North Texas visits 19th-ranked Indiana

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North Texas visits 19th-ranked Indiana

12/01/2002

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – North Texas' season-opening road tour really gets rough Sunday.

The Mean Green, which doesn't play in Denton until Dec. 10, has the unenviable task of facing No. 19 Indiana (3-0) in the Hoosiers' home opener. It would be easy for UNT to be intimidated by Indiana's storied tradition. The Hoosiers have made 31 appearances in the NCAA Tournament – 17 in a row – and have won five national championships. They almost made it six last year, falling in the championship game to Maryland.

An 88-75 loss Friday at SMU exposed a disturbing deficiency in the rebounding department for undersized UNT (1-1). The Mean Green is also still waiting for star swingman Chris Davis to return to his scoring form.

Indiana claimed the championship of the Maui Invitational earlier this week. Freshman shooting guard Bracey Wright of The Colony was named the tournament's MVP after averaging a team-high 15.7 points per game, including 21 against Virginia in the title game.