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Saturday, March 13
Frisco, TX
8 P.M.
University of North Texas
vs
Western Kentucky
GAMEDAY: C-USA Championship Finals
3/13/2021 11:23:00 AM | Men's Basketball
FRISCO — The North Texas men's basketball team will be playing in its first conference tournament championship game in nine years on Saturday when they take on Western Kentucky at 8 p.m. CT from the Ford Center at the Star.
Saturday's 2021 Air Force Reserve C-USA Men's Basketball Championship presented by Baylor Scott & White Medical Center will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and the Mean Green Sports Network Learfield IMG College.
The last time UNT (16-9, 9-5) made the conference tournament finals in 2012 they were in the Sun Belt Conference. Its opponent in that title game, WKU.
The Hilltoppers (20-6, 11-3) came out victories in the 2012 SBC championship game, 74-70. Despite Saturday being the 30th all-time meeting between the two schools, it'll only be the second time they've met in a conference tournament championship game.
If the Mean Green beat WKU on Saturday they'll earn an automatic bid into the 2021 NCAA Tournament, which would be their first trip to the big dance since 2010.
TRYING TO WIN FOUR IN FOUR DAYS
North Texas is trying to become the first C-USA Tournament champion to win four games in four days since Houston did it in 2010.
LEAVING IT ALL OUT ON THE COURT
Last season's C-USA Player of the Year Javion Hamlet through three games in this year's C-USA tournament is averaging 18.0 points per game, 7.6 assists per game and 7.3 rebounds per game while playing 38.1 minutes per game.
THE LAST TIME UNT PLAYED WKU…
The last time North Texas played WKU, they won 78-72 (OT) in Denton to claim the 2020 C-USA regular season championship. Its first regular season league title in 31 years. Javion Hamlet led the way with 25 points and Thomas Bell scored a then career-high 20 points.
102 POINTS SCORED
UNT and LA Tech on Friday combined for 102 points (54 and 48). It's the fewest combined points scored in a C-USA Championship game in 11 years and tied for the fifth-fewest all-time.
FOUR ASSISTS AWAY
North Texas' Javion Hamlet enters Saturday with 23 total assists in the conference tournament. He is four assists away from setting the C-USA Championship record for most assists currently held by Jon Elmore (26) in 2018.
For more updates on North Texas Men's Basketball, follow @MeanGreenMBB on Twitter.
Saturday's 2021 Air Force Reserve C-USA Men's Basketball Championship presented by Baylor Scott & White Medical Center will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and the Mean Green Sports Network Learfield IMG College.
The last time UNT (16-9, 9-5) made the conference tournament finals in 2012 they were in the Sun Belt Conference. Its opponent in that title game, WKU.
The Hilltoppers (20-6, 11-3) came out victories in the 2012 SBC championship game, 74-70. Despite Saturday being the 30th all-time meeting between the two schools, it'll only be the second time they've met in a conference tournament championship game.
If the Mean Green beat WKU on Saturday they'll earn an automatic bid into the 2021 NCAA Tournament, which would be their first trip to the big dance since 2010.
TRYING TO WIN FOUR IN FOUR DAYS
North Texas is trying to become the first C-USA Tournament champion to win four games in four days since Houston did it in 2010.
LEAVING IT ALL OUT ON THE COURT
Last season's C-USA Player of the Year Javion Hamlet through three games in this year's C-USA tournament is averaging 18.0 points per game, 7.6 assists per game and 7.3 rebounds per game while playing 38.1 minutes per game.
THE LAST TIME UNT PLAYED WKU…
The last time North Texas played WKU, they won 78-72 (OT) in Denton to claim the 2020 C-USA regular season championship. Its first regular season league title in 31 years. Javion Hamlet led the way with 25 points and Thomas Bell scored a then career-high 20 points.
102 POINTS SCORED
UNT and LA Tech on Friday combined for 102 points (54 and 48). It's the fewest combined points scored in a C-USA Championship game in 11 years and tied for the fifth-fewest all-time.
FOUR ASSISTS AWAY
North Texas' Javion Hamlet enters Saturday with 23 total assists in the conference tournament. He is four assists away from setting the C-USA Championship record for most assists currently held by Jon Elmore (26) in 2018.
For more updates on North Texas Men's Basketball, follow @MeanGreenMBB on Twitter.
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