Rice (1/29/21)

[CMJ]

Feels like it has been forever since our last game.  Less than 12 hours left, so it doesn't seem likely to be called off now.

Edited January 28, 2021 by BillySee58

[UNTLifer]

7pm on ESPN+.

Quick Look @ Rice:

They are 10-6 overall and 4-4 in conference.

Enter game on a three game losing streak.

Of their 10 wins, half have come against Incarnate Word by 15, Our Lady of The Lake (39), Letourneau (20), Houston Baptist (22) and Houston Bapist again (11).

Have a 13 point loss to Sam Houston St.

In CUSA play they swept UTSA, split with UTEP and ODU and were swept by UAB.

PG Quincy Olivari is their leading scorer at 16.1 ppg while shooting 46% from three.

G Travis Evee is their second leading scorer at 15.5 ppg have scored in double figures in every game but one.  Shoots 41% from three.

Olivari and Evee have combined to attempt 228 three point shots on the year, making 100, while the remainder of the team has 242 attempts combined.

G Chris Mullins (11.5) and F/C Max Fielder (11.1) are their two other scorers averaging double digits.

I predict a sweep and both games to have a winning margin by ten or more.

 

[Hunter Green]

So, who sweeps whom? 🤔

[greenminer]

7:00PM tip @ The Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, TX

TV: ESPN+
TuneIn Game Broadcast
Rice RPI Rank: 192
UNT RPI Rank: 176 (we were 233 going into UTEP)
ESPN Game Page
Official Rice MBBall
Twitter @RiceBasketball

Last Time Out:
RICE: Rice Comes Up Short at UAB, 86-74 (1/23/2021)
MEAN GREEN: Mean Green Make Plays Late to Win, 74-65 (UTEP) (1/16/2021)

....Radio broadcast reminder: if you want to listen via TuneIn, you do NOT search for KNTU 88.1.  You have to search for UNT, Mean Green, or Rice.  The Learfield broadcast has a separate internet channel and is not streamed via internet through the KNTU channel.

HERE is a direct link to the Learfield North Texas channel.
 

 

 

Edited January 29, 2021 by greenminer

[greenminer]

 

[greenminer]

As long as the game is eventually played, I think we can retain this thread and simply adjust the date in the title accordingly.

[CMJ]

I guess the new rule should be to not start a game thread more than six hours early!

[bstnsportsfan3]

Is their a change? Or is the game still tonight?

[BillySee58]

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

As long as the game is eventually played, I think we can retain this thread and simply adjust the date in the title accordingly.

Done

 

8 minutes ago, bstnsportsfan3 said:

Is their a change? Or is the game still tonight?

It is now tomorrow afternoon at 2. Saturday game moved to Sunday at 3.

 

[UNTLifer]

It makes sense.  Minimizes time away from class.  I like the day or rest in the middle of the two games.

[bstnsportsfan3]

Awesome so now it goes from tonight when I could watch to tomorrow during the afternoon while I’m working! 

[RiseUNT]

Heard we can’t fly out until that direct deposit hits Friday.

[MeanGreenHoops]

7 hours ago, CMJ said:

Feels like it has been forever since our last game.  Less than 12 hours left, so it doesn't seem likely to be called off now.

Thanks a lot. 😆

[greenminer]

7 hours ago, MeanGreenHoops said:

Thanks a lot. 😆

[greenjoe]

However, it says “RICE AT UNT JAN 31 at 3:00”. 
 

I thought both games were in Houston

[BillySee58]

Just now, greenjoe said:

However, it says “RICE AT UNT JAN 31 at 3:00”. 
 

I thought both games were in Houston

Nope. This is our travel partner, so we do one home and one away.

[CMJ]

NT 11 ------- Rice 11

 

14:22 to go

 

 

Nice start on offense.  Simmons playing well.

[CMJ]

Rice 19 ------- NT 13

 

11:53 to go

 

 

Owls on a big run.

Edited January 29, 2021 by CMJ

[greenminer]

Rice 34 is a big boy.  Get him in foul trouble and we can have an easier path.

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

We are getting picked apart. Zach seems to be our main outlet but they are suffocating the inside. They need to get control of this or it will get ugly quick. 

[greenminer]

Looks like Rice is avg-ing 78.3 ppg, 76 in CUSA.

Per the above tweet, it will be interesting to see if we can hold them at-or-around 60 this weekend.

EDIT: at this rate, today's game is not looking good.

Edited January 29, 2021 by greenminer

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Just now, greenminer said:

Looks like Rice is avg-ing 78.3 ppg, 76 in CUSA.

Per the above tweet, it will be interesting to see if we can hold them at-or-around 60 this weekend.

Clawing back. We have really good defensive intensity but they have some really big boys. They are doing much better with their second chance opportunities. This could turn into a shootout.

[CMJ]

Rice 28 ------- NT 25

 

6:25 to go

 

 

Can't stop their offense.

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

3 ball just won't fall today. We are 1 for 7 from 3. They are shooting 50%

[ADLER]

Rice 37 ------- NT 36

Halftime