BASKETBALL Middle Tennessee(19-5, 11-1) vs North Texas(14-10, 7-4), 5PM, Saturday, February 10, 2018

[SpaceRaider]

North Texas
Series: MT leads 14-7
Location: Denton, Texas
Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 37,941 Colors: Green & White Nickname: Mean Green
Facility: The Super Pit (10,500)
Head Coach: Grant McCasland Baylor, 1999 UNT Record: First season Overall Record: 20-12 (1 season)
2016-17 Record: 8-22, 2-16 (14th C-USA) 2017 Postseason: None
Starters R/L: 3/2 Lettermen R/L: 5/6 Newcomers: 8

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Date: Saturday, February 10th
Time: 5:00 PM. CT
Match-up: North Texas (14-10, 7-4) at Middle Tennessee (19-5, 11-1)
Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Murphy Center

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goblueraiders.com:
Blue Raiders host surging Mean Green Saturday

 

[SpaceRaider]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400992659

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college...as-@-middle-tennessee-state.cfm/date/02-10-18

 

[SpaceRaider]

excerpt:

...The North Texas Mean Green will be looking to add a big time road win to their current 4 game winning streak following a 67-60 victory over UAB in their last outing. Roosevelt Smart led the team with 18 points along with a team-high 8 rebounds, while DJ Draper added 4 triples as part of his 16 point outing, and A.J. Lawson chipped in 12 points with 7 rebounds and a team-high 4 assists. Ryan Woolridge added 11 points with a pair of blocks to round out the quartet of double digit scorers for the Mean Green in the win. Smart leads North Texas with an average of 18.8 points per game while Lawson leads the Mean Green in rebounding with 5.6 rebounds per game and Woolridge leads North Texas in assists with 5.6 helpers per game this season. As a team, North Texas is scoring 73.5 points per game on 44.5% shooting from the field, 33.8% from behind the arc and 66.6% from the foul line this season.

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will look to add another notch to their current 6 game winning streak following a 94-75 victory over Rice in their last outing. Giddy Potts led the Blue Raiders with 22 points on 8 of 15 shooting with 6 threes and a team-high 7 rebounds, while Antwain Johnson came 2nd with 17 points on 7 of 11 shooting with a pair of threes. Nick King added 15 points while James Hawthorne chipped in 10 points in 16 minutes to round out the quartet of double digit scorers for Middle Tennessee in the win. Tyrik Dixon also added 8 points with a team-high 8 assists in the winning effort for the Blue Raiders. King leads Middle Tennessee with an average of 20.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while Dixon leads the Blue Raiders with 3.4 assists per game this season. As a team, Middle Tennessee is scoring 74.4 points per game on 46.1% shooting from the field, 35.1% from behind the arc and 74.6% from the foul line this season.

North Texas is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games overall while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 games following a win. Middle Tennessee is 43-20-1 ATS in their last 64 home games and 20-6 ATS in their last 26 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 11-2 in their last 13 conference matchups. North Texas is 3-7 ATS in the last 10 meetings between these two teams at Middle Tennessee....

 

[SpaceRaider]

DRC mean green blog

http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/mean-green/2018/02/09/chalk-talk-unt-middle-tennessee

 

[bobdizole]

Taking my son and daughter(4 & 2) to their first game tonight, where is the best place to park?

 

[MTFNBY5]

Greenland lot with little ones and inclement weather: Pay the $5.00 if you're not a BRAA member.

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[C-Bow]

Should be another good test. UNT is riding high and coming off that big win at UAB.

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

Hey Bob. I park across the street where the funeral home was and never have a problem.

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[SpaceRaider]

only five point lead at half.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

NThas come to play. They are crushing us on the boards and taking the ball to the hole. We are only leading because of hitting a lot of 3 pointers.

I bet CKD is ripping them at halftime. NT probably hit about 6 uncontested layups.

 

[sWiley]

Need to play better in the second half. This would be a terrible loss

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Need to play better in the second half. This would be a terrible loss

NT is the best team I have seen us play at home this year.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Need to play better in the second half. This would be a terrible loss

NT is the best team I have seen us play at home this year.

They are hitting 60%, they have to cool off. Also, they are killing us on the boards which we never see

 

[SpaceRaider]

and we'r down

 

[MTsumner92]

Score?

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

60 59 mt

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Score?

MT up 60-59

NT shooting 60% for the game.

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

UNT coach giving one of his players the business. Other coach had to step in.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

MT now up 65-59. We need to finish. Smart from NT is the best player on the floor, he has 27.

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

That out of bounds possession call gave north Texas some momentum.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

That out of bounds possession call gave north Texas some momentum.

Tension is high in here

 

[MTsumner92]

Score?

 

[MTBlueMan]

Good guys win, 79-73

 

[MTCasey]

Raiders win 79-73. Credit to North Texas, they refused to go away. Shot a ridiculous percentage overall and from three. Great gut check win.

 

[MTCasey]

Also interesting to see that Donovan ran the point from about the 11 minute mark until about 6:00 to go. He handled himself well in a game that was 1-2 possessions late. He obviously has Kermit’s trust, and that bodes well for the future.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Johnson and Simmons were solid tonight.

I think we are shooting way too many 3s. After hitting 6 of 8 we only hit 3 of our last 17.

 

[MTsumner92]

Whew!

 

[bobdizole]

What was the announced? Saw a lot of empty seats at tipoff

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[MTLynn]

Johnson and Simmons were solid tonight

In the post-game Kermit praised Simmons and complained that both Johnson and Potts were blowing defensive assignments

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

What was the announced? Saw a lot of empty seats at tipoff

6200

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

What was the announced? Saw a lot of empty seats at tipoff

6200

Second biggest crowd of the night in CUSA, WKU had 6400

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[MTBig Blue]

I would love to see North Texas beat WKU next week.

 

[subkyle]

I would love to see North Texas beat WKU next week.

I definitely would love that too, but I also think we need WKU to win out with the exception of losing to us. Their rpi will help us. We need as many top 100 wins as possible.

 

[MT01]

I definitely would love that too, but I also think we need WKU to win out with the exception of losing to us. Their rpi will help us. We need as many top 100 wins as possible.

We actually need Murray State and Old Dominion to win out more than wkcc. Both could climb into the top 75 giving us two extra Tier 1 wins. Unlikely wkcc falls out of that even with a loss to ODU.