If Jj Doesnt Win In The Tourney, Will Rv Pull A Dickey On Him

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

Honestly I'm not sure...but I dug up Blakely's '75-76 home schedule from a post here last November.

Texas A&I

Tarleton State

Sam Houston State

Arizona State

UTA

Virginia Commonwealth

Austin College

Wisconsin-Parkside

New Orleans

Southwest Louisiana

Trinity

Bradley

West Texas State

West Texas was a MVC (Missouri Valley Conf.) team and I believe had over 20 wins.... that was a very good team, not what they are today.

FINAL-- 93 -78 North Texas advances.....

Edited March 1, 2007 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[GrandGreen]

Then my question is, who did we play during the '78 - '79 season? Was it Bellhaven, Sister's of the Poor, etc.? Or was it a legitimate 1A schedule?

Blakeley's good teams played an independent schedule that was very weak, that is why despite winning 20+ games three years in a row that NT got little respect. Compared to modern schedules they might not be considered as weak, but they were a substantial downgrade from even the weakened MVC schedules. Not to say that these NT teams were not good, they were; Blakeley first three years with Robbins/Tubbs recruits were IMO the best teams in NT history other then Spika's late MVC teams.

[UNTLifer]

Blakeley's good teams played an independent schedule that was very weak, that is why despite winning 20+ games three years in a row that NT got little respect.

Guess that is why that were ranked nationally.

[GrandGreen]

Guess that is why that were ranked nationally.

If I remember correctly (always an issue) the team was 22-4 for the year and didn't get a whiff of the NCAA or NIT or anywhere close to being in any of the final rankings. There were 32 teams in the NCAA in those days and I don't know how many in the NIT but I would wager you there were not many with a better record than NT. Not a lot of respect in my book.

[foutsrouts]

Honestly I'm not sure...but I dug up Blakely's '75-76 home schedule from a post here last November.

Texas A&I

Tarleton State

Sam Houston State

Arizona State

UTA

Virginia Commonwealth

Austin College

Wisconsin-Parkside

New Orleans

Southwest Louisiana

Trinity

Bradley

West Texas State

Everyone played the "smaller" schools back then on a regular basis. Non-scholarship Austin College was regular fodder for all the big boys back then. That practice kind of faded away by the late 80's.

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

If I remember correctly (always an issue) the team was 22-4 for the year and didn't get a whiff of the NCAA or NIT or anywhere close to being in any of the final rankings. There were 32 teams in the NCAA in those days and I don't know how many in the NIT but I would wager you there were not many with a better record than NT. Not a lot of respect in my book.

--The NIT was a joke in that period..... I think every team they invited (eight I think, all games played in NY) was East of the Mississippi (most in the far East) .... it was sometimes insulting called the EIT.... Eastern Invitalional. Most had worse records than UNT and many Western teams. The final pick for the NCAA was apparently between Kansas and UNT for our region (so we heard). We had the better record and a couple of reallly good wins but they got the bid and had a longstanding reputation of being good.. Things in the NCAA were actually done on the regional level and not like now but the regional names still exist today.

---It is dificult to judge that schedule years later.... some that are not so good now were very good then.. Some are exactly as it looks (Austin). WTSU was very good and had a player that later played for the Celtics with Bird.