:The common denominator in all these athletics-charged towns is they all give their fans plenty of opportunity to pay attention. To become attached to players and coaches. To fully indulge themselves in a pro sports culture. The University of North Texas sits some 40 miles northwest of Dallas, home to the NFL's Cowboys, the NBA's Mavericks, the NHL's Stars and, to an extent, MLB's Rangers. Dallas is one of the 12 to have them all. North Texas is one of the many colleges that has to compete in a pro market. "It's tough," said Brett Vitto, the North Texas beat writer for the Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper. "Say on a weekend during football season, you have the Cowboys playing at home and then the Texans play a home game down in Houston. And Texas plays, Texas A&M plays, Texas Tech plays. The Mavs have a home game. The Stars play at home... Huntington Herald Dispatch View the full article

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http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-baskbl/...12aaa.html A budding rivalry in green with the 49ers, perhaps? "Sure," Herrion said. "I think among four teams, East Carolina, Charlotte, Old Dominion and us, the potential is there to create some compelling games, some rivalries, games that fans of those schools will want to see." "ODU is a wonderful addition," Herrion said. "Great tradition, a real track record of success and not just under (Coach Blaine Taylor), but back through the years (11 NCAA bids since 1980, after a 1975 Division II national title under Coach Sonny Allen, the former Marshall guard and Moundsville native). "Charlotte has been really good before and has been in the conference before (10 seasons, from C-USA founding in 1995-96 through 2004-05). It's a nice campus and they've got tradition, reached the NCAA a bunch (seven bids in 10 C-USA seasons). "Those are good markets for the conference, too. ODU is well-supported with a good fan base, and has (Norfolk, Va.) one of the most-populous cities in the country without a pro team. I don't know if a lot of people know really how good that program is." Herrion said a scheduling format for a 14-team basketball group hasn't been devised, but said models for Conference USA to follow will be out there from the SEC (14 teams this coming season) and the ACC. The ACC already has announced its hoops scheduling format for when expansionists Pitt and Syracuse join the conference. Each team has one primary scheduling partner. Over a three-year cycle, teams will play the other 12 foes at least once with the primary partners playing home and away annually while the other 12 rotate in groups of four: one year both home and away; one year at home only; and one year away only. Over the course of the three-year cycle, primary partners play six times and other conference opponents play four times. . View the full article

There is one coach in the country who truly knows what it is like to be a part of a disjointed conference. Just consult Google. For Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Dykes to get from Ruston, La., to a WAC game in Hawaii, he needs 15 days, and a sturdy kayak to get him 2,756 miles across the Pacific. Quick pause while you consult Google Maps. Airline travel obviously alleviates the need for a kayak, but you get the point. Louisiana Tech has experienced what teams such as West Virginia, Boise State, San Diego State and Missouri are about to go through as they enter new conferences with tumbleweeds as neighbors. During the recently completed football season, New Mexico State was the closest WAC road game for the Bulldogs, at 935 miles. The average distance between Louisiana Tech and its seven conference rivals in 2011? That would be 1,812 miles. more http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...onal-model View the full article

North Texas #77 http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college/ TO DATE: SUN BELT #77 North Texas (to CUSA 2013) #90 ULM #108 Troy #113 Middle Tennessee #117 FAU CUSA #82 East Carolina #97 Rice #107 UTEP #112 Memphis (to Big East '13) #114 UAB #116 Tulane MWC #79 Nevada #81 Hawaii #105 Colorado State #109 Fresno State #118 UNLV #120 New Mexico MAC #80 E. Michigan #86 Ball State #89 Kent State #91 Bowling Green #106 Miami (O) #110 C. Michigan #115 Buffalo #119 Akron WAC #100 New Mexico State #102 Idaho View the full article

The Bulldogs' football team, likely members of the West Division, could avoid all three of its new league's longest trips (East Carolina, Florida International and Old Dominion) depending on how scheduling pans out. Van De Velde foresees a potential $150,000 to $250,000 reduction in travel costs when the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters join C-USA for competition in the fall of 2013 — those savings on top of about $100,000 he and Tech hope to see next academic year because of membership changes within the WAC. "We don't know right now exactly because we're still budgeting for next year with the existing WAC membership," the athletic director said. "But we can already see some savings even in the reconfigured WAC. With teams like Nevada, Fresno State and Hawaii on their way out and Texas-Arlington, Texas-State and Texas-San Antonio coming in, it will certainly affect our travel budgets, and the following year we'll realize even more benefits. http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120.../205270312 View the full article

CONFERENCE USA'S 2013-15 re-invention is long on larger television markets, short on football tradition. The newcomers won't have respect handed to them. The six new schools had a combined 2011 record of 35-26, which means zilch. From highest to lowest, we have Old Dominion 10-3, Florida International and Louisiana Tech 8-5, North Texas 5-7 and Texas-San Antonio 4-6. No meaning there, especially when ODU and UTSA were playing in the classification formerly known as I-AA. And then there was the 2011 record at North Carolina-Charlotte - 0-0. Betcha it will be 0-0 this fall, too. And that makes the 49ers the most interesting case of C-USA's third rendition. Their inclusion doesn't give C-USA much respect nationally, but that isn't the point here. http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201205270119 View the full article