Furman (3/19/25)

[CMJ]

Biggest game in the History of Western Civilization.

[UNTLifer]

What do we know about Furman?

[CMJ]

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]

 

[Matt from A700]

27 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

What do we know about Furman?

They cost Stan Van Gundy a lot of money.

 

[greenminer]

 

ESPN PAGE

MBB OFFICIAL

 

TWITTER / X PROFILE

 

Edited yesterday at 03:14 AM by greenminer

[MeanGreenTexan]

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]

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

[GMGGWBG]

ESPN+ is definitely worth it in March.  😂

[Big Z]

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]

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]

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 yesterday at 05:46 PM by UNTLifer

[greenminer]

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

[NT80]

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]

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]

[NT80]

..... "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]

[NT80]

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]

[Ross Hodgeson]

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

[CMJ]

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]

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]

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

[ForneyGreen]

17 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

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

Yup - I think the Paladins are in trouble this Wednesday...