Nostalgic

[letsgiveacheer]

It's nice to watch and root for so many of our old MVC partners in the NCAA tourney: Louisville, St Louis, Memphis and of course Wichita State. They all played great ball then and continue to do so today.

I wish I could say the same about us.

[greenminer]

That must have been a fantastic era to be a Mean Green basketball fan!

[NT03]

Can u include Creighton? Or was that at a later time ?

[letsgiveacheer]

Creighton came later and yes, it sure was a great time to be a basketball fan at North Texas!

[DeepGreen]

Too bad our UNT leaders(?) did not have the vision to move our athletics forward like those programs. And, yes, the Snake Pit was a fun place to be when our MVC foes rolled into town. Good times, win or lose.

[Greenrex]

That must have been a fantastic era to be a Mean Green basketball fan!

Cincy too. It was such a great time. I never missed a game.

Edited March 24, 2014 by Greenrex

[ragpicker]

It's nice to watch and root for so many of our old MVC partners in the NCAA tourney: Louisville, St Louis, Memphis and of course Wichita State. They all played great ball then and continue to do so today.

I wish I could say the same about us.

It was so much fun to watch us play those great teams along with Drake, Bradley etc. in the old Pit back then. After I graduated and was traveling through the midwest in those days, I was surprised to discover how much basketball fans in that part of the country knew about our team and players. We got far more press in places like Des Moines and and St louis back then than we did in DFW.

We didn't win that much on the road against some of those teams, but the home games in the Pit were often a different story. I have yet to see anything since then, in either football or basketball, to match the fan enthusiasm from those days in the Pit.

[Mean Green Matt]

A remodeled snake pit is where the NT women should be playing.

[DeepGreen]

It was so much fun to watch us play those great teams along with Drake, Bradley etc. in the old Pit back then. After I graduated and was traveling through the midwest in those days, I was surprised to discover how much basketball fans in that part of the country knew about our team and players. We got far more press in places like Des Moines and and St louis back then than we did in DFW.We didn't win that much on the road against some of those teams, but the home games in the Pit were often a different story. I have yet to see anything since then, in either football or basketball, to match the fan enthusiasm from those days in the Pit.

As I recall, we also recruited heavily in that section of the country.

[Graddean]

My first year while we were in the MVC, we won I think two games all year, but I did get to see the NCAA champion Cincy team.

[drex]

Creighton came into the league later, but the last home game in the old pit was vs. Creighton..they had a young guy named Eddie Sutton as their coach..I think we beat them, as memory serves.

[ragpicker]

As I recall, we also recruited heavily in that section of the country.

That's true. I can still recall the crowds, cheerleaders, band, the incredible noise level and, of course, PoPO and his tambourine. Halcyon days.