BigWillie

Shhhh.... this is the secret formula for beating them in the Championship. We were holding on to it.

I love Mark Fo!! Seems like a dude I could have a drink or 2 with and just chat about all my favorite Dallas teams.

Also, we play on Friday, not Thursday.

They really are. There are some pretty bad calls right now. Calling every little thing. Won't let them play.

They really are. There are some pretty bad calls right now. Calling every little thing. Won't let them play.

This is good and bad. At least we are consistent. Also, one of the reasons I think we can hang with most teams in the nation.

Looks like he is warming up. Just hit a 3.

Would also be nice if some of the football crowd would come over to basketball. I commend @Matt from A700 for cross posting to try and get those guys out to at least see what winning feels like.

I love hearing that Grant was the architect of the deliberate offense, when we all know it was Hodge. No arguing that Grant is an amazing coach and I would vote for him as Coach of the Year. He started the culture on the court that we continued under Boss Hodge.

Especially when you have almost 0 room for error to get an at-large. It really does suck.

You can use the term in a way that speaks to his thoughts being juxtaposed. In other words, using it as way to describe his feelings going both ways, not referring to the actual condition. People are too sensitive these days...

You are one of our biggest fans, but that also means you are one of the most bi-polar. Tis North Texas Basketball.

......... Well, yes, knee jerk is a thing. Someone will have something to say.

Wow. This thread is pretty hard core. We have them right where we want them. Let's look at the score at half time and the final score.

Man, had to wait on my Dad to get off work. I owe you several shots for the tournament!

I am down for a whiskey party! More of a vodka guy, but if it has alcohol, I ain't complaining! I can bring whatever.

Hahaha, you definitely have to have both. However, I would say the pre game is just the bottle.

Is this an invitation? 😉

This is my take on it. From what I have heard he loves Texas and so many ties here. His family loves it here. It would be really hard for him to move. On the other hand, it might be hard to turn down double or triple pay.

Hahaha, you're right. Didnt think about that. Unless they meant in any conference, but not sure.

As much as I would like to say we are regular season conf champs, I would much rather play an evening game for our first tournament game. A noon game on a Friday feels like it would hurt attendance and our chances at winning.

Yeah....they don't really matter that much. We can get into the tournament with more loses than wins. But, hey, our scoring defense is #2 in the nation! I think you have been watching too much of the football team. Cant bring that mentality over here. I am the first to say the exact same thing about them. I'll just leave this here also.

No offense at all, but this is very short sighted. To think that an assistant coach should step into the role of a head coach and pick up exactly where the ex coach left off makes no sense. I am pretty sure you can find many examples where this was true and probably many less where it wasn't. You said it in your first sentence. He isn't Grant. My point was that even Grant didn't do as well his first 2 years as Hodge has. He progressed. Many people at this point in Grants tenure would probably say he was "good" also. My bottom line is we haven't had a large enough sample size. If we never had Grant and went from Benford to what Hodge is doing now we would be estatic. I think that pretty much ALL teams that make a coaching change take a step back in the first year or two. I am just happy ours wasn't a big drop off at all.

Were we saying this when Grant was in his first years? As I mentioned, his teams had the same droughts. Did they get better or worse through the years? I think it's all perspective.