Mean Green Men's Hoops Turkey Game Preview
NIT Season Tip Off
vs Northern Iowa
Kissimmee, Florida November 28, 2024 7pm ESPNU
North Texas is 1-1 all time vs UNI. You might recall the season opener least year when NT won in overtime at the Super Pit.
KenPom 115 UNI vs 75 UNT (67-63) 63%
Evan Miya 118 UNI vs 92 UNT
Torvik 109 UNI vs 75 UNT
Spread: -3.5 North Texas
UNI last three: W, L, L
UNT last three: W, W, L
Basic Stats
Scoring Offense UNI 79.6 UNT 67.7
Scoring Defense UNI 67.4 UNT 56.8
FG% UNI .517 UNT .414
eFG% UNI 58.8 UNT 45.3
Turnover% UNI 14.9 UNT 17.2
Off% UNI 18.3 UNT 36.1
FTA/FGA UNT 29.0 UNT 38.6
What Does It Mean?
UNI is a good shooting team, and can shoot the three. They can shoot the three and do it well, but don’t take an abnormal amount of them., They take good shots and take care of the ball, for the most part. Basically a team that takes good, smart shots. They don’t defend super well, and don’t turn you over or anything special. They aren’t bad at anything, but a solid team all around.
North Texas, as usual is a slow paced team with experience, that shoots the ball well from distance, but relies on athleticism to get second and third chances. NT is a defense-first team.
Both squad are slow-paced squads, but UNI has been scoring well this season.
Personnell
Overall UNI is returning half of their production from last year. Anderson, Campbell and Hutson are all returnees. Expect Jacob Hutson to touch the ball a ton. His season high is 22 points vs Wichita St. Anderson and Campbell have also hit the high teens. Campbell and Anderson can shoot the three.
North Texas’ Atin Wright is familiar with this squad, having played them twice last year. He was held in check in both games. Wright hit the game winner against Oregon State this week, and has yet to explode for the big points (he averaged high mid-teens at Drake and Cal-State Northridge) but is at a respectable 11.8 this season.
A Win
North Texas faces the winner of the other game between the Bonnies and Utah State.
A Loss
North Texas faces the loser of of the other game between the Bonnies and Utah State
Things To Watch
We want Atin Wright to get comfortable in this offense. Lattrell Jossell has been doing well, but we are still in the early season “gel time” part. NT has a lot of experienced players but they are finding their roles on this team in this season. There’s a lot to like, but it is all a work-in-progress. Sometimes when the offense stalls, it shows. Defensively, the squad has been super aggressive and locked in. Love that. That will always keep you in the game.