04-05 Men's Basketball Schedule

NTEagle08 · August 16, 2004

Sat, Nov 6 Cameronn (Exhib.)

Fri, Nov 12 Southeastern Oklahoma State

Fri, Nov 19 Angelo State

Sun, Nov 21 @Alabama

Tue, Nov 23 UNC-Wilimington

Sat, Nov 27 Lamar

Sat, Dec 4 TCU

Tue, Dec 7 @Texas

Sat, Dec 11 @UT-Pan American

Thu, Dec 16 Southern

Wed, Dec 22 Southeast Missouri State

Wed, Dec 29 @Chattanooga(Dr. Pepper Classic Basketball Tournament)

Thu, Dec 30 @Tennessee-Martin or Birmingham-Southern(Dr. Pepper Classic Basketball Tournament)

Sat, Jan 8 @New Mexico State*

Thu, Jan 13 @Denver*

Mon, Jan 17 @Florida International*

Thu, Jan 20 Arkansas-Little Rock*

Sat, Jan 22 Arkansas State*

Thu, Jan 27 @New Orleans*

Sat, Jan 29 @South Alabama*

Thu, Feb 3 Louisiana-Lafayette*

Sat, Feb 5 New Mexico State*

Thu, Feb 10 @Middle Tennessee*

Sat, Feb 12 Western Kentucky*

Mon, Feb 14 UT-Permian Basin

Thu, Feb 17 Denver*

Sat, Feb 19 @Louisiana-Lafayette*

Thu, Feb 24 New Orleans*

Sat, Feb 26 South Alabama*

(*-Sun Belt Confrence games)

UNTLifer · August 16, 2004

Tue, Nov 23 UNC-Wilimington
Sat, Nov 27 Lamar
Sat, Dec 4 TCU

This is a pretty good home stretch. UNC-Wilmington has been to the tourney recently, Lamar is coached by Billy Tubbs (hope for a little Fake Billy on the Ticket) and TCU.

NT80 · August 16, 2004

Fri, Nov 12 Southeastern Oklahoma State
Fri, Nov 19 Angelo State

Friday night home games are not good for attendance, conflicts with traffic and high school football.

ADLER · August 17, 2004

Friday night home games are not good for attendance, conflicts with traffic and high school football.

If those are kept on Friday night, I wonder if they could be moved to 8:00 tipoff. Is that too late for most fans? The later start would allow for a little pregame camaraderie.

CMJ · August 17, 2004

I like that schedule. Wilmington will be a great test, as one of the best Mid-Majors. I wish they came out west once.

GrayEagle · August 18, 2004

I don't recall the schedule dates but I believe that these two Friday night games will be during the playoffs. Some playoffs could be on Friday but some are on Saturday, in conflict with college football games.

If they had the first game on Saturday, it would conflict with our last football home game vs. Idaho. If the second date were moved to Saturday it wouldn't be quite as bad but there would still be those that make the trek to Jonesboro that wouldn't be able to see it.

Coach · August 18, 2004

I had to miss almost all of an exhibition game last year (against Slam N Jam or one of those) because I went to a playoff game. The games are against SOSU and Angelo State, so attendance wouldn't have been that great anyway, and probably largely unaffected.

MrStrange62 · August 18, 2004

We HAVE to show up for the TCU game! It will be a good "keeping up with the Joness" for us. Also, for the Lamar game. They have a good program, and we dont need them coming to our house and beating us!

GMG!!!!

IM PUMPED!

Texas Stranger · August 18, 2004

I don't recall the schedule dates but I believe that these two Friday night games will be during the playoffs.

Weeks 1 and 2 of the UIL Football playoffs, to be exact. While Ryan will find tougher going this year in 5-A, Denton HS will be a favorite in their 4-A district, and likely playing on both those nights.

Attendance at those games will be bad, potentially under 1,000.

Here's hoping I'm wrong.

NTEagle08 · August 18, 2004

Weeks 1 and 2 of the UIL Football playoffs, to be exact. While Ryan will find tougher going this year in 5-A, Denton HS will be a favorite in their 4-A district, and likely playing on both those nights.
Attendance at those games will be bad, potentially under 1,000.
Here's hoping I'm wrong.

Not everyone is high school football fans, although granted some Mean Green fans are, you won't see most of the students going to the games, going to high school playoffs games. But granted, attendence probably won't be that great considering the schools that we play in those two games, just like Hardin Simmons and SE OK St. last year.

Also I don't know if this will stay the same, but the men and women play on the same day in the Super Pit a total of 3 times: Nov. 19, Dec. 16, and Feb. 12. I am guessing that this to boost attendence to both games. On December 16th, the women's team has the nationally ranket UT Longhorns coming to the Super Pit.

Edited August 18, 2004 by NTEagle08

UNTX · August 22, 2004

Why are we going on the road for the second straight year at UTPA? Or is that the school that we played twice last season, home and away?

NTEagle08 · August 22, 2004

Why are we going on the road for the second straight year at UTPA? Or is that the school that we played twice last season, home and away?

UTPA was the school that North Texas did play twice last year one in Denton and one at UTPA.

bigrobdsp · August 23, 2004

the whole stadium will have to be full of green for the TCU game. b/c you know that there will be allot of tcu fans there and I would hate for a home game for us to turn into a home game for tcu

Gakusei · August 24, 2004

the whole stadium will have to be full of green for the TCU game. b/c you know that there will be allot of tcu fans there and I would hate for a home game for us to turn into a home game for tcu

Unless the athletic department actually starts doing some marketing for basketball, don't hold your breath. We had a very weak showing against Baylor last year. The only hope is that the student section continues to grow as it did throughout the season last year.

Zeke · August 24, 2004

Unless the athletic department actually starts doing some marketing for basketball, don't hold your breath. We had a very weak showing against Baylor last year. The only hope is that the student section continues to grow as it did throughout the season last year.

I've seen it grow throughout the year each and every year. We seem to start all over on the excitement level each new bball season though. I think it is exactly for the reason you mentioned, it is not even close to marketed. Joe Blow at school has no clue there is a bball game that night.

August 26, 2004

Joe Blow at school has no clue there is a bball game that night.

And Bingo was his Name-o.

The only marketing I saw for the basketball team's last season was an occasional commericial on ESPN. That probably works pretty well to get local sports fans to come by and see the team play, but the AD needs to try to get all the students in the dorms to go to games. The AD can do something about that, but RHA needs to do something about it also. RAs need to have schedules up in every hall in every dorm, and they need to try to make an event out of games. They usually have one game a season that they have RHA night or whatever, but every single game should be packed with dorm residents.