Notebook: Unt Hopes To Build From Tourney Loss

[mgsteve]

DRC

[eulesseagle]

lets not forget cameron spencer, transfer from smu, 6'8" 270#. redshirt on this year's squad.

[foutsrouts]

Last I heard about Holmen, was that he was 6'9" with a 42" verticle and still growing. Incredible leaping ability for a big man. Just hope he doesn't rack his head on the rim too often.

[greenminer]

I want to win 25 games next season.

[CMJ]

I want to win 25 games next season.

I wanna see our schedule first. What I do want to do is win the West which assures us of being either the 1 or 2 seed. I'm thinking WKU wins the East, so we wouldn't have to play them till the Finals. The longer we can put off facing them, the better.

[Green Lantern]

I wanna see our schedule first. What I do want to do is win the West which assures us of being either the 1 or 2 seed. I'm thinking WKU wins the East, so we wouldn't have to play them till the Finals. The longer we can put off facing them, the better.

Agreed. Also, going forward, I don't think Western Kentucky is going to want to see much of North Texas early in the tournament. Talking with their fans in Hot Springs this year, they weren't real excited about getting us in the semis. They were pretty worried about us, especially after they watched what we did to MTSU. Very complimentary about our physicality and overall team depth.

Edited March 11, 2009 by Green Lantern

[greenminer]

Agreed. Also, going forward, I don't think Western Kentucky is going to want to see much of North Texas early in the tournament. Talking with their fans in Hot Springs this year, they weren't real excited about getting us in the semis. They were pretty worried about us, especially after they watched what we did to MTSU. Very complimentary about our physicality and overall team depth.

Physically don't mean much of you don't have as much hustle.

[Green Lantern]

Physically don't mean much of you don't have as much hustle.

I don't know man...watching those games, they're were hustling pretty good out there. 2nd half of the Western game, we couldn't get the shots to go when we needed them. Slaughter hit those back to back three's that were just killer. They tried to gut one out, it was just too little, too late.

The MTSU game, we completely dominated them physically. That's really what I was referring to in my previous post. The WKU fans were really impressed with how physically tough NT played MT in the quarters. They were not looking forward to the match up with us in the next round. I talked to a ton of their fans, and UNT was the only team that they really feared could beat them in the tourney. They were largely dismissive of UALR, Troy, and USA. Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to pass along many of WKU's fan's sentiment about UNT. It's a small thing, but significant in meaning to me. To have fans of a team like WKU, who has been the league power forever, view UNT as a legitimate threat to them bodes well for us going forward.

[UNT90]

Last I heard about Holmen, was that he was 6'9" with a 42" verticle and still growing. Incredible leaping ability for a big man. Just hope he doesn't rack his head on the rim too often.

Are those true measurements? If so, we can list him in the program as 6'11" with a 49 inch verticle.

[e-bone ver2.awesome]

Last I heard about Holmen, was that he was 6'9" with a 42" verticle and still growing. Incredible leaping ability for a big man. Just hope he doesn't rack his head on the rim too often.

He had the best split on his 4x400 relay team last season, as well. He sounds like an incredible athlete. Can't wait to see him on the court.

[Dodge2007]

He had the best split on his 4x400 relay team last season, as well. He sounds like an incredible athlete. Can't wait to see him on the court.

If that is true, he must be one tremendous athlete.