UNT Basketball Announces Series With Oregon State

Mean Green Newz · August 21

DENTON – The UNT men’s basketball team has finalized a home-and-home series with Oregon State starting Nov. 25 in Denton.

The Mean Green will make a return trip to OSU during the 2025-26 season at a date to be determined later.

This upcoming season’s game at the Super Pit will be the first ever meeting between North Texas and the Beavers. The 2025 game in Corvallis, Oregon, will be their first trip to the Beaver State since 2013 when they played in Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament in Portland.

In 2021 when North Texas upset Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, Oregon State reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 1982. Oregon State then and still are led by head coach Wayne Tinkle.

UNT is entering its second season under head coach Ross Hodge. The Mean Green won 19 games last season and had victories over LSU, Memphis and SMU. They reached the second round of the National Invitation Tournament and are one of just seven teams in the country who have won a NCAA national postseason tournament game in each of the last four years.

Hodge was named a finalist for the 2024 Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year Award. He was the only rookie, first-year NCAA head coach to lead his team to either the NCAA Tournament, NIT or CBI Tournament.

For more information on UNT men's basketball tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

greenjoe · August 21

Every marquee game should be home and home.

golfingomez · August 26

good add to the schedule... i like games of this caliber

cousin oliver · August 26

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GrandGreen · August 26

On 8/21/2024 at 5:43 PM, greenjoe said:

Every marquee game should be home and home.

Yes, that is going to happen.

If your definition of marquee game is with a top 50 type program, NT does not have the resources to accomplish that. Resources in terms of finances, support or reputation.

In eras past that infrequently happened, teams would even include away games in their recruiting strategy to establish their presence in certain areas.

Now with nearly every game available online for free, established or ranked teams don't have to promote their programs by oc scheduling. Plus the awful NIL situation has made recruiting more about purchasing players than recruiting.