2024-25 MBB/WBB schedule news

[NT80]

10 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Their attendance matters because they make money enough to pay away teams guarantees, that is how oc scheduling  works. 

No, those name programs do home and home, meaning the home teams keeps their own revenue.  No away guarantees given.  But there is a cancel fee too.  Ole Miss can make more on their home return game with Memphis than they can as a single away game at Memphis. 

[GrandGreen]

37 minutes ago, NT80 said:

No, those name programs do home and home, meaning the home teams keeps their own revenue.  No away guarantees given.  But there is a cancel fee too.  Ole Miss can make more on their home return game with Memphis than they can as a single away game at Memphis. 

First, not all home and away series are based on equal payouts

Second, guarantees are present even if they are for both teams receiving the same money 

Cancelation fees are negotiated as a major part of the game contract, upper tier teams like to reschedule or cancel games with lower tier teams if better options become available.

[NT80]

6 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

First, not all home and away series are based on equal payouts

Second, guarantees are present even if they are for both teams receiving the same money 

Cancelation fees are negotiated as a major part of the game contract, upper tier teams like to reschedule or cancel games with lower tier teams if better options become available.

Regardless, we need better OOC home games if you want to lure more fans.  I know the intent is probably cheap buy-games, without a return game, thus we get DII and HBC schools. 

But fans won't drive in rush hour from Dallas to see us play basically a meaningless scrimmage game against LSU-Shreveport on a Tuesday night.  They will to see real LSU.

[GrandGreen]

13 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Regardless, we need better OOC home games if you want to lure more fans.  I know the intent is probably cheap buy-games, without a return game, thus we get DII and HBC schools. 

But fans won't drive in rush hour from Dallas to see us play basically a meaningless scrimmage game against LSU-Shreveport on a Tuesday night.  They will to see real LSU.

How do you suppose NT can schedule a LSU like school to play in Denton?

[NT80]

8 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

How do you suppose NT can schedule a LSU like school to play in Denton?

We had a home and home with LSU in 2010 and 2011. 

NT won in Baton Rouge 75-55 in 2010.

LSU won in Denton 67-58 in 2011.

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

We had a home and home with LSU in 2010 and 2011. 

NT won in Baton Rouge 75-55 in 2010.

LSU won in Denton 67-58 in 2011.

Only 13 years ago, not exactly recent, NT also played #1 Depaul ages ago in Dallas.  

Also LSU's basketball is not close to their football program.  Still I doubt you see NT schedule any SEC schools in Denton.  

I hope NT improves their oc schedule, I just doubt it can be done with the resources NT currently has.  

[NT80]

3 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

Only 13 years ago, not exactly recent, NT also played #1 Depaul ages ago in Dallas.  

Also LSU's basketball is not close to their football program.  Still I doubt you see NT schedule any SEC schools in Denton.  

I hope NT improves their oc schedule, I just doubt it can be done with the resources NT currently has.  

Sorry, I don't make the schedules, I just report them.... 

We also played Louisville, Cincy, Texas, Colorado, Tech, Ok St, and other brand programs.  It can happen, just takes phone calls.

[Stix]

2 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

NT also played #1 Depaul ages ago in Dallas.

That game was in the Super Pit.

[Green Otaku]

UAB announced Sept. 10th: https://www.al.com/uab/2024/09/uab-mens-basketball-team-unveils-full-2024-25-nonconference-slate.html

ECU announced Aug. 16th: https://247sports.com/college/east-carolina/article/ecu-basketball-non-conference-2024-25-schedule-released-234806993/

Memphis announced Aug. 5th: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/2024/08/05/penny-hardaway-memphis-basketball-2024-25-schedule/74651136007/

Rice announced Aug. 23rd: https://riceowls.com/news/2024/8/23/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-announces-2024-25-non-conference-schedule

Temple announced Sept. 12th: https://247sports.com/college/temple/article/temple-announces-mbb-and-wbb-non-conference-schedules-236129664/

The other teams I could not find when they released their schedules, but everyone seems to be done except us and Tulsa. So I ask like I always do, why does it take us so long to schedule games?

[Matt from A700]

Conference schedules coming out Thursday. I would hope the nonconference drops with it.

This late I'm not confident our last two home games will be against D-I competition.

 

[NT80]

UTA just released their full men's schedule today. 

We are not on it.  Guess they were tired of getting beat up!

https://utamavs.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2024-25

 

[Matt from A700]

There are only a handful of teams in the MVC or better with less than 31 games scheduled:

Auburn
Baylor
Drake
Murray State
San Diego
San Diego State
USC

After that, you have to start digging into the Sun Belt or worse. And we currently only have 26 games (publicly known/leaked).

Seems like we always have two home games to start off the season and Saturday, 11/9 is available at the Pit right now. I would love to see us team up with football, and work with the conference to volunteer for the 11:30 timeslot for our game against Army, then set up a game at The Pit for 6:30 that evening. Army will be a crowd of 25K+ if football continues its momentum, and we could bring a lot of those people across the highway even if it was just for a SWAC school. But of the better the teams mentioned above, look at SDSU. San Diego State, two years removed from the national championship game, only has 7/11 nonconference opponents announced, no road games, and has an opening between Nov. 6 and Nov. 14. If we work together with football and the conference, and land SDSU on 11/9, we could sell the Pit out.

Tailgate 8-11 for football and 4-6 for basketball.

Edited September 25 by Matt from A700

[MCMLXXX]

 

[Green Otaku]

According to that post we are missing about 5 more games?

[Matt from A700]

1 hour ago, Green Otaku said:

According to that post we are missing about 5 more games?

We could schedule five more games to get to 31, but at this point I think Hodge will settle for 30.

[Green Otaku]

28 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

We could schedule five more games to get to 31, but at this point I think Hodge will settle for 30.

Hoping to be surprised, but ready to be underwhelmed by who they can get.

[UNTLifer]

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[Matt from A700]

3 hours ago, Green Otaku said:

Hoping to be surprised, but ready to be underwhelmed by who they can get.

This late, I think the best scenario is 3 of the 4 remaining games being scheduled at home so we get 16 (more bang for your season ticket buck) but they're all SWAC/DII/NAIA competition.

[Green Otaku]

17 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

This late, I think the best scenario is 3 of the 4 remaining games being scheduled at home so we get 16 (more bang for your season ticket buck) but they're all SWAC/DII/NAIA competition.

If true we need to demand better from the AD. There's no reason for such poor scheduling.

[Coach Andy Mac]

Women’s Basketball 2024-25 AAC Schedule Announced

The UNT women’s basketball team’s American Athletic Conference schedule for the 2024-25 season was announced Thursday by the conference office. 

Coming off the winningest season in program history, which included a share of the team’s first conference championship since 1986, the Mean Green will start their title defense with back-to-back road games at Tulane on Dec. 29 and at UTSA on New Year’s Day. 

The first league home contest is set for Saturday, Jan. 4, when UNT will host Wichita State. It will be the first of three multi-game home stands during conference play as the Mean Green welcome Memphis to The Super Pit one week later on Jan. 11.

Another two-game road trip will see North Texas face off with co-champion from last season, Tulsa, on Jan. 15, followed by a contest against the AAC Tournament champions, Rice, on Jan. 18.

The Mean Green will then return to The Super Pit for six of their next eight games, starting with matchups against UAB (Jan. 21), Tulane (Jan. 29) and Charlotte (Feb. 1). The two road games during the stretch come Feb. 5 and Feb. 8 as UNT will head to The Sunshine State to take on South Florida and Florida Atlantic. Three home games in seven days will follow, as UNT hosts Temple on Feb. 12, Tulsa on Feb. 15 and USF on Feb. 18.

North Texas will close out the month with a pair of road games at Memphis on Feb. 22 and East Carolina on Feb. 26. It will be the program’s first ever trip to Elma Roane Fieldhouse in Memphis, Tenn., and just the second trip to Greenville, N.C.

The final conference home contest will take place March 1 as Rice makes the return trip to Denton. UNT will then hit the road for its final conference and regular season matchup of the year against Wichita State March 4.

Postseason play begins with the 2025 American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship March 8-12 in a 13-team single elimination bracket.

Season tickets for the 2024-25 Mean Green women's basketball season can be purchased at https://meangreensports.evenue.net/list/WB. General Admission season tickets can be purchased for $75 while premium seating can be purchased for $225. Contact the UNT Athletics Ticket Office by calling 940-565-2527 or emailing ticketoffice@unt.edu to purchase tickets today.

[Coach Andy Mac]

 

[Matt from A700]

Men's schedule observations:

The conference schedule doesn't give fans many opportunities to travel. At UTSA is on a Saturday, but Memphis is on a Sunday, and Wichita, UAB, and Rice are all on weekdays.

Two home games over Winter Break I believe is equal to or one less than last year, giving us 4 total as of right now.

Our last weekend home game is 2/8 against Tulane. Would have preferred later if we do another tailgate game aiming for high attendance.

Premier home game against Wichita State is on a weeknight as well.

We have to go to Philadelphia for our last game of the season before coming back for the conference tournament.

[MCMLXXX]

I don't understand the reluctance to schedule UTA. We should play them every year.

[Matt from A700]

2 hours ago, MCMLXXX said:

I don't understand the reluctance to schedule UTA. We should play them every year.

UTA has already filled their schedule and we haven't. I think the reluctance is coming from UTA. The women's basketball series ended last year and volleyball series this year. If we don't play them in softball this season I'll be really convinced.

[NT80]

6 hours ago, MCMLXXX said:

I don't understand the reluctance to schedule UTA. We should play them every year.

They have switched and scheduled UNT-Dallas instead.....more their level.