UNT vs Arkansas Hogville Preview

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Scouting North Texas

North Texas head coach Grant McCasland is in his fourth season in Denton, Texas, he has a 62-41 overall record, and he led the Mean Green to a conference title in ’19-20. He relies on 6-4 senior point guard and ’19-20 C-USA Player of the Year Javion Hamlet of Memphis, who was recruited to Arkansas by the Hogs’ previous coaching staff. Hamlet had a double-double — 13 points and 11 assists — in the opener against MVSU.

UNT’s other two returning starters had big games against the Delta Devils as well. Zachary Simmons (6-10 senior forward) had 19 points on 7-of-8 field goals and 2-of-2 free throws to go with 7 rebounds and 3 assists, while James Reese (6-4 senior guard) registered a game-high-matching 21 points on 8-of-11 field goals, including 5-of-7 from 3, while also contributing 4 rebounds. Newcomer Mardrez McBride (6-2 junior guard who transferred to UNT from the junior-college ranks) scored 21 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including 6-of-7 from 3, plus 3-of-4 free throws to go with 3 assists and 3 steals.

Last season, North Texas finished 10th nationally in field-goal-percentage offense (48.3%) and 27th nationally in scoring defense (63.3 points per game). While Arkansas led Division 1 teams last season in three-point field-goal-percentage defense, UNT finished 14th nationally in three-point field-goal-percentage offense (37.9%).

Read more:  https://www.hogville.net/2020/11/27/game-preview-arkansas-1-0-to-host-north-texas-1-0-at-bwa-on-saturday/

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I hope Arkansas team is as overconfident as most of their fans.