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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/champweek200...&id=2789388

Sun Belt (Arkansas State vs. North Texas, ESPN2, 9 p.m. ET)

You're not going to find another conference tournament as bizarre as the Sun Belt's. First of all, the hosts aren't there -- the No. 12-seeded Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns were eliminated on the road in a campus-site play-in round necessitated by the Belt's swelling to 14 teams (can't we just leave some teams out?). And anyone who took advantage of all the great seats still available saw No. 1 seed and defending tourney champ South Alabama eliminated by No. 9 seed Middle Tennessee State in Sunday's quarters; after storming the league with 13 straight wins, Team USA suffered a four-game losing streak to end its repeat dreams.

That makes No. 2 Arkansas State and its star 6-3 Memphis product Adrian Banks (21.1 ppg) the higher seed in the final. The Indians eliminated No. 3 Western Kentucky last night 80-73 in a game of three acts -- Ark-State won the first and third -- which was performed for an audience of what looked on TV like six people. Dickey Nutt's squad shoots a lot of 3s and defends the paint well, and they were able to salvage a 5-6 nonconference slate with an 11-7 Belt season.

Don't count out the No. 4 seed, the long, lean North Texas Mean Green, though. In a startling case of truth in advertising, the team does wear green uniforms and is quite unpleasant to its opposition, as evidenced by its 22 victories and its status as the nation's ninth-best rebounder (36.6 rpg).

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/champweek200...&id=2789388

Sun Belt (Arkansas State vs. North Texas, ESPN2, 9 p.m. ET)

Don't count out the No. 4 seed, the long, lean North Texas Mean Green, though. In a startling case of truth in advertising, the team does wear green uniforms and is quite unpleasant to its opposition, as evidenced by its 22 victories and its status as the nation's ninth-best rebounder (36.6 rpg).

I have to say.....that is the greatest line I have ever read.

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"the long, lean North Texas Mean Green"

Gotta love it!!! :P

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I can't flippin wait!!! I'm having a watching party here in Denton at my buddy's apartment.

By the way...I haven't seen ANY advertisement on campus at all today <_<

Neither have I. The NT Daily has an article on but that's expected. We need more than that.

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Neither have I. The NT Daily has an article on but that's expected. We need more than that.

I bet Duke, A&M, and others just douche the campus with signage for road games...

Experiment for you on-campusers - grab 5-10 people at random and ask them if they are excited about watching the basketball team play tonight. Write down each response and post them.

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