North Texas Beats Baylor...

CMJ · December 10, 2003

Hopkins came up big. Nice win. For those of you at the game give us thoughts. There was a group of us online cheering on.

BTW: the Final

73-69

Edited December 10, 2003 by CMJ

GabeGMG · December 10, 2003

The game went great, attendance wasn't what I was hoping for, but still the crowd got into it. 11 three pointers for UNT I believe. I don't understand why Rodgers doesn't get that much playing time, I love watching him with the ball, its amazing.

IronMan4 · December 10, 2003

Rogers is the only point guard we have at the moment that can push the ball the way JJ wants us to. He can be inconsistent though, and that's when you see Roniger, who played great tonight as well. Great game from both our point men.

Baylor had two big runs- one to open the game and another to come back from the big lead we had on them. Both runs were predicated on sloppy basketball and bad passes from NT. We played smart the rest of the game and it was good enough.

We caught fire tonight from downtown. We always knew that Leonard and Jerome could knock it down from outside, but isn't it great to see the team clicking like that?

I was proud of the way we played defense tonight, it was at the intensity level we did not see very much last year, but saw it alot the year before. I was starting to worry that Jermaine Green was the heart of the team, but other guys stepped up in his place and I would like to say GREAT JOB to WILL SMITH. Hustling everywhere, going balls out on defesne, just what this team needs.

The crowd that was there really got into the game and gave our guys a lift. If you missed the game, you missed a helluva time.

BIG thanks to DoubleEagle for letting me use his tickets to see my buddy play. Robbie had a foul, rebound, and airball . He made it this far though, and that is amazing enough itself.

Baylor is hurting, and they will be back, make no mistake about it.

NTEagle08 · December 10, 2003

my sign was getting props all night long. The Sign had on it, "Hey Baylor, I think our football just scored on you...AGAIN"

Not a really big crowd, but I can say that alot of the students were loud tonight and really getting into the game.

Buford_Julep · December 10, 2003

Ron Harris and Ty Thomas made some big plays tonight. Thomas came out of nowhere on a truly spectacular block at the expense of Baylor's #24.

December 10, 2003

Sayman sucks.

UNT_92_Fan · December 10, 2003

attendance wasnt as nice i expected...but the students section actually looked decent and we were loud!!! fun game to be at....My little section of friends had a blast at the game...my only complaint would be when the game was close we wanted to stand up and be loud and the students behind just complained....And Ironman....nice little dance after that huge Rogers three in the second half....

Gakusei · December 10, 2003

All I can say is...

LEONARD HOPKINS!

19 points and 4 shots from downtown, and almost all of them were NBA 3's!

oh...and...

OUR HOUSE! (5-0)

IronMan4 · December 10, 2003

And Ironman....nice little dance after that huge Rogers three in the second half....

I can promise you that wasn't me.

UNT_92_Fan · December 10, 2003

I can promise you that wasn't me.

ok.......

Gakusei · December 10, 2003

I forgot to mention that almost 2,200 were on hand according to ESPN.

I have a feeling that next game we're going to more than double that...

UNT_92_Fan · December 10, 2003

Roniger can pass like crazy.....In the first half he had that one dish up under the bucket....and if he could have only connected on the attempted oop....that kids has some skills but it hurt to see him pass up on a few wide open shots.....Just Pull it Scotty! We still will cheer if you miss....We ran into him at Wendy's after the HS (hardin simmons...or high school...your call) game and he was a really cool guy...overall tonite was a FUN nite at the pit....my grade on my 8 o clock final may suffer because of it but we just thumped baylor again...that a sweep! FB and basketball.....screw finals! GMG!

December 10, 2003

ok.......

I think that may have been me

UNT_92_Fan · December 10, 2003

whoever it was....it was pretty! lol

Travis · December 10, 2003

Ironman, I agree about the Will Smith comment...

He was hustling and moving around... Going for everything and not letting up.. he gets the game ball.

I loved seeing Hopkins get his touch back.. very nice.. i hope this is a coming out game that sets the stage for the rest of the season...

Ty Thomas, Harris, Degrate, Jones all had a great game going for the ball..

I think the reason Roniger was taken out was because of a few not-so-smart plays and also the fact that there were a few times that he was open for the shot and would not take it.. (that is very frustrating, when he has the shot but doesn't take it)

My only hope is that Rogers will be more consistent this year in his shooting... He is a streaky guy.. but we need somebody who can give us that outside shot to compliment our new addition of Johnson.

Pierow 2 · December 10, 2003

I just absolutely love the way these guys are hustling this year. They may not win many more, but it won't be for a lack of effort.

Stan R · December 10, 2003

Holy crap was it an effort to get into that game. Probably a wind chill of about -15 degrees outside...

I got there only to realize they don't take debit/credit cards -- duh. So I had to run to the chevron to get some cash. The things I do for this team..

Anyway I finally made it to the game to walk right past Darrel Dickey in his suave brown suit. Sat down and thought that the crowd was not great, but not too bad. Was MUCH better for the last ULL game last year.

An entirely exiting game, though. My "play of the game" had to be the shot block that was a smack down - then the subequent fast break slam.. Greatness

Cerebus · December 10, 2003

An entirely exiting game, though. My "play of the game" had to be the shot block that was a smack down - then the subequent fast break slam.. Greatness

That was all Ty Thomas, his 4th block of the night.

Mark my words, that soph is going to be a star by the time he leaves.

IronMan4 · December 10, 2003

My "play of the game" had to be the shot block that was a smack down - then the subequent fast break slam.. Greatness

That block and ensuing slam was brought to you by Matt Sayman, the Jeremy McFall of Baylor basketball. I don't know what he thought he was doing driving the lane, but I'm sure glad he did. Go Mean Green!

gregorythegreen · December 10, 2003

It was a great game. Did Degrate play? I never saw him, but I didn't have the best seats, either. I remember last year, he came up big in several games and I am expecting the same this year, but I never noticed him last night. The football sign was hilarious.