MTSU (1/8/22)

[Shark 64]

19 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

They supported Guyer and Ryan this year pretty well and supported North Texas basketball during the Blakely years. The department needs to market the program better. 

The Blakely era was almost 30 years ago. Denton has changed a lot since then. Lots of other things to do. How many people in Denton read the local paper? 

[Big Z]

4 minutes ago, Shark 64 said:

The Blakely era was almost 30 years ago. Denton has changed a lot since then. Lots of other things to do. How many people in Denton read the local paper? 

Nobody unless it’s on Twitter 

I remember two seasons ago we were eating at the Loophole and the staff there didn’t even know there was a football game being played that day at Apogee. 

[Big Z]

2 hours ago, chrisfisher said:

Greenminer has a good point. I attended UNT from 2005 to 2010, and I was part of the original Pit Crew. When I first attended games, the attendance was pretty sparse. However, as JJ developed the program, brought in quality recruits, and started winning games along with multiple NCAA tourney appearances, I watched attendance significantly improve over time. It wasn't unusual for a weekend game to have 4000 to 5000+ in attendance. And I recall the Pit nearly full on several occasions when we brought a name opponent. The last I recall (that's not a given) was either Texas Tech or Oklahoma State I believe...It was packed and raucous, and we won the game. Then Benford came in and destroyed everything over five years of his "coaching" ... Benford was a total disaster for our program and set us back five to 10 years....Will probably take another five to 10 years more to rebuild...We also didn't have a pandemic going on in those years. With continued success, I do think we could get back to the peak of JJ years or better. 

I went from 2004 to 2009 and had some the best basketball memories. My major was Kinesiology and I always promoted the basketball games when I had majority of my classes at the PEB building. Got to rush the court two times when we beat WKU and Oklahoma State. 

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, Big Z said:

Nobody unless it’s on Twitter 

I remember two seasons ago we were eating at the Loophole and the staff there didn’t even know there was a football game being played that day at Apogee. 

Exactly my point.  The department has to find out how to reach the community.  An email to your subscribers the week of the game isn't going to cut it.

[Andrew]

On 1/10/2022 at 10:11 AM, Big Z said:

I went from 2004 to 2009 and had some the best basketball memories. My major was Kinesiology and I always promoted the basketball games when I had majority of my classes at the PEB building. Got to rush the court two times when we beat WKU and Oklahoma State. 

Oklahoma state game is still the best game we ever had at the pit. College students overflowing into the upper section and it was loud. 

[Andrew]

On 1/9/2022 at 2:08 PM, UNTLifer said:

They supported Guyer and Ryan this year pretty well and supported North Texas basketball during the Blakely years. The department needs to market the program better. 

Yeah they get good turn outs at the high school games.  Thursday (I think or it was Saturday). Lots of their base went to a DBU game because  I think they offered one of the players or showed interest in him. 

[UNTLifer]

19 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Oklahoma state game is still the best game we ever had at the pit. College students overflowing into the upper section and it was loud. 

Best game ever at the pit?  I would go with the game against #1 ranked DePaul with Mark Aquirre.