A blowout win over Marshall, the defending champ. A three-point loss to the most talented team in the league, WKU. This was not a bad weekend even if North Texas dropped from 2nd to a tie for 3rd (really fourth given the tie-breaker against WKU). NT is still in a great spot for a top-five… Read more »
Category: Basketball Recaps
North Texas wins 76-75, Come Back From Down 16
Sometime during the initial five minutes of the game, I tweeted that North Texas could blow this thing open if they continued their way of playing. That did not happen. I also wrote that any lead in this league is unsafe. This proved true. North Texas could not shoot at all through most of the… Read more »
North Texas Falls to 16-2, Loses to UTSA in SA
Sometime after the game the players leave their locker room and don athleisure wear and meander out of the locker room. The crowd of an announced 2600+ that was just loudly cheering for or against the comeback was now quiet, talking about free Whataburger. It was a bit of a strange scene. North Texas had… Read more »
North Texas Men’s Basketball Falls to Oklahoma 73-57
Mean Green basketball was 8-0 coming into this game and had a big regionally televised game against Oklahoma on the road tonight. NT had every reason to figure it could compete reasonably well in this one. Last year, NT went to Norman and only lost by ten to a Trae Young-led Sooner squad. It could… Read more »
North Texas Wins 2018 CBI Tournament 88-77 Over San Francisco Dons
North Texas basketball won the CBI Tournament Final 88-77 in a game that meant very little nationally, but very much to the program. Cheap jokes were made, but the uninformed only ever have surface level observations. To truly understand a moment one has to pay attention to the details. The CBI is not prestigious, but… Read more »
2018 CBI Final Game 3: North Texas vs San Francisco
Sometime after the game wrapped on Wednesday night, Your Favorite Blogger (YFB) decided to put off a hastily written recap to enjoy time with his family. Work emergencies, snooze buttons, and the movement of the earth through time and space later, it is the day of game three and no recap is in draft form…. Read more »
USF Holds On To Beat North Texas in CBI Tournament Final Game 1: 72-62
We have to use a different set of sports fan skills in (over)reacting to the game one loss last night. Typically college sports is all about the singular moment of a handful of games. One shining moment, etc. The CBI’s unusual three-game final series is unique in this regard. I like it, as it spreads… Read more »
North Texas Dominates JSU 90 – 68, Into CBI Final
Once upon a time, North Texas Basketball seemed like it was going to be really good. NT had a future NBA player and a handful of really good recruits. Then it all disappeared and for the last five years fans who remember that time have filled the ears of anyone who would listen of stories… Read more »
North Texas Dominates Mercer in CBI Quarterfinal 96 – 67, Advance To Semifinal on Wednesday Night
Who knew North Texas was destined to dominiate in the College Basketbal Invitational? I gather that no one thought this nor knew that this particular tournament existed. Here we are now and the Mean Green are giving little glimpses into what Grant McCasland had cooking up in his head. At Baylor Scott Drew was known… Read more »
North Texas Men’s Basketball Wins CBI First Round Game Over South Dakota 90-77
North Texas has one postseason win. No doubt you read Greg’s CBI First Round preview of South Dakota. So you know how difficult this game was going to be. Then a little March Craziness. South Dakota was favored by someting like 13 points and proceeded to get run out of their own building. Mercer beat… Read more »