Villanova (3/21/21)

[greenminer]

49 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

I think it all depends on Grant’s ability to bring the team back down from the clouds and focus.  

FWIW

“It’s funny, our guys want to celebrate, but they don’t really want to celebrate because they know we have more to play for. There’s a resolve to what we’re doing, so there’s no confusion. We didn’t come here to win one game, the belief in that locker room is that we’re here to play for it all."

[VideoEagle]

TeamRankings gave us a 25% chance of beating Purdue. They like our chances of beating Nova a bit more! We're still significant underdogs, but 38% is certainly a better chance. 

North Texas Basketball Predictions Update Mar 20, 2021

• North Texas beat Purdue 78-69 yesterday to advance to the next round of the NCAA tournament. Updated tournament advancement odds are below.

NCAA Tournament Projections NCAA Tournament Round Odds For North Texas To Reach Round Sweet 16 38.7% Elite 8 8.2% Final 4 2.4% Championship 0.5% Winner 0.1% • We'll send updated odds before every round, if North Texas keeps winning. Next NCAA Tournament Opponent Mar 21 vs. (N) Villanova North Texas has a 38.7% chance to win. Preview

[MeanMag]

9 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

7:45 PM Central Time on TNT

Damn - no Avery Johnson.

I agree with the rest of you who say he's not that great. The worst part of this has been hearing him say "Hamlin" over and over. But he's the guy who has watched the most North Texas basketball recently. If he weren't so lovable, I'd be happy he was getting replaced by Nance and Raftery.

Edited March 20, 2021 by MeanMag

[CMJ]

9 minutes ago, VideoEagle said:

TeamRankings gave us a 25% chance of beating Purdue. They like our chances of beating Nova a bit more! We're still significant underdogs, but 38% is certainly a better chance. 

North Texas Basketball Predictions Update Mar 20, 2021

• North Texas beat Purdue 78-69 yesterday to advance to the next round of the NCAA tournament. Updated tournament advancement odds are below.

NCAA Tournament Projections NCAA Tournament Round Odds For North Texas To Reach Round Sweet 16 38.7% Elite 8 8.2% Final 4 2.4% Championship 0.5% Winner 0.1% • We'll send updated odds before every round, if North Texas keeps winning. Next NCAA Tournament Opponent Mar 21 vs. (N) Villanova North Texas has a 38.7% chance to win. Preview

Time for the Nostradamus pic?  I want to, but I can't remember if it's good mojo or just funny (to me), and we need to keep the mojo rolling.

[Danish43]

So what time is the game on Sunday?

[UNTexas]

Y'all notice the national media got our name right and the DMN followed? They are pathetic. 

[BillySee58]

12 minutes ago, Danish43 said:

So what time is the game on Sunday?

7:45 central on TNT

[UNTexas]

12 minutes ago, Danish43 said:

So what time is the game on Sunday?

7:45

[greenjoe]

7:45 Texas time. 
 

I like Avery.  What he lacks in diction he makes up in what appears to be a fondness and specific knowledge of North Texas. 
 

3 national titles ?  I’ll call that blue blood.

GO MEAN GREEN

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

50 minutes ago, CMJ said:

I only want Johnson to call the game because he's proven to be good luck.  He's a pretty mediocre color analyst - and I feel like I'm pretty easy on announcers compared to most.

Luckily I’ll be there so I don’t have to hear him gagging on the other team

[ChiefTenBeers2015]

Hooters in Grapevine Sunday night.  Wings, hooters, basketball...and hooters.  

[greenminer]

14 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

What he lacks in diction he makes up in what appears to be a fondness and specific knowledge of North Texas. 

I don't see it.  He had like 3 different names for Grant.

[bstnsportsfan3]

47 minutes ago, VideoEagle said:

TeamRankings gave us a 25% chance of beating Purdue. They like our chances of beating Nova a bit more! We're still significant underdogs, but 38% is certainly a better chance. 

North Texas Basketball Predictions Update Mar 20, 2021

• North Texas beat Purdue 78-69 yesterday to advance to the next round of the NCAA tournament. Updated tournament advancement odds are below.

NCAA Tournament Projections NCAA Tournament Round Odds For North Texas To Reach Round Sweet 16 38.7% Elite 8 8.2% Final 4 2.4% Championship 0.5% Winner 0.1% • We'll send updated odds before every round, if North Texas keeps winning. Next NCAA Tournament Opponent Mar 21 vs. (N) Villanova North Texas has a 38.7% chance to win. Preview

Look at the National Championship odds.

 

[denton_days]

Winthrop was way way overseeded. I think this is a very winnable game. A stat that people keep passing around is Villanova only has like 6 turnovers a game. That's wild, and I think the third best in the Country. our defense will have to be absolutely locked in. If we can shut down robinson-earl, I don't think they have anyone else who can step up big.

[CMJ]

I don't think Winthrop was overseeded at all.  They just didn't play well.  They have a quality program though.

[greenjoe]

I never once heard Avery refer to us as North Texas State.

[BillySee58]

1 hour ago, MeanMag said:

The worst part of this has been hearing him say "Hamlin" over and over. 

Not touching this one lol

[emmitt01]

1 hour ago, CMJ said:

Time for the Nostradamus pic?  I want to, but I can't remember if it's good mojo or just funny (to me), and we need to keep the mojo rolling.

If you post the Nostradamus pic I’m firing JJ via Facebook messenger

[VideoEagle]

3 hours ago, bstnsportsfan3 said:

Look at the National Championship odds.

 

The chance at the National Championship is actually UP from what it was!

[greenminer]

17 minutes ago, VideoEagle said:

The chance at the National Championship is actually UP from what it was!

When you are 1/32 instead of 1/64, that's simple math.

[Andrew]

So what are we thinking the game plan is? Mac has done a fantastic job of game planning for WKU and Purdue’s bigs. Hopefully we can shut down Robinson-Earl and Samuels. Just let Moore be their go to go like we did with Purdue? I feel like the game plan is going to be similar, but idk?

[Tom McKrackin]

11 minutes ago, Andrew said:

So what are we thinking the game plan is? Mac has done a fantastic job of game planning for WKU and Purdue’s bigs. Hopefully we can shut down Robinson-Earl and Samuels. Just let Moore be their go to go like we did with Purdue? I feel like the game plan is going to be similar, but idk?

I would do same gameplay as Purdue

[greenjoe]

We were 8 point dogs against Purdue.  We are 7 point underdogs vs Villanova.

Win

GO MEAN GREEN

[Andrew]

1 hour ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I would do same gameplay as Purdue

Great. I think Nova has more experience and a lot more guys who can create their own shots. A little tougher than Purdue I think but definitely winnable. 

[outoftown]

A pretty decent preview on SB nation. Quite a bit of flowers for NT

https://www.vuhoops.com/2021/3/20/22342393/ncaa-tournament-5-villanova-wildcats-vs-13-north-texas-mean-green-preview

I'd love to see some more in depth previews from neutral perspectives. 

I think overall many folks are coming around to the thought that NTs playing style may not be ideal to make sure you can beat teams worse than yourself on a nightly basis, but it sure is an asset when trying to even the scales against teams who are supposedly  more talented and NT is capable of executing extremely well.

Edited March 21, 2021 by outoftown