North Texas was expected to go to Rice and handle business. The thing about basketball is that it is a rhythm game and NT would be coming off a week-long break. Rice, after all, was on that same week-long break but at home. Things like this happen in this game and we should not read…
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MBB: Let’s Talk About Execution
The Mean Green are playing really well, but you may have read or seen some criticism here or elsewhere about the team. While the team has been winning, it has sometimes been closer than we would have liked. They play hard and well, even against really tough competition. However McCasland has had trouble getting his…
North Texas Beats Tech 51-50 in Battle of CUSA Leaders
The Mean Green were ready for the moment in Ruston, jumping out to a big lead, with some crisp offense and their typically tough defense. This was typical of NT in conference play, where they have been at the top of the league in efficiency offensively and strong defensively even if slightly undersized. The Bulldogs…
Expect Anything In Grant McCasland’s Third Year
North Texas beat up on overmatched Oklahoma Christian 79-40 in the traditional glorified scrimmage that kicks off the season. The basketball prognosticators have NT anywhere from 2nd to 8th or so, depending on your flavor of preview. Last year NT absolutely needed Ryan Woolridge to play every minute and when he was hurt, the team…
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…
Basketball Breakdown: Offensive Efficiency is Key
North Texas has 9 games left on its conference schedule, and everyone of them is important. Right now if you look at the standings in CUSA you see that a mammoth battle is about to ensue for that 4th seed, and a 1st round bye. For the longest time I thought that the top 5…
ODU In Town For A Big Game
Old Dominion is in town tonight for a big basketball game at the Super Pit ODU (11-3, 2-0 C-USA) at North Texas (9-7, 2-1 C-USA) Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 5 p.m. Denton, TX | The Super Pit Radio: MGRN – 88.1 KNTU-FM, 95.3 KHYI-FM TV: CUSA.TV Series: Old Dominion holds a perfect 7-0 record all-time…
