MeanMag

Wonder what he is up to these days.

Aune was 2 for 5. 2 Burns drops away from 4 for 5 with a TD. The other was called a PI I think, right after the Burns 40+ yard pass. Even that play could have been considered positive. Ruder had some passes dropped, too. Aune passes just looked sharper than Ruder is all. With a small sample size when the game is well in hand, that’s probably easy to do. I wouldn’t look too much into it, right now and I trust Littrell to play the right one. I’m happy NWS only scored 14. I think they had at least one TD, maybe 2, called back for a penalty if I remember correctly.

Pretty much agree. Ragsdale had a good game as well. Aune had some real nice throws - I thought his arm looked better than Ruder tonight in the short amount of time played. I highly doubt anyone hates Ruder, so those comments seem a bit extreme. His TD pass to Burns was perfectly placed for the traffic Burns was in, and Burns made a great catch. Ruder looked real comfortable running, but threw behind a couple of receivers in the middle, and threw an interception when he probably should have just taken a sack. That said, we are in pretty good hands with our QB situation and no one will complain about that. I think the QBs are pretty close talent-wise. Hopefully that makes them both better. There were far too many dropped passes on good throws from both QBs. Ruder certainly would have had a better night if his receivers had a better night. WR, TE, and RBs need to catch more balls that hit their hands. Maybe we just got spoiled with Darden. Loved seeing pressure from the defensive front. The defensive line activity and stunts and blitzes forced some bad decisions from their QB, but also left some spots of the field open for a couple of big plays.

The teams selected prove the Big12 wants schools that can be consistently competitive. They just lost their 2 main schools that brought competitive validation to the league. UNT's focus should be on improving the product on the fields and courts (basketball has been getting it done here - it needs to continue). If we want to move up - all athletics need to keep the level of play high, and donors need to keep the donations coming.

UTA is open...

Zach has been here a while, right? It seems he has taken advantage of his time to learn a hard topic and to contribute and grow as a basketball player. Maybe he completed his degree? Sometimes you have to take risks on things. The age these guys are at are when you are most free to take those chances. If it works out or not, he's going to have some great experiences in the coming years - wherever that takes him. I hope he has fond memories of what was accomplished here and that he stays connected to UNT.

Yeah I kinda thought it was like that. That’s too bad, because it’s always fun to get the spill over fans from the last game and/or next game cheering for the other teams. Typically every fan pulls for the underdog in any game that isn’t their own.

I don't know how many of us were around when the NCAA tournament regional (and UNT) was in OKC for the KState matchup. But, if you haven't been and we have an opportunity to go again - just go. It is one of the best events in the country to go to. The fans from every school are some of the nicest people you have ever met, and it's because everyone knows anything can happen. One thing I was curious about this year, since I didn't get a chance to go, was whether or not your ticket got you a "session" (2 games) or just 1 game?

Players are still giving it everything. Love that Nova is, too.

They started sitting 4 or 5 guys on the 3 point line. Spaced us out and are getting dribble drive penetration and kick out to the open man. They are hitting them and making it look easy.

Nova has 6 guys on the floor that can hit 3's.

North Texas ranked higher than any 12 seed in the tournament before it started. The conference USA hate is real.

Damn - no Avery Johnson. I agree with the rest of you who say he's not that great. The worst part of this has been hearing him say "Hamlin" over and over. But he's the guy who has watched the most North Texas basketball recently. If he weren't so lovable, I'd be happy he was getting replaced by Nance and Raftery.

Imagine what it will be like when we beat Nova and make the sweet 16

Gotta watch that moving screen tackle in this situation.....

Looked like a great game plan earned that lead.

Conference schools already complain about going to UTEP when the virus isn't around. At a time when UTEP needs friends to be in a conference in BFE, they aren't looking for UNT's help. I can't imagine the attitude on display will win them many friends at other schools, either. WTF is their problem?

This year, more than any other year, I expect to see crazy scores happen. I don’t know what some of it means.

We didn't leave the SBC because of the quality of Football. We left the SBC because of meaningful schools - to US. Tulsa, Tulane, UTEP, LaTech, Rice, Marshall, ECU. I would still rather play (and beat) LaTech, UAB, UTEP, Rice than U of L, Ark St., and La Monroe, USA - just the way it is for me. It may change, but for now - I'm okay where we are. But to the original topic: I hope our conference starts winning more out of conference games, regardless of who they play.

2 of those are some cold places to play basketball

I think I read that they were trying to coach him to shoot more. It also got mentioned in this video. I'd like to see him take more too, but whatever they are doing at this point, seems like it is working.

That was Holman's freshmen year when he was a 3pt specialist, right?

Yep. Screw their complaining. The refs left it there for them. They swallowed whistles against all the restricted area fouls WKU was giving us the entire game. That wasn't the part that bothered me. They did it for both sides EXCEPT when the game was on the line and the obvious foul against hamlet out of bounds.

Could not agree more. Many 50/50 calls went against us today, and that was not one of the 50/50 calls. Most of the time refs swallow whistles in final seconds of the game, but not these guys. Also - props to our players for continuing to play through that garbage. Geu made some key touch shots to stop WKU momentum.

Bizarre. These refs are fucking awful.