Furman (3/19/25)

CMJ · March 17

Biggest game in the History of Western Civilization.

UNTLifer · March 17

What do we know about Furman?

CMJ · March 17

1 minute ago, UNTLifer said:

What do we know about Furman?

25-9, but only 5th in the regular season of their league. Made conference final but lost to Wofford (the only game I watched of theirs this year).

Win over Tulane.

Marty · March 17

Matt from A700 · March 17

27 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

What do we know about Furman?

They cost Stan Van Gundy a lot of money.

greenminer · March 17

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Edited March 17 by greenminer

MeanGreenTexan · March 17

They went on a pretty nice run to end the season, including knocking off #1 Chatanooga, & #3 Samford (both also in the NIT field) in conference on their way to a championship game loss.

emmitt01 · March 17

If we lose this game, Johny Jones has to walk to wherever Furman is

GMGGWBG · March 17

ESPN+ is definitely worth it in March. 😂

Big Z · March 17

2 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

If we lose this game, Johny Jones has to walk to wherever Furman is

Greenville, South Carolina thanks to Google

keith · March 17

13 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

What do we know about Furman?

One of my friend's daughter went to Furman and he would occasionally wear a Furman "FU" logo shirt. That's all I got.

UNTLifer · March 17

25-9 overall

11-7 in conference

Two OOC losses were to Auburn (83-62) and Kansas (86-51)

Tulane was a common opponent with Furman beating the Green Wave early in the year, (11/15), by eight, 75-67 at home.

Split their conference games with the John Bugg's ETSU. They lost on the road when Buggs dropped 11 points on them.

13-3 at home.

9-5 on the road.

3-1 neutral site games.

G PJay Smith Jr., 6'0", leads the Furminators in scoring at 18.0 ppg. Dropped 29 on Tulane.

6'11" F Cooper Bowser, 8.5 ppg/4.7 rpg, leads Furman in blocks with 57.

Appear, based on minutes, to run a seven man rotation with two others getting around 8-9 minutes a game.

Located in Greenville, SC.

Play their home games in the Bon Secours Wellness Arena which is also home to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.

Finished 5th in the SoCon regular season but upset #4 Samford and #1 Chattanooga in the conference tournament to advance to the finals only to lose to the 6th place Wofford Terriers.

Mascot is the Paladins, not the Furminators.

Hall of Fame Members:

*Billy Napier, HC of FL

*Tommy Stevenson, owner of the famed Country Ham House restaurant.

*Clint Dempsey, USM Soccer Team

*Brad Faxon, PGA Golfer

*Beth Daniel, LPGA Golfer

*Betsy King, LPGA Golfer

*Dottie Pepper, LPGA Golfer

Famous Alumni (Non-Sports)

*Amy Grant, Christian singer

*Victoria Jackson, SNL Alum

*Sam Wyche, NFL Coach

*Bear Rinehart, lead singer of Need to Breathe.

Edited March 17 by UNTLifer

greenminer · March 17

A couple years ago, Furman was a 13 seed beating a 4 seed in the NCAA. Sound familiar?

NT80 · March 18

NT opens at -7.5 against Furman.

UAB opens as +5.5 @ St. Joseph's

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/date/20250319/group/98

southsideguy · March 18

It all depends which UNT team shows up for the game. What this team needed and did not have was a James Reese type of player. Whenever the team hit a dry spell Reese always seemed to come through and help carry team during those periods. This team seems to all go cold and one time. The scoring droughts this season were insane. Got my tickets to the game.

NT80 · March 18

Men's Basketball vs North Texas - NIT First Round

NT80 · March 18

..... "The at-large selection marks Furman's third trip to the NIT and first since 2019. In 1991, Furman received an NIT bid following its SoCon regular season title and dropped an 86-67 verdict in opening round play at West Virginia. The 2019 Paladins earned a first-round home game versus Wichita State, but the Shockers edged the Paladins, 76-70, at Timmons Arena.

Senior PJay Smith Jr. leads the Paladins averaging 18.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game. The first team All-SoCon choice and Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) finalist ranks among the national leaders shooting 42.1% behind the arc. Graduate student Nick Anderson, a first-year transfer from Barry University, has contributed 14.7 points per game and was a third team All-SoCon choice.

The Mean Green, the 2023 NIT champions, are 24-8 overall and finished second in the American Athletic Conference standings with a 14-4 record this season. North Texas, 15-1 at home this season, fell to UAB in the semifinal round of the AAC Tournament this weekend."

https://furmanpaladins.com/news/2025/3/16/mens-basketball-the-paladins-are-nit-bound-furman-travels-to-north-texas-in-wednesday-night.aspx

NT80 · March 18

NT80 · March 18

Furman has a pretty active fan forum.

UNT game thread...

Re: Furman @ North Texas March 19th (NIT)

#98772 by FurmAlum
Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:43 pm

North Texas is gonna be tough. They are 15-1 at home and they had some good wins.

Minnesota on the road
Oregon State
Northern Iowa
UAB
Temple
Florida Atlantic twice
Wichita State twice
Tulane

https://gopaladins.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5128&sid=8785a9483492d0786fe0d9919a408c6b

NT80 · March 18

Ross Hodgeson · March 18

So what is a Paladin? Never heard that as a team name before. Has UNT ever played a team called Paladin? Odd.

CMJ · March 18

Paladins are legendary French knights. Back in the day when I used to read a lot of fantasy novels it was a word sometimes used as a general synonym with knights as well.

golfingomez · March 18

54 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Furman has a pretty active fan forum.

UNT game thread...

Re: Furman @ North Texas March 19th (NIT)

#98772 by FurmAlum
Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:43 pm

North Texas is gonna be tough. They are 15-1 at home and they had some good wins.

Minnesota on the road
Oregon State
Northern Iowa
UAB
Temple
Florida Atlantic twice
Wichita State twice
Tulane

https://gopaladins.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5128&sid=8785a9483492d0786fe0d9919a408c6b

based on this topic, i can't tell if the board has been active for 15 days or 15 years... 5 page topic, 4 pages devoted to the disagreement of their name

golfingomez · March 18

15 minutes ago, CMJ said:

Paladins are legendary French knights. Back in the day when I used to read a lot of fantasy novels it was a word sometimes used as a general synonym with knights as well.

based on my playing warcraft back in middle school, they are like, healer knights