GAMEDAY 8/17/18 - Exhibition: "Italy All Stars"

MeanGreenTexan · August 17, 2018

Tipoff at 11:30am Central VS "Italy All Stars"

Score/Updates to come on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/@meangreenmbb

UNTLifer · August 17, 2018

Italy: 21

UNT: 20

End of Q1.

Gibson leads UNT with 9 points.

UNTLifer · August 17, 2018

UNT: 37

Italy: 31

Halftime

Gibson: 13 pts, 3 steals

Z. Simmons: 7 pts, 6 rebs

UNTLifer · August 17, 2018

Rose opens the second half with a 3 ball. UNT up 40-33.

UNTLifer · August 17, 2018

End of 3Q, UNT 63, Italy 50.

Now up by 22, 72-50, with four minutes left.

BillySee58 · August 17, 2018

UNTLifer · August 17, 2018

FINAL: UNT 83 Itally All-Stars 59

Gibson: 18 pts, 6 assists, 5 steals

Smart: 17 pts, 7 rebs, 4 steals

J. Simmons: 13pts, 6 rebs.

Z. Simmons: 11 pts, 10 rebs

Harry · August 17, 2018

Man this team is going to be good this year!!!

Cooke County Kid · August 17, 2018

Cannot wait for the season to start. Should be a GREAT year for all UNT athletics and particularly the men's and women's basketball teams. How about them Eagles!!!!!!

BillySee58 · August 17, 2018

9 minutes ago, Harry said:

Man this team is going to be good this year!!!

The fun thing about this team is that everyone on the roster gives you skill offensively. Last year we were playing a lot with 2 or 3 guys on the court at the same time who brought you very little offensively and could not stretch the floor. This looks like a very well put together team with a lot of guys who can hurt you.

drex · August 18, 2018

How about that Scott Davis!!! Singlehandedly took control and beat SMU a few years back, not to mention his performance against the Horns in '88.

BillySee58 · August 18, 2018

Oklahoma State played in Europe as well this summer (Italy, Greece, and The Netherlands). They lost to the Italian National B Team by 27. Would like to see how we would fare against that same squad.

ntmeangreen11 · August 18, 2018

Umoja Gibson is a complete unknown and I can't wait to see him in action this year.

Venson · August 18, 2018

I believe this team will be scary good. That offensive production is amazing having not played a competitive game since the CBI. Grant is absolutely the right guy for the job. Tony Benford is all but forgotten. Haha.

NorthTexan95 · August 18, 2018

We may be playing well but the competition seems to be pretty weak. I'd much rather see us playing close, hard fought games. Blowing out every team we play doesn't help us much.

chrisfisher · August 18, 2018

1 hour ago, NorthTexan95 said:

We may be playing well but the competition seems to be pretty weak. I'd much rather see us playing close, hard fought games. Blowing out every team we play doesn't help us much.

True, but when you play Italy's "all-stars," I presume they are giving you the best they have?!?

NorthTexan95 · August 18, 2018

3 hours ago, chrisfisher said:

True, but when you play Italy's "all-stars," I presume they are giving you the best they have?!?

I wouldn't assume that. It might be more of the "best available".

jdennis82 · August 18, 2018

6 hours ago, NorthTexan95 said:

We may be playing well but the competition seems to be pretty weak. I'd much rather see us playing close, hard fought games. Blowing out every team we play doesn't help us much.

I see your point but it would be concerning if they played to the level of the competition. This is a program that hasn't had a lot of "don't let up with a big lead" games in recent years. There's value in learning how to prevent another team from getting back in the game.

NorthTexan95 · August 18, 2018

3 minutes ago, jdennis82 said:

I see your point but it would be concerning if they played to the level of the competition. This is a program that hasn't had a lot of "don't let up with a big lead" games in recent years. There's value in learning how to prevent another team from getting back in the game.

There is value in that.

97and03 · August 18, 2018

The first game was a second-level (serie B) team. Maybe this was that league’s all-stars?

BillySee58 · August 19, 2018

5 hours ago, NorthTexan95 said:

I wouldn't assume that. It might be more of the "best available".

Maybe the case. Regardless, the point of these games is not necessarily to give our guys the most battle-hardening games. It’s to experiment with some lineups and build chemistry on the court, among other things.