What kind of scheduling conflict?!

CMJ · Tuesday at 01:17 AM

48 minutes ago, NT80 said:

All these excuses are laziness.

Bulls to Blackhawks floor change (including seating changes) takes 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Removing flooring to concrete surface (for a luncheon) would be even faster.

While I agree with you they should have tried - you do realize that United Arena probably has a way bigger staff than the Super Pit does. What takes them a couple of hours would probably take us twice as long.

NT80 · Tuesday at 02:07 AM

51 minutes ago, CMJ said:

While I agree with you they should have tried - you do realize that United Arena probably has a way bigger staff than the Super Pit does. What takes them a couple of hours would probably take us twice as long.

OK, hire 40 extra guys.

Pay them from the gate of the 8000 fans attending the OSU home game.

UNTLifer · Tuesday at 02:09 AM

2 minutes ago, NT80 said:

OK, hire 40 extra guys.

Pay them from the gate of the 8000 fans attending the OSU home game.

Once again, requires creative thinking and planning.

BigWillie · Tuesday at 03:02 AM

I think it's been said on here before, but just having a statement from the AD with reasonable details that address some of the valid concerns that have been brought up wouldn't be a lot to ask for.

Instead, people have to complain on X and get a 2 sentence response from leadership. PR goes a loooong way with the people that give you money.

untjim1995 · Tuesday at 03:07 AM

57 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Once again, requires creative thinking and planning.

It’s not even creative. Just normal thought and planning.

We don’t care enough about sports here. Never have, never will.

meaniegreenie · Tuesday at 03:53 AM

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Once again, requires creative thinking and planning.

Actually, it really only requires a small amount of effort. The numerous solutions almost present themselves.

Ross Hodgeson · Tuesday at 04:19 AM

The post references a scheduling conflict at the University of North Texas (UNT) involving a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) basketball game, which was scheduled after the regular season, clashing with a pre-planned event at the Super Pit arena.
The user highlights the missed opportunity for UNT to host a Power 4 (P4) team in the postseason, a significant moment for the program, due to the conflict with a cheer competition and a staff luncheon.
Replies clarify that the cheer competition rumor may be false, with the actual conflict being a presidential staff luncheon, which requires the basketball court to be dismantled, a process too complex to reschedule quickly.

GMGGWBG · Tuesday at 01:04 PM

No need to dismantle basketball court if you change venues to something close by, but the game is today so Go Mean Green!

Green with Envy · Tuesday at 01:54 PM

45 minutes ago, GMGGWBG said:

No need to dismantle basketball court if you change venues to something close by, but the game is today so Go Mean Green!

No need to dismantle the basketball court anyways.

Allen HS hosts cheer, dance, flag and wrestling competitions in their gym all the time. They have the means to cover the floor.

They host graduation for 1800 kids every year on their turf and they have the means to cover the turf. Them HS girls walk on it with their high heels and ain't no one falling, so you know the cover is strong enough.

The floor at the pit could have been covered. The turf on the IPF could have been covered. But that requires forward thinking.

That said, Allen HS probably has a larger operating budget than us and can afford those things, so my point is moot.

TheColonyEagle · Tuesday at 01:58 PM

18 hours ago, NT80 said:

A Power Conference school would make it work, as Athletics is important to them.

Remember, this is the athletic department that will lecture us on “if we want to be big time, we need YOU to do your part.”

But, what we have here is a small time athletic department telling fans and alumni what THEY need to do to become big time.

what a joke

keith · Tuesday at 02:45 PM

I think we all get that these things happen. Scheduling a multi-use facility will invariably lead to unintentional conflicts. And, as has been pointed out by many, it's not just us, there are countless examples where other schools/teams had do go on the road instead of playing home. If I understand the angst of my fellow fans, none of that is really the issue.

The issue is the underlying and credible believe that they didn't even try to rectify the situation. If they did, what did they try? It seems that they just said, welp, we thought we were going to have to play on the road at SMU anyway, we'll just switch to OSU. After all, putting on these home games is a lot of work.

The other part is that, while this happens to a lot of schools, these types of opportunities for UNT don't come around too often and to have them slip through our fingers is just painful and another beatdown we have to endure.

I'm going to add that I suspect they spent more time drafting/reviewing the weak-ass response sent out than they did thinking of ways to make this right.

Edited Tuesday at 02:52 PM by keith

dml7007 · Tuesday at 02:57 PM

Building a college-level basketball arena with a 6,000-seat capacity can cost anywhere from $50 million to $100 million or moredepending on the scope of the project, location, and features included. Does anyone have that money to write the check? Until then we have to hope the University learns from this, and works to create ways to prevent.

GrandGreen · Tuesday at 03:33 PM

31 minutes ago, dml7007 said:

Building a college-level basketball arena with a 6,000-seat capacity can cost anywhere from $50 million to $100 million or moredepending on the scope of the project, location, and features included. Does anyone have that money to write the check? Until then we have to hope the University learns from this, and works to create ways to prevent.

It is not a facility problem, it is a management of the facility problem. Having more venues with these people in charge would probably lead to more scheduling disasters. .

UNTLifer · Tuesday at 03:43 PM

43 minutes ago, dml7007 said:

Building a college-level basketball arena with a 6,000-seat capacity can cost anywhere from $50 million to $100 million or moredepending on the scope of the project, location, and features included. Does anyone have that money to write the check? Until then we have to hope the University learns from this, and works to create ways to prevent.

We all know that but the problem is still poor management and vision.

Regarding the new arena, they should have those plans in hand and hitting up every major corporation in the DFW/Texas Market trying to sell naming rights considering the location right on I35. Hell, the university should have sold naming rights to the SP years ago, but nope.

NorthTexasWeLove · Tuesday at 03:47 PM

2 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

We all know that but the problem is still poor management and vision.

Regarding the new arena, they should have those plans in hand and hitting up every major corporation in the DFW/Texas Market trying to sell naming rights considering the location right on I35. Hell, the university should have sold naming rights to the SP years ago, but nope.

Lol.... not at all. These people can't compete the funding for the athletic center expansion going on 3 years. And people, because they've literally been glad handed by Mosley or one of the cronies on his gigantic staff, Will go to the depths of hell to defend any and everything they do. It's insanity and it must stop.

Old Denton · Tuesday at 07:36 PM

On 3/24/2025 at 7:06 AM, Cougar King said:

Even in my wildest, trolliest dreams I could have never came up with this.

Not at all surprising, since your act is so lame and unoriginal.

Cougar King · Tuesday at 07:58 PM

21 minutes ago, Old Denton said:

Not at all surprising, since your act is so lame and unoriginal.

Evidently not. Been at it on here for almost 13 years and I still get a reaction every time I post.

Shark84 · Tuesday at 08:11 PM

6 hours ago, Green with Envy said:

No need to dismantle the basketball court anyways.

Allen HS hosts cheer, dance, flag and wrestling competitions in their gym all the time. They have the means to cover the floor.

They host graduation for 1800 kids every year on their turf and they have the means to cover the turf. Them HS girls walk on it with their high heels and ain't no one falling, so you know the cover is strong enough.

The floor at the pit could have been covered. The turf on the IPF could have been covered. But that requires forward thinking.

That said, Allen HS probably has a larger operating budget than us and can afford those things, so my point is moot.

Allen ISD also cares about their student athletes and athletic programs.

untbowler · Tuesday at 08:15 PM

How hard did you really try? We know the work ethic out of the Admin side of the AD Office.

“We worked with campus to explore alternative venues but, for a number of reasons, weren’t able to find another suitable venue for so many attendees,” UNT athletic director Jared Mosley told Vito.

Read more here: https://dentonrc.com/.../article_95ee165d-f009-4bc2-9ed9...

KingDL1 · Tuesday at 08:19 PM

3 minutes ago, untbowler said:

How hard did you really try? We know the work ethic out of the Admin side of the AD Office.

“We worked with campus to explore alternative venues but, for a number of reasons, weren’t able to find another suitable venue for so many attendees,” UNT athletic director Jared Mosley told Vito.

Read more here: https://dentonrc.com/.../article_95ee165d-f009-4bc2-9ed9...

Would you like to buy a bridge?

Marty · Tuesday at 08:39 PM

23 minutes ago, untbowler said:

How hard did you really try? We know the work ethic out of the Admin side of the AD Office.

“We worked with campus to explore alternative venues but, for a number of reasons, weren’t able to find another suitable venue for so many attendees,” UNT athletic director Jared Mosley told Vito.

Read more here: https://dentonrc.com/.../article_95ee165d-f009-4bc2-9ed9...

According to that article, sounds like we were lucky to get the first 2 games at home.

meaniegreenie · Tuesday at 09:17 PM

On 3/24/2025 at 8:31 AM, MeanGreenTexan said:

After sleeping on it... I'm still pissed.

Y'all think BLo and Jasper (if he has eligibility) are feeling the love right now? If either of those guys get even a remotely competitive NIL deal from another school, they're so gone. They earned a home game (where we only have 1 loss all season) in the Quarterfinals of the NIT, and are being forced to go on the road instead.

The crowd was finally electric. The "North-Texas" chant was working. They guys battled hard against a really good ARSt team and got the W. We're set for a really great crowd against OKSt, but instead: 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩

If any of the players are reading this, I hope they see how upset the fans actually are & that we have their backs.

Anybody got a list of Twitter accounts (or whatever these kids are using these days) so we can post some support directly to them?

keith · Tuesday at 09:32 PM

1 hour ago, untbowler said:

How hard did you really try? We know the work ethic out of the Admin side of the AD Office.

“We worked with campus to explore alternative venues but, for a number of reasons, weren’t able to find another suitable venue for so many attendees,” UNT athletic director Jared Mosley told Vito.

Read more here: https://dentonrc.com/.../article_95ee165d-f009-4bc2-9ed9...

So they've known for months that this could potentially be an issue and did nothing about it. Waiting until the last minute to explore alternative venues is the apex of weak leadership. I'm also sick of the perfunctory statements of being proud of our sports teams and then encouraging fans to cheer them on from your couch by people whose only relationship with UNT is a paycheck.

meaniegreenie · Tuesday at 10:27 PM

1 hour ago, untbowler said:

How hard did you really try? We know the work ethic out of the Admin side of the AD Office.

“We worked with campus to explore alternative venues but, for a number of reasons, weren’t able to find another suitable venue for so many attendees,” UNT athletic director Jared Mosley told Vito.

Read more here: https://dentonrc.com/.../article_95ee165d-f009-4bc2-9ed9...

I want details on how many people will be attending this event.

I see photos from previous ones that show people sitting (likely during award ceremonies) but I wonder if this is a come and go buffet style for an hour and then they have everybody (that's still there) sit for 30 minutes to get 15-20 awards and hear a 10 minute speech.