GMG_Dallas

You mention Oklahoma state and Texas tech as well as P5s and say they would be better than Army. Clearly you didn't read my post as I said Army is as respectable as any unless you go midlevel P5 which both programs you mentioned are midlevel P5...

Agreed. Any recognizable out of conference is good in my opinion and Army has as good of a reputation as any unless you go midlevel P5.

@ttunt1970 True, didn't think about that. I'm just not sure that's what he wants though.

He has no choice. This is his last year of eligibility coming up. If he transfers he's done.

Agreed. Saw that today. It still says New Defend if end at THE University of North Texas but he added a parentheses about being academically ineligible this season. Interesting stuff...

My thought is it's just a backup plan in case he doesn't feel confident in any of his offers come February 1st. Would give hime the opportunity to keep playing and then transfer to a D1 without sitting out.

I wonder if Alec Morris helped get him and what role both of them will play in attracted current or former Allen prospects either straight out of high school or as juco or transfer prospects. I definitely wouldn't mind an Allen pipeline even if it is as transfers.

Surprised there's enough negativity on here to warrant a post about it. I thought if I stopped commenting as much the negativity would simmer down. Let's just celebrate bowl season and hope for a positive outcome for the good guys.

As somebody who used to play rugby, I would love more Polynesian kids. They are physical, smart athletes, great competitors, great teammates... You get the point. Some of the many reasons I wish we would have offered Tauefa. We lost out on more than just an athlete with that kid. Anyways, glad we're still out recruiting. Seems really quiet out here

I like this signing for UTSA for one reason. I think it tells us which side Frank Wilson stands on when it comes to the cheat or go home discussion we had a few weeks ago on the football forum. He's going to take chances on guys with character issues and eventually it will bite them back. Maybe the'll experience good success for a few years, but eventually something will happen that takes down the program and all they'll have to hang their hats on are a few tainted years of success. As I type this, Baylor still stands at 1 commit for this class...

247 bumped Steward down to a 3 star. Don't know why but saw that the other day...

Starting point guard averages 14 PPG and check out his vertical. He's now 5 ft 9 in.

Ok Thank you. I think he requested them last week so maybe he just hasn't received them yet... I guess we'll see!

Sent in the mail or email?

They've either blown out inferior opponents or been blown out by superior opponents. Not much gray in their scores. They've only shot 12 more threes than we have (per ESPN) and they've played an additional game than we have but they do shoot 41% from three. Free throw percentage is about the same as ours. They've led at the half in all of their wins and trailed at the half in all of their losses. Just some quick facts I thought were interesting. Didn't dig deep into anything but it looks like we'll need to punch them in the mouth early if we want to win. Also like our chances if the game goes down to the wire since they haven't played any close games. Thought it was worth mentioning that their leader in scoring and rebounding has been out since the Tulane game (game 2 of the year). Not sure what the deal is but their next three leading scorers are averaging around 14, 13, and 12 PPG.

My brother requested tickets as a first responder but hasn't received anything. Anybody have more information about that? He got a confirmation saying tickets would be sent. Does he just take the confirmation and show his badge or ID at the gate?

No offense taken. Don't really know why that would offensive anyways. Y'all have been around UNT much longer than me so I trust you know what you're talking about. If that is true, then I can only retract my statement that about UTA and Arlington. It would seem obvious to me that a city do anything possible to better its major university. I mean, other than UNT, peterbuilt, and TWU, Denton doesn't really have much. You would think they would strive to have a strong partnership but I guess not... That's sad. I know we expect a lot of Baker, but is this something you think he can help fix? What can university officials do to strengthen this relationship?

I don't define support the way you do. Helping fund a facility the city benefits from does not mean it gives a crap about the basketball program itself which is what this about. I'm not saying denton supports UNT basketball so I don't know why you even brought that up. You're acting like the city of Arlington just loves UTA and supports them like one would support their child when in reality they're just doing what makes the most business sense. Rick V wanted apogee to be privately funded. I'm sure if UNT had asked for city funding they would have worked something out.

I agree with you on lots of topics but disagree with the above. Support of Arlington because the city helped pay for the arena does not mean the city necessarily supports the basketball program. I'm sure Arlington is able to use the arena as well and Arlington prides themselves on helping fund large structures that help add value to the city as a whole. Sure, it helps the UTA program, but Arlington's goal is to give big event organizers a reason to schedule events in Arlington to drive additional tourism. The city of Arlington would be nothing without it's hotels and restaurants. This is why they fought to hard to bring the cowboys to town and keep the rangers in town and have six flags and hurricane harbor. They want to be the entertainment hub of DFW. Long story short, there are selfish motives. The sport of the university... Well, it's the only major sport they have that really gets any attention. We can cut football if you want to add additional funds to basketball but I really don't think you would like that...

Hopefully playing Highland Park have him an idea of the type of people he would be spending 4-5 years surrounded by. Not saying all kids from HP are bad, but having grown up in Preston Hollow and going to private school I'm all too familiar with the kids who end up going to SMU and I'm just not sure a kid who seems to be as humble as him would fit at SMU. Best of luck to him though if he chooses to go to SMU.

You are correct...

Saw on Twitter, he's already out training. Look at his twitter though, there are many other videos from today. He worked out 9:30 to 1:30.

P5 coordinators going to g5 hc jobs isn't all that new although it does seem like it's happening way more now than before. We'll have to see how they recruit.

This is a fair statement. I'm concerned but also trying to be patient since we were so bad in 2015. I hope this isn't their game plan every year though. If we eventually want to take that next step, we'll eventually need to start winning battles early for better recruits and keep those recruits instead of getting the best of what's leftover in January.

This. Play clean on both sides of the ball. We have a hard enough time getting yardage at times, we don't need silly penalties (how many offensive PIs on a screen did we have the past few games?) holding us back when we do get positive yardage. Edit: I tried finding a few examples and maybe I'm getting my UNT and Cowboys games confused on the offensive pass interference on a screen penalty. Seems like UNTs issue has been more with holding...