University of North Texas Athletics
Green Gang: Best In The State
1/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Return to Play
By Steven Bartolotta, January 11, 2011, 1:36 p.m.
We are still a month away from the spring season cranking back up for golf, but Asher Wildman of golfweek.com wonders out loud about what I've been saying for months now. The North Texas men's golf team is the best in the state of Texas.
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What if the best team in the state of Texas isn't the Longhorns, Aggies or Red Raiders, but the Mean Green? This year North Texas has finished first at the UTA/Waterchase Invitational, second at the William Tucker and third at the Lone Star Invitational. Brad Stracke has quickly helped North Texas climb the rankings, as the Mean Green ended the fall No. 29 in the country. North Texas had a head-to-head record of 38-3 in the fall, but faced only one team in the top 25. If given the chance, could the Mean Green surprise the state of Texas, and all of us around the country, as well? What if the Mean Green were the best team in the state of Texas?
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Now Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech are all ranked above the Mean Green at the start of the spring season. North Texas is ranked No. 29, Texas No. 7, Texas A&M No. 10, and Texas Tech No. 21.
In case you're wondering North Texas is other polls was as high as No. 3 in the nation and did record a win over then No. 1 Pepperdine at New Mexico
Keep in mind that just two years ago the team was just being introduced to a stranger from Florida. That stranger, Brad Stracke, has shown how quick a turnaround can happen with the right guy calling the shots. Or hitting them in this case.
The gap is so narrow though, the Mean Green has a chance to prove it on the course once the spring season starts.
