Green Lantern

We did. I can live with this one much more than the UTSA fiasco. But on that last possession, guard play/decision making reared its ugly head again. Something to keep an eye on.

It really wasn’t. Likely, probably not. Possible before the fart and fall down against a shitty UTSA team, yes. Bare minimum, a couple more wins would have kept the program in the conversation for braketologists to plaster all over social media & probably getting a few votes for the AP and Coaches Top 25 polls. Not hang the banner type stuff, but still something for a progressing program. @Censored by Laurie’s point about our trajectory not really having changed - needing to win Ft Worth is true. I just feel way worse about our neutral court chances than I did prior to Saturday. Our guard play has become (maybe it always was) very worrisome.

It is hard to go unscathed in league play, no denying that. UTSA is not good, also no denying that. They just got run by like 20 against FAU. Fans are going to be pissed (myself included) that we had to have this game, at this time, to play some of the worst basketball of the GMac/Hodge era. It just feels so North Texas. Probably unfair cause basketball comes through more regularly than just about any sport we have - but it is what it is. Honestly, these past several games I’ve become increasingly concerned with our guard play. Today was a massive red flag in that regard. Then layer on the fact that UTSA managed to neutralize Sissoko today, and it gives me concern about the ceiling on this thing.

Absolutely pathetic showing. Horrendous decision making with the basketball all night. Careless turnovers. What a waste in front of a good crowd. You don’t deserve to be in NCAA Tournament discussion with a loss like that. Inexcusable.

An absolutely horrific half of basketball. Embarrassing effort.

You’d like to think we could shoot them out of the zone but we can’t hit the broad side of a barn.

Hope that 2nd half play picks up again. Horrible way to show out in front of the best crowd of the season. Very sloppy.

Along with establishing a pay scale UNT is comfortable paying that at top of league. Inevitably when Ross does move on for 3-5 X what we can pay, we want high quality external candidates chomping at the bit to get here and sustain/build on our success. Talking quality like a Will Wade at McNeese or that ilk as your options.

UTSA plus pre-game tailgate and reasonable start time SHOULD bump attendance up on Saturday.

Yes, we’re going to need to pay at the top of the league scale (excluding Memphis) for Ross and assistants after this season. Coach Burton is also in line for a raise and extension. He’s done a remarkable job too.

No apologies for conference road wins in tough environments. These kind of wins can separate to make a great season from a good season. Not the cleanest but gritty as always. Always like our chances in the rock fight.

Obviously 💪

Agreed. AAC can’t afford a program of their calibre to be one of the NET anchors dragging the league down. We need them to be strong big picture.

The officiating crew was the worst type - wildly inconsistent with how they called the game. Started off calling ticky tack stuff down low, then halfway through the 1st half - switched and let almost everything go. The shorter bald ref had 3-4 mind numbingly bad calls. The most egregious the foul on Walker you’re describing. We had basically shut the door before he called that & it resulted in all of us being in the Pit for about an extra half an hour to achieve the same end result.

What a great win! Didn’t play our cleanest game but played so tough - even as our 3’s just wouldn’t go down. What do you say about Lorient at this point??? An absolutely monster game. The guy is just a freak athlete. If you’re not coming to games to witness this guy play in person, you’re missing out. Best athlete we’ve had since Tony Mitchell and it’s not particularly close. Just a treat to watch.