What do we know about AR St.
* Located in Jonesboro, AR way up in the NE corner of the Natural State
* 7,478 undergrads
* Introduced indoor plumbing to the campus in 2001 as part of their Y2K Improvement Initiative.
* Notable alumni: Bill Bergey (NFL), Tess Harper (actress), Kelsie Nichole Turner (look her up), Corey Williams (NFL) and Al Joyner (Track and Field)
* Notable alumni listed a lot of politicians, so you know they will try to cheat.
* HC is Brian Hodgson, eerily close in name to poster @Ross Hodgeson. One in the same? Do we have a mole?
* Like Hodge, Hodgson is in his second year and has compiled a 45-27 overall record. Interesting note, 16 of his 27 losses have come on the road.
* Key wins this year: Akron, 80-75 in OT, Memphis in Memphis, 85-72, @ UAB 98-89 in OT, @Troy 84-78
* Key losses: @ #2Alabama, 88-79, @ Rice, 75-67
* Have gone 7-5 in their last dozen games.
* Taryn Todd leads the team in scoring at 14.8ppg, followed by Joseph Pinion at 12.3, Kobe Julien at 11.8 and Izaiyah Nelson with 10.5 a game.
* Their starting five carries a majority of the minutes, but appear to run an eight man rotation.
* Average 79.9 points per game with a +9.5 scoring margin. They give up 70.4 pts per game.
* Shoot, as a team, .428 from the field, .727 from the FT line and .325 from three.
Back in my youth this was a bigtime matchup for us in the belt. We lead the H2H all time series with ASU 21-18. Our 6th most played opponent all time. This will be the 40th meeting all time on Sunday. Thought that was pretty cool!
Top 5 most played opponents all time vs UNT: Since 1949-1950
UTA - 59 times (33-26) NT leads
Tulsa - 50 times (13-37) Tulsa leads
ULM - 49 times (21-28) ULM leads
La Tech - 41 times (14-27) La Tech leads
Wichita State - 41 times (15-26) WSU leads
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