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"The Mean Green team narrowly missed out on the Big Dance. Now, they're the small fish on campus, compelled to make adjustments as they strive to keep their season alive." I thought this was a little tacky.

"The UNT Community is proud of our Mean Green's men's basketball team and their success advancing in the NIT," the university said in a statement. "While we would have loved to host the quarterfinal round in the Super Pit, pre-existing commitments – including a campus-wide event and a long-term external contract – are taking the men's team on the road to face Oklahoma State [Tuesday] at 8 p.m." "While it is not uncommon for higher seeds to travel during the first three rounds in the NIT to accommodate facility availability, we hope our passionate Mean Green fans cheer on the team as they fight to advance to the semifinal round in Indiana," the university added. read more: https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/ncaa/ncaab/unt-unable-to-host-nit-quarterfinal-due-to-pre-existing-commitments/287-842990ba-9107-447d-8da2-a0981083f40b

can we just consolidate all the Hodge to WVU talk into one thread?

Some of the presumed top candidates for the job have either taken positions elsewhere or ended up not being a good fit for WVU, which is the reason the search is still ongoing. Now entering its second week, a new "leader" has emerged, North Texas' Ross Hodge. If Hodge ends up being the guy, there will almost certainly be a mixed reaction from the fan base. While he does have an impressive start to his young head coaching career record-wise, there are a lot of reasons to be concerned. Let's start with the lack of experience. Hodge has seven total years of head coaching experience, only two of which came at the Division I level. He was a junior college head coach from 2006-11, spending three years at Paris JC where he went 83-17, and two years at Midland College where he logged a record of 63-7. Impressive? Certainly, but that was well over a decade ago, in the old era of college basketball, and at a much lower level. read more: https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/basketball/identifying-the-major-red-flags-with-potential-wvu-candidate-ross-hodge

The West Virginia Mountaineers are on the search for their fourth head basketball coach in as many seasons. Now, according to a report by Jon Rothstein, North Texas Mean Green head coach Ross Hodge has emerged as a serious candidate for the job. At this point, nothing is final in the coaching search. However, West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker does have a familiarity with Ross Hodge. The pair worked together at North Texas, where Baker worked before getting to Morgantown. This season, in particular, has been a good one for North Texas. The Mean Green are currently in the NIT semifinals, having already won three games in that tournament. This season, Hodge has led North Texas to a 27-8 record and a 14-4 record in AAC play, which was second place in the regular season standings. That includes a win over Big 12 school Oklahoma State. read more: https://www.on3.com/college/west-virginia-mountaineers/news/report-ross-hodge-emerges-as-serious-candidate-for-west-virginia-job/