7 - Finishing 2nd in AAC behind a ranked Memphis is a good season and progress forward from last year with an almost complete roster overhaul. Still going to be playing meaningful post season NIT basketball which is and should be the expectation.
8 - would have been for an AAC Tourney win and making the NCAA Tournament field without a win in the dance.
9 - would be making the NCAA Tournament field as an “at large” from the AAC and/or winning first round NCAA Tournament game.
10 - More than 1 win in the NCAA Tournament.
The numbers don't lie, UNT finished exactly where the metrics said they would. Could this team have won a quad 1 game? I honestly think no, there was nothing in their metrics that suggest they would.
It's up the columnists and committees to realize metrics don't paint the whole picture. North Texas won 19 games last season and was not an at-large candidate for the NCAA tourney. That team included Edwards who's 7th in the SEC in ppg this season, Rubin Jones who's an elite defender on the potential BIG 10 champions, Aaron Scott who's an elite defender and started almost every game for the Big East champions, and CJ Noland who's averaging 20+ minutes per game for MW regular season champs and expected at-large New Mexico. No respect for them in Denton, though. It's bull and there's no way of defending it.
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