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Written by Scrappy
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Monday, 01 January 2007 |
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Ok, a few thoughts on the UD game:
There was an effort to get the ball into the paint (finally!) Denver had nobody that could stop Wooden or Q, and I got to see a bit more of what Wooden could do. He showed a nice touch but this time added a bit of physical to his normal finesse. The offense then worked like we all have known it could. Things began to open up all over the floor. There were quality shots put up by our team all night. Very few "hope for the best" heaves - though there were a few.
Denver is everything that we must fight from becoming. They have never seen a 3 they don't like. As we all know too well, when those 3's are falling, you can win on most nights. When they aren't falling (which eventually they won't), then, as Ivan Drago says, "You will lose".
KD certainly is getting back into it, and I think we truly have gotten a best case scenario out of the injury. The team is playing a different type of game than it did when most of the O went through him. There are usually 4 scoring options at all times on the floor.
Sturns is becoming a super duper player.
Now..........lets talk about what we all know we are concerned about. .....long term success. I honestly haven't seen defense that makes me think we do what it takes to go next level. I saw some nice flashes in the second half, but they had many of those 3's in the first half were lightly guarded. This is the time when most of us have gotten burned by thinking past teams were "special". I think the smarter fans are being cautiously hopeful, but not willing to go all in emotionally. It is just such a let down each year to get your hopes up and then to have them dashed with an early confernce tourney exit and a .500 record.
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Written by Scrappy
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Tuesday, 21 November 2006 |
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 Coming off the troubling news of losing Kendrick Davis to a hand injury, the Mean Green were in need of a boost. After an impressive road victory at Rice, NT welcomed former Ryan Raider Brett McDade and Tulsa to Denton.
The Mean Green saw a great performance off the bench from Michael Sturns. Sturns poured in 21 points on 5-11 shooting while nabbing 3 steals from the Golden Hurricane. His spark off the bench helped North Texas to stay within striking distance for the duration of the game. Sturns was also solid at the stripe for most of the contest. He was 9-12 from the line on a night where just about any contact drew a whistle.
Ben Bell was thisclose to becoming the goat of the day. With the Mean Green up 3 points with 7 seconds remaining, Bell was fouled. Hitting one of two free throws one make it a two posession game and make a Tulsa comeback highly unlikely. Bell missed not one, but both free throws. The transfer point guard tried to recover on the defensive side of the ball, but committed a silly foul behind the arc on Brett McDade that resulted in 3 free throws for Tulsa with 3 seconds remaining. Yes, that is correct .........enough to tie the game.
Tulsa hit the first free throw as North Texas fans sat uncomfortably in the Super Pit. The Mean Green recieved a break, however, when McDade missed his second free throw. The third free throw was the climactic finish, as McDade missed (probably on purpose) and the ball bounced right to Tulsa sitting uncontested at the top of the key.
He missed.
This was really too many bullets dodged by North Texas. Much better shot selection and improved free throw percentages are a must if the Mean Green plan on taking their game to the next level. Shooting 0.395 from the field and 0.292 three-pointers simply won't cut it.
Texas State - San Marcos comes to Denton this Saturday.
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Written by Scrappy
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Tuesday, 14 November 2006 |
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Please be patient as I am told the MeanGreenHoops server is being upgraded. Probably from all of the traffic that this site brings in  . Many posts appear to be gone and the last couple of articles are gone as well. In review.........North Texas won their exhibition, and opened up 2-0 in the regular season. The Mean Green have sported new uniforms this season as well. That pretty much sums it up.
Now go tell some basketball loving friends about MeanGreenHoops
Update: It appears the site is now good to go and is firing on all cylinders. The basketball team, however, is not.
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