Quarterfinal Game

(MT leads the series with Charlotte 13-4)

Charlotte 49ers (18-13, 9-11)
Head Coach: Ron Sanchez (SUNY Oneonta '97)
Record at Charlotte: 68-77 (5th Season) Overall Record: 68-77 (5th Season)

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Venue: Ford Center at The Star (12,000)
Location: Frisco, Texas

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Transformational committee releases its report today. Lots of info (like refusing to fix NIL and saying "only Congress" can fix it). But here is the biggest nugget.

Not in support of this at all.

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Our conference dreams of staying regionally based in the south are gone. I think we have 5 games against teams west of the Mississippi this year in football. Mac would have been much more accessible for the none wheels up account crowd as well as better for building rivalries, What are we doing?

I have confirmed that one of the main junior days is the weekend of March 24-26th... I will try to get a running list of who will be there. One likely name is Kavion Benton. All the 2024 recruiting info is in Lightning's Lounge!

Location: El Paso, Texas
Enrollment: 24,879
Arena: Don Haskins Center (12,000)
Colors: Blue, Orange & Silver Nickname: Miners
Series: MT leads 10-5
Head Coach: Joe Golding
Record at School: 20-14 (2nd Season) Career Record: 154-128 (10th Season)
2021-22 Record: 20-14, 11-7 2021-22 Finish: 4th C-USA West 2021-22 Postseason: C-USA Quarterfinal
Starters R/L: 1/4 Letterwinners R/L: 3/12

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Location: El Paso, Texas
Founded: 1913
Enrollment: 24,003
Colors: Blue, Orange & Silver Nickname: Miners
Series: MTSU leads 9-3
Facility: Don Haskins Center
Head Coach: Kevin Baker
Record at UTEP: 73-73 (5) Overall: 195-103 (10) 2021-22 Record: 14-15 2022 Postseason: None
Starters Ret./Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners R/L: 7/6

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Talent: Jake Rose (pxp) Daron Park (color)

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Monday's 1st game tune up will give a nice comparative to an upcoming opponent. Murray State under returning coach Steve Prohm dismantled Brescia 102 -57. Murray only has one returning player who I believe was a walk on last year. While Prohm & McDevitt shared similar start-ups, meaning massive departures due to prior coaches exiting for higher profile jobs. The Murray kids can really play, lots of athletes. Watched exhibition on ESPN plus. I have no doubt we will win, but may not be the cakewalk I originally anticipated. Got to work that day, but looking for to ESPN Plus on demand replay.

Wanted to give a shout out to the Softball team. Off to an 11-3 start with some really nice wins so far. Nice improvement thus far compared to last year's 19-34 squad. Looks like the coach, his staff, & team are showing good dedication towards wanting to turn things around. Thumbs up!👍

Location: Denton, Texas
Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 40,806
Colors: Kelly Green & White Nickname: Mean Green
Series: MTSU leads 22-4
Facility: The Super Pit
Head Coach: Jalie Mitchell
Record at NT: 100-107 (7) Overall: Same 2021-22 Record: 17-13 2022 Postseason: WNIT First Round
Starters Ret./Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners R/L: 6/9

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Location: Boca Raton, FL
Enrollment: 30,377
Arena: FAU Arena (2,980)
Colors: Blue & Red Nickname: Owls
Head Coach: Dusty May
Record at School: 66-56 (5th Season) Career Record: 66-56 ( 5th Season)
2021-22 Record: 19-15, 11-7 2021-22 Finish: 3rd C-USA East 2021-22 Postseason: CBI First Round
Starters R/L: 4/1 Letterwinners R/L: 9/2

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Location: Denton, TX
Enrollment: 40,796
Arena: The Super Pit (10,500)
Colors: Kelly Green & White Nickname: Mean Green
Head Coach: Grant McCasland
Record at School: 104-58 (6th Season) Career Record: 124-70 (7th Season)
2021-22 Record: 25-7, 16-2 2021-22 Finish: 1st C-USA 2021-22 Postseason: NIT Second Round
Starters R/L: 2/3 Letterwinners R/L: 8/7


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CUSA is ranked 10th in NET, WAC 11.
However...

Their highest ranked team is SHSU who is ours next year with a NET of 62. Utah V is leading the conf standings and has a NET of 82. No other teams under 100.

For reference MT is 108 in NET. We have three teams under 100, all leaving for AAC next year.

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Who would you go with?

MT athletic department is launching a new campaign to spotlight some of the student-athletes for NIL opportunities. Here's the one on Eli Lawrence.

At the risk of beating a dead horse, the MT community needs to step up the game with NIL opportunities for student-athletes. Need a co-op too. I'm told there's a reason Jaylin Lane left MT but Austin Reed stayed at WKU.

If MT is going to contend for conference championships, players, coaches, fans, and community need to pull together on NIL, co-op, and the Build Blue campaign.

If you're interested in partnering with MT, check out Blue Raider exchange (GoBlueRaiders.com/exchange).

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Figured I'd go ahead and get this up. I will post info and nuggets on the 2024 recruiting cycle...