UNT pub on NBC Top 25 Ranking

KoldBeer · October 1, 2012

NBC is doing a Preseason Top 25. North Texas listed in the other receiving vote section of the story (basically puts us in the Top 40 overall)...

North Texas:

Last Season: 18-14, 9-7 Sun Belt (5th)
Key Losses: Johnny Jones (coach)
Key Returnees: Tony Mitchell (14.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 3.0 bpg), Chris Jones (14.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.3 apg, 2.4 spg), Jordan Williams (10.9 ppg), Alzee Williams (10.5 ppg)
Key Newcomers: Tony Benford (coach), TJ Taylor, Keith Coleman, Clarke Overlander, PJ Hardwick
Outlook: Normally, teams that finish fifth in the Sun Belt aren’t destined to be top 25 programs, but this Mean Green team is anything but normal. Mitchell is a lottery pick that never was eligible at Missouri. Jones and Jordan Williams were academically ineligible for the second semester last season. Taylor signed with Oklahoma out of high school and Marquette out of Junior College. Roger Franklin transferred in from Oklahoma State. Benford has a very, very good team on his hands.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/01/top-25-countdown-others-receiving-votes/

KoldBeer · October 1, 2012

North Texas also has one of the Top 25 non-conference games of the season (how awesome is that).

23. North Texas at Saint Louis (December 5)

Tony Benford certainly isn’t ducking challengers in his first season in Denton, as the Mean Green begin their season at Creighton. Does Saint Louis, who is expected to contend in the Atlantic 10, have enough inside to contain All-America candidate Tony Mitchell? Can the Mean Green keep SLU’s guards, led by Kwamain Mitchell, under wraps?

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/01/twenty-five-non-conference-games-to-keep-an-eye-on-this-season/