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Final score: Ozen 68, Dunbar 56 Congratulations to Dunbar on having a fine season. They just ran into an Ozen team that played a little more disciplined and hit big shots down the stretch. These teams probably would split if they would play 100 times. The pain is evident on the Dunbar side. Senior Michael Albert couldn't hold his emotions. He collapsed at midcourt and had to be helped up. For those who've never been in a state semifinal - or a playoff game - these losses hurt. Ozen outrebounded Dunbar, 37-30. It had 16 assists to DUnbar's eight. Ozen shot 50 percent (23 of 46) to Dunbar's 36 percent (23 of 64).

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It's a newspaper website.

Johnny was good. Told the story about Calvin shooting in the morning of the game. He's headed to the KIA sports talk. One of the host is an alum and he thanked JJ for getting the school back the the Dance. Thanks Mo for the heads up. I logged on just in time for the interview.

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Son/guard Sumner understands father/coach's sideline demeanor during Jarrell's trek to state by Galen Wellnicki - Telegram Staff Writer Published March 8, 2007 The relationship between Jarrell senior guard Andrew Sumner (left) and his father, coach Drew Sumner, is a big factor for the state-bound, second-ranked Cougars. (Scott Gaulin photo)JARRELL - The courtside manner of Jarrell boys basketball coach Drew Sumner would never be confused with warm milk and Prozac-chip cookies. Patrolling in front of the state-bound Cougars’ bench, he is usually as subtle as a grizzly bear with abscessed wisdom teeth. He can make Daffy Duck look mellow. If Sumner got paid mileage on the sidelines, the Jarrell ISD would have to float a new bond issue every year. He takes his occupation seriously and puts every ounce of energy into making his team successful. Senior son Andrew Sumner and his teammates are familiar with the bark. “People always tell stories about things he does on the sidelines,” Andrew, a 6-1 guard, said of his father Wednesday during what turned into an impromptu media day and workout on the Cougars’ campus. “They like to look down and see what he’s doing.” Adding with a chuckle, the younger Sumner said, “I’ve always thought about putting a camera on him all season to record his animation.” That hyper persona of coach and much more laid-back demeanor of son will be on display again at 8:30 a.m. Friday when the second-ranked Cougars (28-6) play third-ranked Shallowater (29-3) in the first Class 2A semifinal of the University Interscholastic League Boys Basketball State Tournament at Austin’s Erwin Center. Whitewright (30-4) and Kountze (30-6) will collide in the 10 a.m. semifinal, with the winners set to battle for the championship at 2 p.m. Saturday. At times, playing for Sumner appears to require asbestos ears. “I’m hard on all of them,” Drew Sumner said. “They are resilient. They work hard to be successful and that’s what makes this very rewarding. They stay together (this group of kids who all excel in several sports) and make it happen. “As an example, they lost every game they played in eighth-grade football, but we told them that if they stayed together, they could make the playoffs and they did this year.” Is he harder on his own son? “At times it can be hard,” Andrew said of playing for his father, “but it’s also very enjoyable and rewarding to be able to share all my accomplishments so closely with my father. I think he’s a lot harder yelling-wise on me than the other guys. He calls me out more, but I understand why he does it. I listen and take what he says to heart, but I never take it personally. “Having my dad as a coach is really a lot of fun.” Does it go home or stay in Las Vegas, so to speak? “When we go home, he’ll make little comments,” Andrew said. “He’ll tease me about something in the seventh grade - nothing big, but he gets his little digs in.” “As a general rule it stays here,” Drew responded to the same question. “We have fun and joke around.” As of mother Jill’s role in the family equation, Andrew said, “She stays in the background most of the time but will get on me when I do something stupid. She is my No. 1 fan.” Despite his success in basketball and four other sports, Sumner has committed to North Texas as a distance runner and will sign with the Mean Green on April 10. Being a five-sport athlete requires discipline, but Andrew is in his “slack time,” according to Drew. “Things are going to start getting busy for him against,” Drew said. “Right now, it’s just basketball - his short season. With track and baseball coming up the days will get much longer. He’s not going to enjoy spring break.” “I get up early and run in the morning and have baseball after school,” Andrew said. “It’s 6 or 7 before I get home in the evening. It’s tiresome, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” What was the sporting genesis for the men of Sumner? “We started playing T-ball and in the yard in the evenings,” Drew said. “He grew up playing sports. When he was about five, my wife, who is pretty athletic, and I would run with him and have trouble beating him. We were amazed at how fast he could run. “Basketball? We took him to Rich Sivertsen’s camp in Georgetown when he was in the third grade and he could already shoot layups perfectly with both hands. I guess you really want to start earlier with your first son.” “I probably was three or four,” Andrew said. “There was little league basketball, camps and T-ball. I played soccer until the sixth grade. I started running in middle school and really took it seriously as sophomore with Mr. (Mike) McCracken, my AP (advanced placement) calculus teacher.” How does Andrew relax? “I go to my girlfriend’s house and we watch movies and play video games with our friends,” he said. His girlfriend is fellow UNT recruit Mallory Cantler, who will play softball in Denton. Shallowater has its own father-son combination - coach Ray Morris and sophomore starting point guard Andrew. His older brother Eric played on the Mustangs’ 2004 state title team. NOTES: Shallowater, located a healthy walk north of Lubbock, traveled to Austin on Wednesday and is headquartered in a luxury North Austin hotel. Jarrell will leave today after practice and stay in similar digs on the southside. Shallowater is dismissing classes at 1 p.m. today and will not hold school Friday, making the time up later. . . . Jarrell has a pep rally scheduled for 8:15 a.m. today, but the Cougars’ coaches must be in Austin for a 6:30 a.m. coaches meeting.

That would make a win over UCLA the upset of all-time. GMG, BEAT WHOEVER YOU GET IN THE TOURNAMENT

JJ is actually on tonight (THURSDAY). Need FFR or Emmitt or somebody who was at the game to call in and describe the experience.

He plays for us. That's why he cutting down the net.

BECAUSE STONE COLD SAID SO!!!!

UNT celebrates NCAA tournament bid 12:38 PM CST 12:38 PM CST on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 By MONTY MILLER JR. / Denton Record-Chronicle mwmiller@dentonrc.com A pep rally to celebrate the North Texas men’s basketball team's upcoming trip to the NCAA Tournament will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Super Pit on the North Texas campus. Also Online UNT men earn NCAA bid The team will arrive on buses with a police escort around 3 p.m. at the north tunnel of the Super Pit, with all the fanfare, including the marching band, cheerleaders and tons of students and fans. The Mean Green defeated Arkansas State, 83-75, Tuesday night to win the Sun Belt Championship, which earned the tournament bid. This is only the second time in team history to go to the NCAA tournament. The first came in the 1987-1988 season, when the team lost to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels in the tournament's first round. The trip marks a return to the tournament for UNT coach Johnny Jones, who helped lead Louisiana State University to the tournament's Final Four in 1981 as a player and made multiple return trips as an LSU assistant coach. "I've been very blessed to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA Tournament," Jones told KTCK-AM Wednesday morning. "My goal was to get our guys on this basketball team to have that experience." UNT President Gretchen Bataille celebrated the championship and tournament bid Tuesday night inside the UNT Lyceum with students and fans. “It goes to show that if you do it right, you can win,” Ms. Bataille said. “I’m excited about this team.” The team ended the regular season with a 23-10 record, the best ever for UNT's program. Senior guard Calvin Watson was named MVP of the championship game after he scored 24 points and hit six out of seven three-point shots for the team.

Isn't that Dale Brown, JJ's Mentor, next to him.

Matt, I emailed you the picture from the link in a paint file. hope it works. If not get a hold of LoRo.

Hey pimp daddy, In you're job can get you his address without any problem. But you can send the suspicious looking package to THE Ticket and don't forget to ask him how his Sooners are doing this season.

I bow down in humble servitude to the Great Johnny Jones and his awesome coaching ability for taking the most athletic team in North Texas history to the NCAA Tournament, a spot where a good coach will keep them. Here's to the coach who broke the 19-year streak and starts another longer streak of making the tournament. Go Johnny Jones Go Mean Green & Go North Texas

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Not trying to piss off FFR or emmitt. Oh, hell they're on the road to the tournament. This athletic administration is more likely to hire someone who has ZERO ties to North Texas rather than an alum.

Abilenians Did coach make up a new word?

You are correct. If NT is hitting the 3ball, it's almost unbeatable.

You don't understand K7, you haven't been arond NT long enough. NT has always been decent to competitive, but can't be GREAt. I hope I'm wrong, but JJ's not the one to get us to the GREAT level. This is the best team that NT basketball team in a long time, maybe ever. But JJ's teams have been notorious for snatching a defeat from the jaws of victory. I will gladly eat my words if this team ends up with at least 23 wins.

Texas Football: Houston report Houston report: Hunter's move could pay dividends for Klein Oak Coaches plan to move Hunter to linebacker. 02/28/2007 By Matt Malatesta/rivals100.com Grabbing the headlines around the north side of Houston is Klein Oak High School athlete DeSean Hales. While Hales makes the Friday Night highlight reels with tremendous runs, linebacker Mark Hunter is anchoring a stingy defense that is the backbone of the Panthers’ success. Hunter (6-2, 225-pounds) is moving from defensive end to linebacker this season, a brave move for the 2005 district newcomer of the year and 2006 first-team, all-district selection. “He’s a playmaker,” Klein Oak coach David Smith said. “He’s a Division I guy at linebacker and has good speed.”

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2/28/07 edition of MGI Hank's scruffy beard to be died green.