Texas Arlington (11/18/21)

[CMJ]

The Mavs lost to Abilene Christian in OT last night. Not sure if ACU is returning most of their players from last year, but recall they defeated the Longhorns in the Big Dance back in March, so they're pretty salty.  Not a terrible loss for UTA.  They also got destroyed up in Stillwater by OK State, but that's a tough place to go win.  I wouldn't let their 1-2 record deceive anyone - it's gonna be a tough one like it usually is.

[UNTLifer]

If we can control their senior guard, Azore, then we should handle them pretty easily.  I feel comfortable McCasland will have a plan in place to do just this and expect us to win going away.

[UTAmaverick]

My annual post on this board...

 

UTA changed coaches in the offseason...former UT star Chris Ogden took a non-coaching job with UT and coach Beard after about a .500 record in 3 years at UTA. Longtime assistant Greg Young (going back to the Scott Cross era) is now head coach and this team is definitely a work in progress this season.

 

About 1/2 roster is new, and that was apparent last night against ACU. Offense is going to take some time to gel. ACU is a good team this year that lost by 14 at Utah and took Texas A&M into 2 OT. But UTA lost that game last night because we turned the ball over 28 times and some horrible officiating didn't help as well. If we even turn the ball over just the usual 15-20 times, it's a 10-15 point win easily for UTA.

 

For the first time in probably 10 years, UTA has some major height inside and defends the paint extremely, extremely well and we have signed a couple of strong 6'7 forwards for next year so defense and toughness may be the new direction, rather than guards hoisting a lot of 3s. We held ACU to 28% from the field. Azore is probably our biggest scorer but Shemar Wilson, a 6'9 freshman center turns a lot of misses into putbacks and 6'9 Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu is one of the best shot blockers in the nation. Pedro Castro can score a ton if he gets hot from outside, and Montez Young is a 6'5 freshman that has a ton of energy and can rebound, block shots and score from anywhere.

 

I think North Texas is by far the most experienced team and wins by 10 in Denton. A rebuilding season for us, but I think coach Young can get us back to the Scott Cross level of winning in a year or two and hopefully see the kind of success North Texas has enjoyed he last few years.

[Matt from A700]

Regardless of the result, it'll always be a fun game with a lot of opposing fans, and surely a lot of energy in the building throughout the night.

Sure wish we could get an annual game with TCU, too.

[southsideguy]

whatever happened to the coach they fired?  Where is he now?  Is he successful?   I can't recall his name to search for him.

 

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

3 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

whatever happened to the coach they fired?  Where is he now?  Is he successful?   I can't recall his name to search for him.

 

Ever since they fired Scott Cross, they haven’t been the same. This sounds like TCU, firing your coach that got you to big stages etc after a long tenure.

 

Edited November 18, 2021 by NorthTexasSportsNetwork

[MeanGreen13]

15 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

whatever happened to the coach they fired?  Where is he now?  Is he successful?   I can't recall his name to search for him.

 

he's now the head basketball coach at Troy. They fired him into a promotion. 

[greenminer]

Only two games into this, but the more I read the stronger I feel that we are just hair away from being an outstanding team.

We are 5% away from being 95% better, if that makes sense.

[CMJ]

35 minutes ago, greenminer said:

We are 5% away from being 95% better, if that makes sense.

If that isn't a Yogi Berra quote - it could be.  🙂

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

Only two games into this, but the more I read the stronger I feel that we are just hair away from being an outstanding team.

We are 5% away from being 95% better, if that makes sense.

[UTAmaverick]

Troy has a nice arena and it's a really great campus down there, but Scott Cross' record at Troy in 2 seasons (and 3 games this year) is 21–40 (.344)

Ironically, who did we lose to in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament last year? Troy who was 11-17, 4-12 in conference play.

Coach Ogden, now at Texas:

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UT Arlington Mavericks (Sun Belt Conference) (2018–2021)
2018–19	UT Arlington	17–16	12–6	T–2nd
2019–20	UT Arlington	14–18	10–10	7th
2020–21	UT Arlington	13–13	9–8	3rd (West)
UT Arlington:		44–47 (.484)	31–24 (.564)
Total:		44–47 (.484)

[Rudy]

Is this game on TV anywhere? 

[UNTLifer]

YouTube.com

[Rudy]

22 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

YouTube.com

Wouldn't surprise me. 

[bstnsportsfan3]

10 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Wouldn't surprise me. 

No it really is on youtube

[UNTLifer]

56 minutes ago, bstnsportsfan3 said:

No it really is on youtube

And it is usually pretty good. 

[greenminer]

 

[bstnsportsfan3]

6 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

And it is usually pretty good. 

Yep! Being at the pit is the best though! Of course only if your local! 

[greenminer]

ESPN GameCast

[Rudy]

How do you pull up the game on the YouTube app?  I'd like to watch the game in my 4k TV, especially since I can't watch the Stars on it. 

[bstnsportsfan3]

Looks like we are breaking out Grey Uniforms tonight. Hopefully they are not cursed like in football. 

[glick1980]

14 minutes ago, Rudy said:

How do you pull up the game on the YouTube app?  I'd like to watch the game in my 4k TV, especially since I can't watch the Stars on it. 

Just search for Mean Green Sports on YouTube.

[CMJ]

NT 5 ------- UTA 0

 

15:52 to go

 

Both teams struggling on offense early.

[Harry]

 

[CMJ]

NT 16 ------- UTA 3

 

11:47 to go

 

We opened it up offensively.  UTA still struggling.