2020 CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONS 2020-21 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP OVERALL: 5-5 | H: 4-0 | A: 1-5 | N: 0-0 NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN (5-5, 1-1 C-USA) NOVEMBER TIME(ct) TV RESULT Head Coach: Grant McCasland (Baylor, ‘99) 26 MVSU 7:00pm YouTube Live W, 116-62 Record at North Texas: 66-46 (4th Season) C-USA Record: 31-25 (4th Season) 28 at Arkansas 5:00pm SECN+ L, 69-54 Overall Record: 86-58 (5th Season) vs DECEMBER TIME(ct) TV RESULT 1 TAMU-Commerce 7:00pm C-USA.tv Postponed UTEP MINERS (6-4, 2-2 C-USA) Head Coach: Rodney Terry (St. Edward's, ‘90) 4 at Mississippi St. 7:00pm SECN+ L, 69-63 Record at UTEP: 31-40 (3rd Season) 11 at No. 11 WVU 2:00pm BIG 12 Now ESPN+ L, 62-50 C-USA Record: 13-27 (3rd Season) 15 UAPB 7:00pm YouTube W, 81-56 Overall Record: 157-148 (10th Season) 17 Houston Baptist 7:00pm YouTube W, 85-55 19 at LSU TBA SECN+ Postponed #GMG STORYLINES BROADCAST INFO 22 LSU Alexandria 1:00pm YouTube W, 110-78 • The Mean Green are the defending 2020 DATE: Fri./Sat. Jan. 15/16 2021 | 7 pm/ 3 pm CT JANUARY TIME(ct) TV RESULT C-USA champions after they went 14-4 in LOCATION: The Super Pit (Denton, TX) TV: Stadium/ Stadium 1 UAB* 7:00pm ESPN+ Postponed league play last year. They returned three starters (Hamlet, Reese, Z. Simmons). TALENT: Chris Hassel, Dani Klupenger 2 UAB* 4:00pm ESPN+ Postponed RADIO: Mean Green Learfield IMG College 2 at Loyola Chicago 6:30pm ESPN+ L, 57-49 • North Texas began conference play last TALENT: Dave Barnett, Hank Dickenson week at UTSA and split the two-game mini 8 at UTSA* 6:00pm ESPNU W, 77-70 series with a 77-70 win on Friday and a 77-69 STATS: MeanGreenStats.com | StatBroadcast 9 at UTSA* 3:00pm ESPN+ L, 77-69 loss on Saturday. UNT was supposed to play SERIES RECORD: North Texas 5, UTEP 10 SERIES NOTE: UNT has won two straight over 15 UTEP* 7:00pm Stadium UAB the week prior but the Blazers had to postpone. the Miners, including a 67-57 win at home last 16 UTEP* 3:00pm Stadium year. This is the first time since 1952 North Texas 22 at ODU* 6:00pm ESPN+ • Reigning Conference USA Player of the has had consecutive victories over UTEP. They Year Javion Hamlet has seen a difference 23 at ODU* 6:00pm ESPN+ in how opponents guard him and game have never beaten UTEP three straight times. 28 at Rice* 7:00pm ESPN+ plan around limiting him. Head coach Grant 30 Rice* 4:00pm ESPN+ McCasland has emphasized that it's going to take time especially this year with the A WIN WOULD FEBRUARY TIME(ct) TV RESULT limited offseason to get the newcomers 5 Louisiana Tech* 7:00pm Stadium where they need to be so Hamlet on offense can take a load of his plate. • Be North Texas' 15th home win in its last 16 6 Louisiana Tech* 1:00pm Stadium home games. 12 at USM* 7:00pm ESPN+ • Over the last two seasons, UNT has built 13 at USM* 4:00pm ESPN+ the reputation as a team that plays with • Improve North Texas' home record since the start of last year to 18-3. 19 WKU* 7:00pm CBS SN FB a slow pace and tempo. Last season they ranked 350th out of 353 DI schools in tempo 20 WKU* 4:00pm CBS SN FB (62.9 possessions per 40 minutes). This year • Improve North Texas' home record under 26 at Marshall* 6:00pm ESPNU the Mean Green have picked up the tempo Grant McCasland to 44-13. 27 at Marshall* 1:00pm Stadium a bit to 65.2 possessions per 40 minutes • Be North Texas' ninth home conference win MARCH TIME(ct) TV RESULT (331st). For the year UNT is averaging 17.4 seconds per possession (215th longest). in its last 10. 5 Open 6 Open • Through the first seven games of the year, • Be UNT's third straight victory over UTEP and C-USA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP (Frisco) Javion Hamlet averaged just nine field goal second straight at home. attempts. In the last three games Hamlet 10 First Round TBD TBD has averaged 15 attempts per game. 11 Quarterfinals TBD TBD RECORD WATCH 12 Semifinals TBD TBD .• Second-year Mean Green forward Thomas Bell 13 Championship TBD TBD is two points shy of his 300th career points. * C-USA Games All games can be heard on KNTU 88.1FM, KHYI 95.3FM, TuneIN app • Senior Zachary Simmons has started 52 C-USA regular season games and made 38 straight C-USA regular season starts. His 52 C-USA starts are the most in program history and four more @MEANGREENMBB @MEANGREENMBB @MEANGREENMBB than the next most (48 by Roosevelt Smart 2017- 20). Simmons’ 38 straight C-USA starts are the second-most in program history. Ryan Woolridge (2017-19) 41 straight C-USA starts is the program record. • Second-year point guard Javion Hamlet is 16 points shy of his 600th career point. • Senior Zachary Simmons has played in 84 straight games, which is tied for the ninth longest streak in program history with Ryan Woolridge > Javion Hamlet was named the 2020 Conference USA Male Athlete of the Year, MBB Player of the Year (2017-19). #BELIEVESERVECOMPETE and MBB Newcomer of the Year. BY THE NUMBERS 75.4 48.7 38.6 34.3 14.8 2.7 7.1 65.5 42.5 35.1 1.1 SCORING FG% 3FG% AST-TO POINTS FG% 3FG% REBS ASTS BLKS STLS DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE RATIO 77.3 45.1 34.9 35.4 14.0 2.6 7.9 70.6 43.9 33.0 1.4 UNT 2018 CBI Champions | 2020 C-USA Champions | NCAA Tournaments 1988, 2007, 2010 TV/RADIO ROSTER NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN ABOUT NORTH TEXAS LOCATION ...................................................................................... Denton, TX ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................35,373 FOUNDED .....................................................................................................1890 NICKNAME .................................................................................... Mean Green SCHOOL COLORS ..............................................................Green and White FACILITY ......................................................................................The Super Pit CAPACITY .................................................................................................10,500 AFFILIATION ....................................................................................NCAA D1 1 | Mardrez McBride 2 | Keith Barnes 0 | James Reese CONFERENCE G | Sr. | 6’4”| 167 G | Jr. | 6’2”| 178 G | R-Fr. | 6’4”| 200 .......................................................................Conference USA Eastover, SC Augusta, GA St. Louis, Mo ATHLETIC DIRECTOR .............................................................. Wren Baker PRESIDENT .......................................................................Dr. Neal J Smatresk TEAM 2020-21 RECORD .......................................................................................... 5-5 2020-21 C-USA RECORD ............................................................................ 1-1 2019-20 RECORD ...................................................................................... 20-11 2019-20 C-USA RECORD .......................................................................... 14-4 LETTER WINNERS R/L ............................................................................ 7/4 NEWCOMERS ...................................................................................................6 HISTORY FIRST SEASON ............................................................................1916-17 (4-6) 4 | Jalen Jackson 10 | Jahmiah Simmons 3 | Javion Hamlet SEASONS ......................................................................................................... 102 G | R-Sr. | 6’4”| 193 G | So. | 5’11”| 177 F | R-Sr. | 6’4”| 220 Memphis, TN San Antonio, TX St. Thomas, USVI FIRST SEASON AS D1 ....................................................... 1957-58 (3-18) TOTAL SEASONS AS D1 ....................................................................... 63 ALL-TIME RECORD .......................................1,191-1,333-1 (2523 Games) LAST NCAA TOURNAMENT................................................................. 2010 BEST SINGLE SEASON ...................................................‘75-’76 (22-4, .846) MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS .................................................... 14 (‘77-’78) C-USA RECORD (8yrs) ............................................................................54-72 COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (MBB) ...................................................Luke Della E-MAIL .................................................................................. [email protected] OFFICE PHONE ...........................................................................940-369-7980 CELL PHONE ................................................................................510-725-2130 11 | JJ Murray 13 | Thomas Bell 15 | Rubin Jones TWITTER ...........................................................................................@LukeDella G | R-Sr. | 6’1”| 179 F | Sr. | 6’6”| 200 G | Fr. | 6’5”| 184 ATHLETIC WEBSITE ............................................... MeanGreenSports.com Rowlett, TX East St. Louis, IL Houston, TX COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF HEAD COACH ...............................................Grant McCasland (4th Season) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ...............................Ross Hodge (4th Season) ASSISTANT COACH ................................... Jareem Dowling (4th Season) ASSISTANT COACH ........................................Matt Braeuer (3rd Season) Dir. of Basketball Strategy & Ops ............... Nelson Haggerty (2nd Season) DIRECTOR OF SCOUTING, ANALYTICS ........Louie Al-Hafidh (1st Season) STRENGTH COACH ......................................Andrew Wright (2nd Season) ATHLETIC TRAINER ...............................................Will Rath (4th Season) 22 | Larry Wise