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She’s a rescue. According to the DNA test, dominant breeds are beagle, collie, English harrier and indeterminate.

This isn't specifically AD or attendance related, but generally speaks to how tone-deaf UNT can be. About 4 or 5 years ago, my ATM card needed to be renewed at Wells Fargo. They have a customization option and one of the categories is/was college and universities. I took a shot and what do you know UNT was listed along with all the other universities. Shocker, I know. It was almost like we finally arrived. So, I customized my card with the North Texas logo below. It's not like a lot of other people see this, but I liked it. Fast forward to a month ago and I get a notice that my card is going to expire and it's time to renew. I go back into the Wells Fargo design studio, select colleges/universities and UNT is no where to be found. Since the logo is trademarked, Wells Fargo will not use it for customization without the approval of the trademark holder and apparently we refused or didn't provide approval for its use. There's protecting your brand and then there's stupidity. My ATM card is now customized with a photo of my dog.

When the ACC took in Cal, Stanford and SMU wasn't that a signal that they had resigned themselves to the fact that they would have to negotiate and accept an early exit for Clemson and Florida St?

Thanks...I tried that as well. Our ticket office is getting calls from Seton Hall fans looking for tickets.

Sucks that the game is being played in such a small venue. All the tickets were quickly scarfed up by Seton Hall fans. I'm on a wait-list, but that isn't happening. Seton Hall is handling all the ticket sales. Seems like they should have set aside at least a few for the visiting team.

Curious to hear about the student ticketing process for games. It seems there is always a press to get students to "claim" their tickets early, why? I suppose from a planning perspective it's nice for the AD to know expected turnout prior to game day. What does this do to the student that can't make up their mind or procrastinates and doesn't decide until an hour or so before the game to get out of their dorm room and walk over to DATCU or the Super Pit for the game? How does it work for these students? In the past, the student ID was the ticket and you just flashed that at the gate. Easy-peasy. Let's say a student doesn't have a ticket loaded on their phones comes to the tailgate and decides minutes before kick-off that they want to attend the game. What do these "game-time decision" students have to do to get a ticket for a game?

Are Byes overrated in these tournaments? Is it better to play your first game against another team that is also playing its first game (and all the first-game jitters that may go with it on both sides) as opposed to playing your first game against another team that has a win (or two) under its belt, has some momentum going and has those first-game jitters out of the way?

Still thinking it’s appendicitis for Scott. I didn’t see a hit or collision that would have caused that much discomfort and the pain isn’t necessarily localized. Whatever it is, get well soon Aaron. Maybe gallstone based on where he was holding his abdomen? Whatever it is, heal up fast. We will need you for the big dance.

Did I miss something? Who is wearing the boot?

With the tournament still to be played, the story of the 2023-24 edition of men's basketball has not been fully written yet. While this is far from a exhaustive analysis and only looks at our regular season games, this team was sooooo close to repeating the success we had in the regular season last year. Finishing the regular season at 17-13, our average margin of victory in our 17 wins was 15.12 points. On the flip side, our average margin of defeat in our 13 losses was only 5.38 points. In our 17 wins, 2 were one possession games and 2 more were two possession games. 13 of 17 were double-digit wins. In our 13 losses, 6 were one possession games and another 4 were two possession games. Only 2 of the 13 were double-digit losses. One other was a 9 point loss. Another shot or two drops over the course of a 40 minute game and things may have ended differently and flipped a loss to a win.

Apparently we lost that technology after a very successful national program to build, test and deploy t-shirt cannons back in the 60s and 70s.

Has FAU become our nemesis on the hardwood or what? Maybe we get another shot at them in the tourney and can serve up some Mean Green revenge. Here are the final home attendance stats for the season. The '23-'24 team brought in a total of 61,982 fans to the Super Pit. The final home game attendance of 4,551 was enough to bump our season average another 30 for a 4,132 per game average. That is a 380 or 10.13% per game increase over last season. Fantastic YoY progress and hopefully something we build on next year. In terms of conference home game attendance we fared even better with one less conference game at the 'Pit. Last year we had 10 C-USA conference games at home with an average attendance of 3,975. This year, with 9 AAC conference home games we had an average attendance of 4,628. That's a 653 or 16.44% per game increase in conference games. Again, fantastic YoY progress. Let's beat Rice and make a deep run in the conference tournament. Go Mean Green!

Top 10 Baby!!! Oh...never mind.

Nice win today. Took control in the first half and never let ECU back in the game. A crowd of 4,241, pushed our season average to 4,102 which is a 9.33% increase over last season's average of 3,752. Well done Mean Green Nation! We have one more home game (one more than last season as well). FAU has fallen out of the top 25, but we still need to bring a good crowd and get a win that has eluded us against the Owls. GMG!

Congrats Rick. Now that you have some free time on your hands, you'll finally be able to do something for your alma mater! I kid, I kid!! Enjoy the next phase.

Yes, on the student side.

As is often the difference between a win and a loss, as a team we were solid from the charity stripe last night (20-25 - 80%).

Two consecutive 5K+ attended games makes it feel like we may have finally turned a corner on the attendance front. Disappointing game and as others have pointed out we should have called a TO after crossing mid-court to take a breather and set something up. I don't recall which one it was, but we left a TO on the board during our last possession in least one other game we lost. Coaches and players need to have some situational awareness in crunch time, but mostly coaches. Apparently we can build a lead, we just can't hold on to a lead late in games. Need to get some confidence back these next 4 games and make some noise in the tournament to save the season.

Maybe that's why...it will be like a rest. Hahahaha. Can't take anything for granted anymore. Need a win.

All tied up.

5,689 is a nice turnout and honestly something we should be able to do every home game. Our fans were treated to a fun game and it was great to be able to send them home happy and Memphis home licking their wounds. Proud of the way this team has battled through the season. Three more home games this season. Let's do this!

I did notice that and also wondered why we didn't just replace the rim. Also, I think it was the UAB game, but the color guy (former coach I think who never stopped talking, but I can't recall his name) mentioned that the rim on the student side of the court was a soft/forgiving rim. He's been around basketball and this was something he noticed and thought it was important enough to mention it during the game.

So it took losing a starter who slipped on a sweaty floor before we upgraded from towels to mops? It was bound to happen eventually, I guess. Injuries happen, I get it, but this? Who knows, maybe mops would not have made a difference in this case, but come on. Anyhow, a nice bounce back on the attendance front with 4,316. FTs hurt, but neither team lit it up from the charity stripe. Our team lives outside the arc and 1-9 (11.11%) in the second half is what did us in. We still have 4 more home games (1 more regular season home game than the previous seasons) to get our Super Pit mo-jo back and finish strong.

First of all, that game was a kick in the nether regions. We let that one get away and may bite us come conference tourney time. Second, this was a let down attendance-wise. I was hoping that this stretch of home games would build off the SMU game and see us with attendance solidly in the 4K range (4500+) , but we back slid into our typical home crowd. Disappointed. I think the team could have used some home crowd energy late in the game.

Kinda weird stat line that we only shot 4 free throws...make that Robert Allen only shot the 4 free throws for the entire team. On the bright side, as a "team," we were 75% from the charity stripe.