Tristan Thompson (2020) - North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame

Tristan Thompson

Induction:
2020
Class:
2011

Thompson was a member of one of North Texas' most successful stretches of men's basketball. In his four seasons, UNT won at least 20 games every year including a program-record 24 in 2009-10. In his four years combined, North Texas was 86-43 and went 9-3 in conference tournament games. He still ranks fifth all-time in UNT history with 1,629 career points. He averaged a team leading 14.5 points per game as junior and guided UNT to a Sun Belt Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament appearance where he scored a then career-high 28 points against Kansas State. As a senior he broke the Sun Belt Tournament scoring record with 95 points. He was named first team all-conference and all-tournament. In the conference tournament semifinal game, Thompson scored an epic 36 points against FAU and was a perfect 20-of-20 from the free throw line to send the Mean Green to the championship game. When he graduated he ranked fifth in program history in career 3-pointers with 183 and second in free throws with 520. He was twice named Sun Belt all-conference and was either the team's leading scorer or second leading scorer three of his four years at UNT.