University of North Texas Athletics
Men's Hoops Opens Exhibition Play Tonight
11/7/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Exhibition – North Texas (0-0, 0-0 Sun Belt) vs Oklahoma City (0-1, 0-0 Sooner Athletic)
Denton, Texas • The Super Pit (10,500)
Nov. 9, 2011 • 7:00 p.m. CST
Radio: KWRD 100.7-FM, KNTU 88.1-FM
Hank Dickenson (PBP), Steven Bartolotta (Analyst)
TV: None
Series: Oklahoma City leads 20-6
Last: NT won 66-61 on Dec. 13, 1983
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DENTON, Texas – It’s finally here, North Texas basketball fans. It’s your first chance to check out the revamped Mean Green basketball lineup in action on Wednesday night against Oklahoma City at 7 p.m. in exhibition play.
North Texas inked the nation’s No. 30 ranked recruiting class - the best in school history - according to HoopScoopOnline.com, anchored by the state’s No. 7 ranked player Jordan Williams. NT also signed 6-10 forward Forrest Robinson (No. 23 in state), PG Chris Jones (No. 24 in state), PG Trey Norris (No. 34 in state), Casper College guard Brandan Walton and french shooter Niko Stojiljkovic. Tony Mitchell, Roger Franklin and Justin Patton weren’t eligible for the ranking.
Johnny Jones will be taking the court with his tallest team ever this year, with an average height of 6’ 5.50”. That average height is taller than every Sun Belt roster, and would be topped in the Big 12 by only Baylor (6’ 5.79”). As a matter of fact, only LSU and Mississippi State have taller rosters on the NT schedule, and the Mean Green is taller than the average Big 12 and SEC teams.
In what is becoming a tradition in Denton, North Texas has won at least 20 games in each of the last five seasons, including a school-record 24-win campaign in 2009-10. Prior to this stretch the program had seen a total of four 20-win seasons in its 94-year history - last in 1977-78.
NT has appeared in three of the last five Sun Belt Conference Tournament title games, including each of the last two. As a matter of fact, North Texas is one of just 32 teams nationwide that has played in at least three of its last five conference tournament finals. The Mean Green represented the SBC in the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2010, and won the Sun Belt regular season title in 2010 as well.
