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Lehigh will head to Saint Francis (Pa.) on Dec. 8 then after a break for exams, travels to North Texas to face the Mean Green. A perennially strong program, North Texas has averaged 21 victories over its last six seasons and features NBA prospect Tony Mitchell who last season averaged 14.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game (as a freshman). “North Texas is a strong program that’s had a tremendous amount of basketball success, particularly in recent history,” Reed said. “Mitchell is noted by many as perhaps being the most athletic player in all of college basketball; he has tremendous size and skill level. It will be a fantastic matchup of high quality players at the mid-major level [with Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum], one that’s certainly an exciting individual matchup as well as team matchup.” Read more: http://blogs.mcall.com/varsity/2012/10/lehigh-mens-basketball-schedule-announced.html

Mid-Major All Tournament Team There will be some serious mid-major talent featured in the early rounds of the NIT Season Tip-Off including a pair of projected 2013 lottery picks in Tony Mitchell and CJ McCollum. Tony Mitchell, North Texas – Mitchell is unlike anything you’d expect to find in the Sun Belt. He’s 6-foot-8, 235 pounds with a 41-inch vertical and a 7-foot-4 wingspan. Measurables more than good enough to make NBA scouts drool. Mitchell was a top-20 recruit out of high school and attended four schools in three states. He was ruled an academic non-qualifier at Missouri before paying his own way to North Texas. After playing one semester, or 22 games, last season, Mitchell opted to forgo the NBA draft and return for his sophomore season in North Texas. Read more: http://www.umhoops.com/2012/09/24/first-look-2012-nit-season-tip-off/

North Texas-Amongst all these familiar faces, we have a fresh one, as the Mean Green of North Texas make the list because of the return of star Tony Mitchell. Mitchell, a former standout high school player originally committed to Missouri but enrolled at North Texas after eligibility concerns made him ineligible for the 2010-11 season. Last season Mitchell(pictured right) became eligible after the 1st semester, averaging 14.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3 blocks in 23 games played. This season the 6’8” forward is eligible from day 1, making the Mean Green the favorite in the Sun Belt Conference and a possible Tournament Cinderella. Mitchell, who could have been a 1st round pick had he declared for the draft, is an elite frontcourt talent and will be far and away the best player in the Sun Belt this season. While Mitchell is the key cog for this team and a player capable of singlehandedly carrying the Mean Green, he is not alone as North Texas returns everyone from a team that came up 4 points short of reaching the NCAA Tournament. In fact, North Texas returns 6 players in all who averaged over 8 points per game, led by the backcourt trio of Chris Jones (14.1ppg, 4.7rpg, 4.3apg), Jordan Williams (10.9ppg) and Alzee Williams. The Mean Green were a very young team last season with their top 4 players all being freshmen or sophomores, but this season with a year of experience and a star like Tony Mitchell, expect even more out of North Texas. North Texas does have one major loss to deal with, as they lost head coach Johnny Jones to LSU and have replaced him with Marquette assistant Tony Benford. Playing for a new head coach is always an adjustment but with a talented group led by a bona fide star and future pro in Tony Mitchell, get familiar with North Texas basketball. Look for North Texas to have a big year as they are big favorites in the Sun Belt due to their returning starters, headlined by Mitchell. If North Texas has a flaw it is perimeter shooting as the Mean Green struggled from downtown last season, shooting an anemic 32% from 3-point range. Despite this flaw, the Mean Green are a team to be reckoned with, as their strength rebounding the basketball(17th) and scoring balance will make them a pesky mid-major to deal with. Read more: http://tshq.co/2012/07/last-year-it-was-lehigh-and-norfolk-state-which-cinderellas-should-we-watch-in-2012-13/

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