1st Practice Video

NT Alum '04 · October 15, 2011

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10100377694863500

chrisfisher · October 15, 2011

There are so many new faces... I saw Kedrick and Edwards... Can anyone ID the players faces and match them to their numbers?

TheTastyGreek · October 15, 2011

There are so many new faces... I saw Kedrick and Edwards... Can anyone ID the players faces and match them to their numbers?

Practice jerseys are accurate to the numbers on the team roster

http://www.meangreensports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=1800&SPID=564&SPSID=9109

chrisfisher · October 15, 2011

Thanks. I was just noticing that... there is a #25 that isn't on the roster.. any idea?

Practice jerseys are accurate to the numbers on the team roster

http://www.meangreensports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=1800&SPID=564&SPSID=9109

TheTastyGreek · October 15, 2011

Thanks. I was just noticing that... there is a #25 that isn't on the roster.. any idea?

There's at least one walk-on that we've been expecting since early summer. Let me look for the name.

chrisfisher · October 15, 2011

Alzee is freaking ripped... I didn't even recognize him at first... I see he wasn't just sitting around his year off..

TheTastyGreek · October 15, 2011

Thanks. I was just noticing that... there is a #25 that isn't on the roster.. any idea?

Looking at the video... There's only one freakishly tall white guy I know of on the roster. MGSports says Niko is #30, but he wore #25 at Lon Morris and he has a blond buzz cut. Could be a number mistake or a change of heart.

Also, the expected walk-on is/was Kyron Criner, a 5'11" black guy. I don't think he's the one wearing #25 in that video.

TheTastyGreek · October 15, 2011

Also, our official site spells Niko "Stojilkovic" differently than Rivals, ESPN, or any other team he's ever played for did (USF, Lon Morris, and the French National U18 team spelled it "Stojiljkovic", with a 2nd "j").

We'll probably be fixing something to do with him on the website soon.

Cooley · October 15, 2011

Alzee is freaking ripped... I didn't even recognize him at first... I see he wasn't just sitting around his year off..

That caught my attention as well! I had a hard time recognizing him!

The rosters match the numbers:

Green Jerseys

3 - Alzee

24 - Hogans

14- Trey

11 - Forrest

34 - Edwards

White Jersey

32 - Franklin

5 - Chris Jones

10 - Patton

Didn't see JWilliams

Cooley · October 15, 2011

Looking at the video... There's only one freakishly tall white guy I know of on the roster. MGSports says Niko is #30, but he wore #25 at Lon Morris and he has a blond buzz cut. Could be a number mistake or a change of heart.

Also, the expected walk-on is/was Kyron Criner, a 5'11" black guy. I don't think he's the one wearing #25 in that video.

Was not aware he walked on! He'll never see any action!

TheTastyGreek · October 15, 2011

Was not aware he walked on! He'll never see any action!

Don't know if he did or not... He's apparently friendly with some of the new guys and I think he was even on campus during the summer.

NT03 saw a lot of chatter on Twitter about him walking on here. This was months ago, though.

TheTastyGreek · October 15, 2011

Was not aware he walked on! He'll never see any action!

I know what you mean here... But honestly, I wonder how we're going to keep all 13 guys on scholarship happy with playing time, to say nothing of walk-ons.

Cooley · October 15, 2011

Criner's best friend is LB Nash. Maybe he can convince him to transfer to UNT when all the hype blows up at OK St.

chrisfisher · October 15, 2011

That caught my attention as well! I had a hard time recognizing him!

The rosters match the numbers:

Green Jerseys

3 - Alzee
24 - Hogans
14- Trey
11 - Forrest
34 - Edwards

White Jersey

32 - Franklin
5 - Chris Jones
10 - Patton

Didn't see JWilliams

He's there.. #23...if I recall he makes a sweet turn around jumper from about the foul line toward the end of video.

glick1980 · October 15, 2011

Looks like Alzee is about 6'6" too...

MeanMag · October 15, 2011

Didn't realize Chris Jones was 6'2". He looks 6'2" next to Holmen now, but I remember he looked shorter at the state championship game to me.

MeanMag · October 15, 2011

Didn't recognize the guy defending Kedrick that Franklin smacked. He appeared to be 6'5" or 6'6". No Number.

It's fairly easy to tell the Freshmen from the upperclassmen just by looking at physiques. Patton doesn't look near as cut as Alonzo, Alzee, Kedrick, Roger and Tony, but I think he might be a little longer.

It's going to be tough for these freshmen (outside of Tony) to step right in at the college level and assert themselves, but it will come, I'm sure.

Edited October 15, 2011 by MeanMag

Keith7 · October 15, 2011

It's weird seeing new guys wearing No. 10 and 14

UNTMike81 · October 15, 2011

Looks like Edwards might be a step or 2 quicker than he was last yea?

Go Mean Green!!

chrisfisher · October 15, 2011

It's going to be tough for these freshmen (outside of Tony) to step right in at the college level and assert themselves, but it will come, I'm sure.

My guess is, if the reports are true about Jordon Williams, he will play quite a bit this season. Jones called him one of the most dynamic players to ever suit up for the Mean Green... you don't keep that kind of talent on the bench.

On another topic, there was much to like about last year's team, but height was not one of them. We have some height again at the guard position like when we had Calvin Williams and Kendrick Davis roaming the floor... Franklin is 6'5, Alzee is 6'4, and Jordan Williams is 6'6. Franklin appears to be a beast (220LB) for a guard.. NBA size... and as we all noted Alzee is beefed up..

Edited October 15, 2011 by chrisfisher

CMJ · October 15, 2011

Nice to see basketball practice starting again. I even watched some of ESPNU's coverage from around the country last night. Oh, how I missed it.

NT03 · October 15, 2011

Nice to see basketball practice starting again. I even watched some of ESPNU's coverage from around the country last night. Oh, how I missed it.

I wish we had a bigger fanbase and could host somekind of midnight madness. WKU even has one

CMJ · October 15, 2011

WKU even has one

Why does this surprise you? Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, and North Carolina are basketball states. Not just for the "big" state universities, but period.

Frankly it'd be a surprise if WKU didn't have a Midnight Madness.

NT03 · October 15, 2011

Oh it doesn't surprise me, I guess its just more frustration on my part.

Cooley · October 15, 2011

My guess is, if the reports are true about Jordon Williams, he will play quite a bit this season. Jones called him one of the most dynamic players to ever suit up for the Mean Green... you don't keep that kind of talent on the bench.

On another topic, there was much to like about last year's team, but height was not one of them. We have some height again at the guard position like when we had Calvin Williams and Kendrick Davis roaming the floor... Franklin is 6'5, Alzee is 6'4, and Jordan Williams is 6'6. Franklin appears to be a beast (220LB) for a guard.. NBA size... and as we all noted Alzee is beefed up..