Texas Arlington (11/18/21)

[UNTLifer]

I see J. Simmons is in. This is his first game action since late in the ‘99-‘00 season. 

[CMJ]

 

 

NT 64 ------- UTA 36

 

Final

 

[BillySee58]

9 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

I see J. Simmons is in. This is his first game action since late in the ‘99-‘00 season. 

I think this is going to be another really good team, but it’s looking like depth is probably going to be a shortcoming. Simmons taking up a scholarship 5 straight seasons while never being playable is a glaring roster mismanagement. Mccasland has obviously earned any benefit of doubt, but it’s still a bit frustrating. 

That being said, the dominant win is the much bigger takeaway here. Defense is already looking solid with the new pieces filling in well.

[Big Z]

1 minute ago, BillySee58 said:

I think this is going to be another really good team, but it’s looking like depth is probably going to be a shortcoming. Simmons taking up a scholarship 5 straight seasons while never being playable is a glaring roster mismanagement. Mccasland has obviously earned any benefit of doubt, but it’s still a bit frustrating. 

That being said, the dominant win is the much bigger takeaway here. Defense is already looking solid with the new pieces filling in well.

We didn’t have much depth last season….

[Pavlovs Eagle]

7 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

we did not look as good in the second half as the first.  

Wasn't that because we were playing players who may never see the court during conference play?

[Hunter Green]

Any idea on attendance?

[emmitt01]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

I see J. Simmons is in. This is his first game action since late in the ‘99-‘00 season. 

He hasn’t played in 21 years?  

[southsideguy]

At the first part of the second half the starters were all in, slowly he worked players in but up until the last 4 minutes it was a lot of the starters on the court.  I don't think Murray score tonight.

 

[UNTFan23]

3 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Damn... I'm starting to feel bad for UTA.

Who hurt you?

[Mean Green Matt]

56 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

Any idea on attendance?

Announced 3,200. I’d put the actual human beings count somewhere in the 1,750 range. 

[UNTLifer]

56 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

He hasn’t played in 21 years?  

Feels like he has been here since then.  

[UTAmaverick]

Ugh.

Congratulations on a nice win. Most of the UTA-UNT games are really close but you can see that this UTA team has some good players but is not cohesive offensively at all.

UNT has so much more size and speed and organization on both ends of the floor than we do at this point.

A lot of our turnovers were our own fault...stepping out of bounds, bad offensive fouls away from the ball, charging, etc. Our guys were tentative on passes and taking shots and just not fast enough getting to the glass or loose balls and you simply can't play that way against a good defensive team like UNT. Hence the 28 point loss or whatever it was.

Hopefully we will get better by January for conference play. We still have more NCAA tournament teams like Nevada and Oral Roberts and a good Lamar team to play before conference starts.

Good luck the rest of the way and hopefully we will see the Mean Green play an improved Mavs team next fall at the College Park Center. Hard to believe our new arena turns 10 years old in February. 

Edited November 19, 2021 by UTAmaverick

[greenminer]

UTA is a shell of its former Cross teams. Really rough to watch.

honestly was wondering if UTA was gonna eclipse 10 for halftime. That kind of defense would have made Don Haskins proud.

[greenminer]

6 hours ago, greenminer said:

ESPN GameCast

From their recap, UTA subs scored more than their starters

[Green Otaku]

2 hours ago, southsideguy said:

I worry about the second half slump, we did not look as good in the second half as the first.   The zebras took over the second half.  We have Kansas and we need play our best every minute.   We can't have let downs.  Maybe Coach Mac slowed the game down to hold the score down.  I would have like us to have scored more points.

 

 

They clearly let up in the 2nd half, no sense in going 100% only to get tired or even worse injured. For what? A few more points? Coach didn't care about the fewest points allowed stat, he wanted to rotate guys in and keep people fresh for the big upcoming game. He made the smart choice. 

[Green Otaku]

Also I mentioned in the last game thread that Bell needed to play like his old self and I'm glad he did and shut me up. That's the Bell we want to see. 

[outoftown]

Well those NT guys. Just no good. Lost the second half 21-24. or something negative like that... in reality of course a confidence inspiring beat down that allowed MacCasland to see what he has got on the bench.  Bench players combined for 82 minutes.

[Hunter Green]

5 hours ago, Green Otaku said:

Also I mentioned in the last game thread that Bell needed to play like his old self and I'm glad he did and shut me up. That's the Bell we want to see. 

Bell is a beast!

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

The leading scorer for UTA had 6 points and 3 players with more fouls than points LOL

Uta looked gassed, and NT did not hold up until it was way over. We need this type of Bell for Kansas because he’s gonna have a big role.

If we can play this type of defense, limit turnovers and hit the open shots, we should be fine against Kansas. All I hope is we don’t embarrass ourselves in front of a LOT of people on ESPN