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Change in Plans for Fulce January 25, 2007 Don't blame Joseph Fulce if he is feeling a little strange right now. After all, it seems that the slashing 6-foot-7, 180-pound swingman originally from Plano thought he has known forever where he'd be playing his college ball, even if it meant going for an extra year of prep school. But change can happen sometimes, and that's what Fulce is facing - and it's something the young man now at Massanuetten Military Academy in Virginia is ready to take on. "Right now, I'm re-opening my recruitment," Fulce said. "I'm looking at everything again and everything is going pretty good, so I want to look at my options. Ever since I moved out to the East Coast I've gotten a different perspective of the game and there's a lot of things that are hard to explain. But I just felt that I needed to look at my options again." Fulce - who was one of the first members from the state's Class of 2006 to make a commitment when he made a pledge to Texas A&M at the end of his junior season at Plano - added that opening up his recruitment has nothing to do with his relationship with the Aggies program. "I have nothing against A&M, and I've talked to Coach G (Billy Gillespie) and let him know that," Fulce said. "It's all good - I just felt that I needed to re-open things." The news of Fulce's availability is less than a week old and already schools have been in contact. "So far, I've heard from Illinois, Texas Tech, Maryland, George Mason, UNC-Wilmington, and Cincinnati," Fulce said. "Illinois for sure has offered and there are other schools I want to talk to and make it all legit. I'll probably know more within the next two-three weeks. It's only been a few days and a lot of schools are calling, so there are a lot of things for me to find out about." For Fulce, it's an interesting period since it's been a awhile since he was getting chased by schools. "It's been a long time," Fulce said. "This time, I'm going to look at a place that still fits my style of play - a quick tempo, a really quick team that likes to run. And defensively, somewhere that's good as well. I'm looking at a lot of stuff - and this time I'll have a better perspective." Fulce isn't opposed to going away from home for college, but wouldn't mind staying in the Lone Star State either. "I wouldn't mind being close to home, as there are a lot of good schools there," Fulce said. "But I wouldn't mind going away from home either." The beginning of the spring signing period is a couple of months away, so Fulce doesn't want to waste any time with his brand new recruiting situation. "I'll probably take a visit pretty soon - probably in the next three weeks," Fulce said. "I'm not sure with who yet, but I've only got about 60 days before I have to decide at the end of March and the beginning of April. So I've got a lot of work to do - and I still have to deal with school, the military stuff, and all that. I'm hoping to do what I can." Texas Hoops Analysis: JOSEPH is a fluid athlete who glides to the hole and finishes with very good body control in the lane. He has a nice stroke from 16 feet and can hit the 3 point shot. He runs the floor well, is active without the ball, has good hands, is a nice rebounder and has a long and lean basketball build.

G. Vizza (10 inch headlines) is the starting quarterback in September by default! He is Todd Dodge's #1 hand picked recruit; that played the identical system at Alamo Heights. Throw out any prior experience of Meager & Phillips (under Darrell Dickey) Woody Wilson would be the ideal fit but his accuracy is suspect. (he's clearly #2) Meager looks like a very good extra point and field goal holder candidate while Phillips would be an awesome clip board holder. No one knows anything about Tune. Last note: Riley Dodge will sign on with Dad. Let's not even start a dog and pony show with his recruitment! Riley Dodge IS NOT a BCS quarterback and it would be the ultimate slap in the face of North Texas and Todd Dodge for him to select SMU or TCU types over UNT. How in the hell can Todd Dodge sell North Texas to other high school kids (and parents) when young Riley feels that our program is beneath similar D1 programs. Todd Dodge has already got this done!

I'd rather have the Army to come to Fouts (to blow the SOB up)

Sonny Allen was the coach

This kid has NFL written all over him (QB). Whoever even remotely considers moving him to another position should be fired.

We have not done a good job recently of "keeping it in the family" but Collin Dennis' younger brother is the #2 ranked sophomore in Texas. Great prospect! January 29, 2007 TexasHoops.com Staff Rank Name High School Height Position 1. Shawn Williams Duncanville 6'7" 3 2. Nolan Dennis Richland 6'5" 2/1 3. Tommy Mason-Griffin Houston Madison 5'10" 1 4. Kendric Robinson San Antonio Southwest 5'11" 1 5. GJ Vilarino McKinney 5'10" 1 6. Roger Franklin Duncanville 6'5" 4 7. Keith Gallon Humble Atascocita 6'8" 5 8. Steven Rogers Houston Strake Jesuit 5'10" 1 9. Jamal Fenton Houston Chavez 5'10" 1 10. Tim Frazier Houston Strake Jesuit 6'0" 2/1 11. Erik Williams Cy Springs 6'6" 4/5 12. Augustin Rubit Houston Smiley 6'6" 5/4 13. Desean Miles North Dallas 6'2" 2 14. Cory Jefferson Killeen 6'8" 4 15. Marshall Henderson Hurst LD Bell 6'1" 2/1 16. Dewayne Shaw Dallas Carter 6'8" 4/5 17. Toney McGilveary North Crowley 6'5" 3 18. Kenny Onyechi Fort Bend Kempner 6'6" 4/5 19. Phillip Roth Richardson 6'6" 4 20. Reger Dowell North Dallas 6'0" 1/2 21. Kerry Jones Tyler Lee 6'6" 4 22. Kevin Perry Houston Westbury Christian 6'6" 3/4 23. Marquis Tolliver Rice Consolidated 6'5" 3 24. Joey Brooks Houston Strake Jesuit 6'5" 4 25. Josef Brown Houston Wheatley 6'9" 5/4 26. Brandon Thompson San Antonio Stevens 6'2" 2/1 27. Raymond Penn Fort Bend Bush 5'10" 1 28. Garlon Green Fort Bend Hightower 6'5" 3 29. Cameron Miles Dallas Skyline 6'0" 1/2 30. Ryan Barbre Arlington Martin 6'1" 1 31. Mark Brooks Spring Westfield 5'9" 1/2 32. Garrett Constance The Woodlands College Park 6'5" 4 33. Derek Johnson The Woodlands Christian 6'7" 4 34. Jeff Georgatos Episcopal School of Dallas 6'6" 5/4 35. Chris Wacker Converse Judson 6'5" 4 36. Vertrail Vaughns Mesquite 6'0" 1 37. Jarvis Phillips Dallas Carter 5'10" 1 38. Joshua Wesley Fort Bend Hightower 6'5" 4 39. Cameron Catlett San Antonio Madison 6'3" 1/2 40. Jonathan Sharpless Dallas Wilson 6'4" 3 41. Ryan Salcedo Houston Milby 6'1" 2/1 42. Tevin Holmes Alief Hastings 6'5" 5 43. Chris Blake San Antonio Clark 6'6" 4 44. JJ Richardson Fort Bend Hightower 6'5" 5 45. Trevor Noack Keller Central 6'5" 5/4 46. Travis Smith San Antonio Madison 6'3" 3 47. Skooter Lewis Houston Westbury Christian 6'2" 2/1 48. Jor'gio Lacey Arlington Sam Houston 6'5" 4 49. Tyler Melville Plano West 6'3" 2/1 50. Daryell Taylor Fort Bend Hightower

This was the final nail for J. Jones.

North Texas is the only school in America to ever offer Darrell Dickey a head coaching job.

January 22, 2007 TexasHoops.com Staff Rank Name High School Height Position 1. Willie Warren North Crowley 6'4" 2/1 2. J'Covan Brown Port Arthur Memorial 6'3" 2/1 3. J'Mison "Bobo" Morgan Dallas South Oak Cliff 6'10" 5 4. Anthony Jones Houston Yates 6'10" 4/5/3 5. Steve Tchiengang Cypress Christian 6'8" 4 6. Ian Markolf San Antonio Churchill 7'0" 5 7. Will Brown Dallas Woodrow Wilson 6'8" 4/5 8. Phillip McDonald Cypress Springs 6'4" 2/3 9. Jeremy Green Austin Bowie 6'3" 2 10. Damarius Jones Dallas Pinkston 6'4" 2 11. Quincy Acy Mesquite Horn 6'8" 5/4 12. David Kyles Dallas Kimball 6'3" 2 13. Corbin Ray Katy Taylor 6'8" 4 14. Demetri Goodson Klein Collins 6'0" 1 15. James Bzlasczyk Friendswood 6'10" 4/5 16. Nate Garth Dallas Wilson 6'1" 1 17. Zach Williams Dallas Skyline 6'4" 3 18. Myles Walker San Antonio Antonian 6'8" 5 19. Trent Rogers Houston Strake Jesuit 6'3" 2 20. Gerayl Sanders Dallas Lincoln 6'4" 1/3 21. Nathan Gibbs DeSoto 6'6" 4 22. Tre Nichols Killeen 5'11" 1 23. Antuan Bootle Houston St Thomas 6'7" 5/4 24. Brad Hambrick Sherman 6'0" 2/1 25. Tarron Hassell Arlington Sam Houston 6'2" 2 26. Kevin Butler Duncanville 6'5" 4/3 27. George Nelson Killeen Harker Heights 6'8" 5 28. Kevin Smith Plano East 6'5" 4 29. Darian Thibodeaux Dallas Kimball 6'2" 2 30. Fred Hunter Denton 6'4" 3 31. Mike Webb Dallas Kimball 6'6" 4 32. Courtney Jackson Paris 6'6" 4 33. Drew Sellers Brazoswood 6'6" 4 34. DeShaun Garrett Houston Wheatley 6'0" 2/1 35. Brandon Williams Aldine 6'1" 2 36. Emerson Herndon Houston Worthing 6'9" 5 37. Dwight Miller Houston Westbury Christian 6'8" 5/4 38. Terry Bembry Fort Bend Bush 6'7" 4 39. Logan Lancon Clear Creek 6'5" 3 40. Gary Cox Aldine Nimitz 6'5" 4 41. Garland Judkins Cypress Christian 6'4" 3/2 42. Stephen Payne Allen 6'4" 3 43. Anthony Hill Plano East 6'0" 1 44. Jesse Sanders HCYA 6'0" 2/1 45. Darrius Darks Pflugerville Connally 6'0" 1/2 46. Randy Locemba San Antonio Sam Houston 6'3" 3 47. Travis Jones Georgetown 6'5" 3 48. Victor Leak Flower Mound Marcus 6'6" 4/3 49. Tramian Thomas Winnie East Chambers 6'1" 2/1 50. Dominique Andrews Fort Bend Hightower 6'4" 3/2 51. Roshun Jackson San Antonio Madison 6'6" 3 52. Chris Otule Fort Bend Bush 6'8" 5 53. Joseph Lawson Houston Madison 6'2" 3 54. Tim Meadows Crowley 6'2" 2 55. Troy Alexander Dallas Highland Park 5'11" 1 56. Chris Isles Alief Hastings 5'9" 1 57. Brandon Williams Carrollton Ranchview 6'1" 2 58. Trey Anderson Lewisville Hebron 6'3" 2/3 59. Cotton Giles Dallas Kimball 6'3" 1/2 60. Marcus Armstead Houston Westside 6'1" 1 61. Brandon Talley Duncanville 5'9" 1 62. Jonathan Simmons Houston Smiley 6'3" 3/2 63. Chris Hines Klein Forest 6'1" 1/2 64. Jacolby Joseph Beaumont Ozen 6'5" 3/4 65. Steven Werner Birdville 6'8" 5 66. Ian Davis Clear Creek 6'5" 4 67. Sedrick Johnson Arp 6'4" 3 68. Bonner McDermott Dallas Highland Park 6'7" 5 69. Brandon Sebirumbi Keller Central 6'7" 5/4 70. Connor Frizzelle DeSoto 6'1" 1 71. Greg Willis Houston Westside 6'8" 4/5 72. Gary Mason Waxahachie 6'5" 5 73. Darious Jones Fort Worth Dunbar 5'11" 1 74. Dannis Harris Houston Westside 6'2" 1/2 75. Xavier Roberson Lufkin 5'11" 1 76. Colby Ray Crowley 5'11" 1 77. Andre Jackson Dallas Pinkston 6'9" 5 78. Semaj Watkins Austin Johnston 6'3" 2/3 79. Chris Babb Arlington Oakridge 6'5" 3 80. Chris Johnson San Antonio Brackenridge 6'6" 3 81. Kendall Timmons Fort Worth Southwest 6'4" 2 82. Cameron Moore San Antonio Roosevelt 6'6" 4/3 83. Richard Brown Houston Madison 6'2" 2 84. Patrick Moore Austin Bowie 6'4" 4/5 85. Shedrick Ferrell North Dallas 6'6" 5 86. Rory Burt Wichita Falls 6'11" 5 87. Patrick Johnson Pasadena Dobie 6'7" 5 88. Cameron Frazier Mansfield 6'6" 5/4 89. Brandon Harrison Houston Milby 6'7" 4/5 90. Neil Duvall Southlake Carroll 6'7" 4 91. D'Aric Green Houston Waltrip 6'2" 2 92. Brandon Jones Dallas South Oak Cliff 6'6" 4/3 93. Travis Hallem Mesquite 6'4" 4/3 94. Sedrick Martin Bastrop 6'5" 4/3 95. Vincent McNeil Dallas Roosevelt 6'3" 2 96. John Bowman Mesquite Horn 6'3" 3 97. Charlie Harper San Antonio Madison 6'4" 4/3 98. Jeremiah Ransaw Killeen Shoemaker 6'1" 1/2 99. Jon Miller Flower Mound Marcus 6'4" 1/2 100. DJ Harris Channelview 6'6" 4/3

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I love the color and the mascot.

Trey Baysinger is the younger brother of Al Baysinger. Al never played at NT. He was on the verge of signing/committing to NT but then signed with OU. Actually played well for OU and was a 2-3 year starter at offensive tackle. This kid is not fat at all. Very bow legged. (sp) Hatch was their best lineman and top recruit at center. Also plays center on the basketball team. Loggins is only about 280 and played mostly at defensive tackle. Would be a nice pickup. Not sure of possible grade issues with any of them. The other Carter kids aren't players. The kid from Berkner committed to SMU and the Trinity kid I believe committed to an out of state school.

Anthony "Spud" Webb of Wilmer-Hutchins was a 12 year NBA player. The highlight of Spud's career was the 1986 All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk contest in his hometown Dallas, where he was crowned the the dunk champion. Spud attended Midland J.C. and later moved on to North Carolina State University. He was drafted in the fourth round by Detroit and later was moved to Atlanta, where he started his career. (Spud verbally committed to North Texas' coach Bill Blakeley, who was later fired) New coach Tommy Newman informed Spud that his style would not be a fit in Newman's slower paced structured offense.

Count me in with the growing number of alums who thinks that it will be time for a change (at season's end) if this team doesn't advance to the conference championship. I disagree with most who feel that JJ has been an outstanding recruiter. If you leave our D1 transfers from other programs out of the mix, his recruiting has been bad. Anyway, there is still adequate talent to not get blown out by any of these current Sunbelt schools. We are missing a golden opportunity becuase there are no dominate belt teams as in the past. What's sad is that I have always pointed to the 07-08 season as THE potential breakout year. (where we would finally have a nice number of transfers together; coupled with another 2-3 ships to play with. With what I have seen thus far, I'm not sure anymore. Last - First - H - P - Year Recruited - School - Hometown - Coach Bell , Ben - 6'3 - PG - 2006-2007 - San Jacinto JC (MacArthur HS) , Irving, TX - Johnny Jones Jackson , Johnathan - 6'8 - F - 2006-2007 - Mineral Area (Jefferson HS) , Portland, OR - Johnny Jones Mangrum , Collin - 6'4 - BG - 2006-2007 - Howe HS , Howe, TX - Johnny Jones Muse , Curtis - 6'10 - C - 2006-2007 - Mineral Area JC (Vashon HS) , St. Louis, MO - Johnny Jones Wooden , Keith - 6'9 - F - 2006-2007 - Arizona St , Lawrence, KA - Johnny Jones Brown , Lionel - 5'11 - G - 2005-2006 - Eastern Ok St College , Ardmore, OK - Johnny Jones Edwards , Harold - 6'4 - SF - 2005-2006 - Leflure HS , Mobile, AL - Johnny Jones Howerton , Justin - 6'10 - C - 2005-2006 - Howe HS , Howe, TX - Johnny Jones Stewart , Harold - 6'7 - F - 2005-2006 - Crowley HS , Ft. Worth, TX - Johnny Jones Young , Rich - 6'5 - F - 2005-2006 - Eastern Ok St College , Farrell, PA - Johnny Jones Davis , Kendrick - 6'4 - BG - 2004-2005 - Univ. of Arkansas , Houston - Johnny Jones Ray , Coby - 6'1 - PG - 2004-2005 - , Plano - Johnny Jones Ruffin , Jared - 6'0 - PG - 2004-2005 - Creighton Prep , Omaha, NE - Johnny Jones Sturns , Michael - 6'4 - G - 2004-2005 - North Crowley HS , Crowley, TX - Johnny Jones Williams , Quincy - 6'7 - PF - 2004-2005 - Carl Albert HS , Midwest City, OK - Johnny Jones Johnson , Shawnson - 6'9 - C - 2003-2004 - LSU Transfer , Shreveport, LA - Johnny Jones Jones , Michael - 6'7 - F - 2003-2004 - McLennan JC , Lancaster, TX - Johnny Jones Mitchell , Marquis - 6'0 - G - 2003-2004 - State Fair CC , Baton Rouge, LA - Johnny Jones Watkins , Calvin - 6'5 - G - 2003-2004 - Madison HS , Houston, TX - Johnny Jones Wilson , Mark - 6'3 - G - 2003-2004 - Highland CC , Chicago, TX - Johnny Jones Byrd , Sam - 6'10 - C - 2002-2003 - Hastings HS , Alief, TX - Johnny Jones DeGrate , Michael - 6'8 - F - 2002-2003 - McLennan JC , McGregor, TX - Johnny Jones Harris , Ron - 6'7 - F - 2002-2003 - Oakridge HS , Arlington, TX - Johnny Jones Roniger , Scott - 6'2 - G - 2002-2003 - Rummel HS , Metarie, LA - Johnny Jones Thomas , Ty - 6'6 - F - 2002-2003 - Sam Houston HS , Arlington, TX - Johnny Jones Green , Jermaine - 6'7 - F - 2001-2002 - , - Johhny Jones Green , Lee - 6'3 - G - 2001-2002 - , Hagerstown, MD - Johhny Jones

Front Cover: Heisman Candidate UT's "Colt McCoy".

Boys 4A - Team Rankings (as of Dec. 12th) December 12, 2006 Staff Boys Class 4A 1. Dallas South Oak Cliff 2. Dallas Lincoln 3. Dallas Kimball 4. Fort Worth Dunbar 5. Beaumont Ozen 6. Dallas Wilson 7. Dallas Spruce 8. Dallas Highland Park 9. Crowley 10. Wichita Falls 11. Killeen 12. LaMarque 13. Pflugerville Connally 14. Brenham 15. Houston Wheatley 16. Houston Yates 17. Fort Worth Southwest 18. Paris 19. Houston BT Washington 20. Forest Brook 21. Everman 22. San Antonio Sam Houston 23. New Braunfels Canyon 24. Huntsville 25. Lake Travis Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order): Angleton, Austin LBJ, Dallas Pinkston, Del Valle, El Paso Chapin, Fredericksburg, Lancaster, Lubbock Estacado, San Antonio Brackenridge, Schertz Clemens, Whitehouse TexasHoops.com

Chambers has already said no!

I guess I was the only Dennis Parker fan! I had no problem with the hiring and the job he did. He had just won the Class 5A State Championship. I thought he did a very good recruiting job. If my memory is correct, he brought in Luis Silva from Judson. He feel in love with this QB from Plano that nearly beat his Marshall team and recruited him to NT. (Mitch Maher (sp) He also brought his top (highly recruited) players with him. DL Willis Hudson, Stanley Jackson & others. His best prospect (Quincy Clouch) was one of the states top recruits but didn't have the grades to come to NT. Unlike Darrell Dickey, the guy pulled out all the stops to stay competitive. The administration, like had been the case with other coaches, never game the guy a chance (because of his HS background) If he had been given 9 years, like a recent coach (without prior HC experience) he would have been very successful. Parker was HS coach of the year and very influential within the TX HS ranks. His popularity was ever bit that of Todd Dodge. I don't consider Dennis Parker a mistake! I remember calling the athletic department on National Signing Day. Parker answered the phone and when asked if he had signed a local kid that had commited to NT, Parker ran down the entire signing class for me. Was a very christian man which is what attracted Maher to NT.

I felt Bruce Chambers was a horrible coach at Dallas Carter. He had been the defensive coordinator to previous coach Freddie James. Carter, without question, had the best and most talent in the country at the time. Bruce was at the right place at the right time. Mack Brown, new to UT, knew that he had to get into Dallas Carter, thus the hiring of Bruce. I've known Bruce since our days at North Texas State, where he was best friends with fellow NT great, Malcolm Jones. I've recently worked closely with a cousin of his the last 2-3 years. Though I've been a huge Dallas Carter fan, I've never considered Bruce head coaching material. He's a home boy and all, but I'd pass. By the way, his salary at UT is about $130,000. Moreover, the DISD administrators and fellow coaches (that were around during his day) have moved on. He does, however, know the area.

I vote yes!

Evidently Jim McIngvale didn’t get the memo that we were not joining the Sunbelt Conference to stay in the Sunbelt Conference. Our Athletic Department did a great job of helping craft a conference friendly Sunbelt where we should be expected to excel. The Sunbelt was and still should be, a stop gap conference, where we should run the table year end and out (until a regional Conference USA type conference come calling. "Dickey Ball" has been destructive to the blue print. 4-Conference Championships with "Dickey Ball" have not generated any interest in the minds of area recruits and our growing student body. Darrell has put a boring product on the field for 9 years where it has not been remotely competitive outside the worse conference in all of football. Our recruiting classes had become sub par by even Sunbelt standards. Thank you for staying true to the vision! I can appreciate the loyalty Mattress Mac has shown Darrell Dickey. The facts are Mr McIngvale, UNT is honoring the last 2 years (or 3) of his contract. RV, and others, have been very patient with Darrell Dickey, as he has been here longer than any other coach in modern North Texas history. I was one of the fans in attendance (during half-time of a men’s game) when Mattress Mac proclaimed his love for UNT as the main reason for his 1mm donation. Though we hurting for money, I would rather go down to D1 AA or drop football for a while, instead of taking money from alums with the type of strings attached as those of Jim McIngvale. Why would Darrell Dickey, or any other person with any semblance of pride, want a facility named after them under such circumstance? We should not even remotely entertain naming anything, let alone Hall of Fame, for a coach with a losing record? Our program should be better than that! If need be, I say, send the million dollars back to McIngvale and tell him to stick the money up his mattress. If you feel a need to, in fact, name the field after Dickey, it should be called, “The Practice Field in Denton, named for Darrell Dickey because Jim McIngvale held us hostage” Just my opinion!

You would think Darrell wearing a stupid Mattress Mac cap for 2-3 hours (on national TV) was more than enough marketing for 1MM. I appreciate the guy paying for the team to fly down for Andrew Smith's funeral, but this guy has not exactly been a Boone Pickens to this university.

Sunbelt basketball has always been better than Sunbelt football. (Dickey's teams won the league with less members and start ups (To D1 football) Sunbelt basketball has also been ranked much higher nationally than the worse that is, Sunbelt football. Jones' team will be better in 06-07 but should clearly be the favorite to advance to the Big dance in 07-08