MGB late night hoops rewind: Charlotte 82, UNT 81

[Brett Vito]

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2017/01/late-night-hoops-rewind-charlotte-82-unt-81.html/

[UNT90]

Benford said UNT has been in every game.

Learned his craft well from the Hattiesburg Hustler, I see. 

[Army of Dad]

34 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

Benford said UNT has been in every game.

Learned his craft well from the Hattiesburg Hustler, I see. 

If you mean that came from Vito's piece, that was freshman AJ Lawson. 

[UNT90]

54 minutes ago, Army of Dad said:

If you mean that came from Vito's piece, that was freshman AJ Lawson. 

Misread and assumed it was Benford. Unfortunately it isn't true. At all.

[southsideguy]

ok i will go with that, but why are 0-January.  Close does not count in the win column.  If we made FT, if we made more 3 pointers, if we were better on defense, if we rebounded better, etc, etc. He is not getting the job done, I know he trying to get a contract extension.   There is always next year, next game, next week.

[Travis]

1 hour ago, UNT90 said:

Misread and assumed it was Benford. Unfortunately it isn't true. At all.

Well they did start every game tied. So....

[BillySee58]

10 hours ago, Travis said:

Well they did start every game tied. So....

Can you tell us what it was like playing intramurals with Tony Mitchell?

[Travis]

19 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Can you tell us what it was like playing intramurals with Tony Mitchell?

How did you know I played intramurals with him?

are you a magician? I am totally freaking out.  

Edited January 28, 2017 by Travis

[BillySee58]

2 minutes ago, Travis said:

How did you know I played intramurals with him?

are you a magician? I am totally freaking out.  

You said it one time on here

[Travis]

26 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

You said it one time on here

It was fun.  Because he just got here and wasnt benforded yet. Lol

 

basically, he would stand at the basket and destroy anyone who dared. On the offensive end, I would just lob it up. 

Oh he also liked shooting from half court for funnies. But he drained more than half of them. 

He actually was really generous when we played. Trying to get everyone involved because we are on the sucky level compared to him. It was fun. He is a good guy. 

Edited January 28, 2017 by Travis

[BillySee58]

10 minutes ago, Travis said:

It was fun.  Because he just got here and was benforded yet. Lol

 

basically, he would stand at the basket and destroy anyone who dared. On the offensive end, I would just lob it up. 

Oh he also liked shooting from half court for funnies. But he drained more than half of them. 

He actually was really generous when we played. Trying to get everyone involved because we are on the sucky level compared to him. It was fun. He is a good guy. 

That's awesome. Man, he practically did that on the court against D1 athletes his first season. He covered so much ground so quickly, both horizontally and vertically. Good times.

[Army of Dad]

5 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

That's awesome. Man, he practically did that on the court against D1 athletes his first season. He covered so much ground so quickly, both horizontally and vertically. Good times.

Also got a ton of goaltending calls. I really think that was because Sun Belt refs weren't used to seeing those kinds of plays.

Also, yes those were some really fun times. 

Edited January 28, 2017 by Army of Dad

[Travis]

12 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

That's awesome. Man, he practically did that on the court against D1 athletes his first season. He covered so much ground so quickly, both horizontally and vertically. Good times.

Yeah. He physically and skill-wise something I have never seen before. 

He also played on my intramural football team. Most of the guys did. I would just throw it up to what looked like 15 feet in the air (exaggerating) and like some beast he would jump up over everyone and get it. It made for lots of laughs and a lot of 'oh come on!' from the other team. They were good guys and got a long well. That was JJ's last year. The next, was a very different story.  

One time I had him in my office because some alcohol was found. He wasn't of legal age but I knew it wasn't him either. He took the fall for it and claimed it was his because he wanted to protect other players. I didn't do anything because the incident wasn't a big deal at all. But I did think it was cool that he was willing to take the responsibility for it even though it wasn't for him to take. 

I actually have a few funny stories of the players, and not the players that are always fun to reflect on