North Texas Mean Green NCAA Basketball News

North Texas point guard Chris Jones talks with senior guards Brandan Walton and Alzee Williams during a 79-68 loss to Tulsa on Thursday at the Super Pit.

GAME NOTES: The Tulsa Golden Hurricane look to escape with a possible Conference USA regular-season title when they take the court against the North Texas Mean Green at UNT Coliseum.

The former Mesquite standout will play in front of his family and friends at the Super Pit one last time when the Mean Green takes on Tulsa at 7 p.m. That opportunity is one of the key reasons Vaughns transferred to UNT from George Mason and joined a group of seniors whose time in college basketball has been anything but conventional.

Matt Willms had 14 points, eight rebounds and three blocks as Texas-El Paso won 74-54 and ended North Texas's four-game winning streak Sunday.

MARK LAMBIENEL PASO TIMES UTEP head basketball coach Tim Floyd coached his 400th win Saturday against UTSA at the Don Haskins Center.

North Texas coach Tony Benford maintained throughout some tough times for the Mean Green this season that sooner or later the tide would turn.

They played well and in rhythm in the first half and then hit all sorts of sour notes after intermission.

Jordan Williams scored 14 points and Brandan Walton added 13 as North Texas used a big second half to top Texas-San Antonio 71-62 on Thursday.

There was a time before North Texas opened the season a few months ago when Armani Flannigan seemed destined to be a major part of the Mean Green's plans - if not a star.

Vertrail Vaughns made two free throws to give North Texas its first lead of the second half, 48-46 with 15:48 remaining, and the Mean Green led the rest of the way.

Marquan Botley hit a 3 to put FAU up three after UNT had tied it up with a 7-0 run.

A strong second half fell seconds short of a victory as senior Tymell Murphy scored a career-high 31 points in a losing effort, as the Panthers lost to North Texas, 65-63.

Chris Jones scored a layup at the buzzer as North Texas held on to defeat Florida International 65-63 Thursday night.

North Texas will have a little bigger cheering section than would normally be the case this week when the Mean Green heads to Florida for a two-game road trip.

Jordan Williams blocked a game-winning shot attempt with 6 seconds left as North Texas survived a late surge to slip past East Carolina 53-51 Saturday night.

GAME NOTES: Two of the four Conference USA schools tied for last place in the league standings will collide as the East Carolina Pirates take on the North Texas Mean Green at The Super Pit on Saturday.

GAME NOTES: The North Texas Mean Green make their first appearance at the Super Pit this month on Thursday when they host the Old Dominion Monarchs for Conference USA action.

After a long trip back from Ruston, the late-night hoops thoughts have turned into the late morning hoops thoughts following a split decision for UNT.

The secret recipe to an automatic Louisiana Tech win is to head into halftime with a lead.

Smith moved into third place on the school's all-time assist list and his 183 assists this season is the fourth highest single-season total in Louisiana Tech history.