North Texas Mean Green NCAA Basketball News

North Texas edges Texas Southern 71-69 Eds: APNewsNow. North Texas 71, Texas Southern 69.

DENTON a ' The North Texas men's basketball team overcame an early 16-point deficit on Sunday afternoon only to fall to Isiah Thomas and Florida International 80-70 in overtime at the Super Pit.

UNT's Tristan Thompson, right, drives past Southeastern Louisiana's Brandon Fortenberry on Tuesday at the Super Pit.

North Texas will look to bounce back from perhaps its toughest loss of the season today while dealing with some bad news from team doctors.

North Texas head coach Johnny Jones knew that sooner or later Isiah Thomas would post a milestone win in his first season as the head coach at Florida International.

Florida International tops North Texas 80-70 in OT Eds: APNewsNow. Florida International 80, North Texas 70, OT.

DENTON, Texas - The ULM men's basketball team dropped its Sun Belt Conference opener on Sunday afternoon at North Texas, 79-62. ULM trailed by just a pair at the intermission, but the Mean Green started fast in the second half and raced to the 17-point victory.

BEAUMONT , Texas Justin Nabors scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 24 rebounds to lift Lamar to 79-64 win over Louisiana College at the Montagne Center on Wednesday night.

The most important part of the season is almost here for both the North Texas men's and women's basketball teams.

Donald Sloan scored 21 points to lead four players in double figures and No. 16 Texas A&M beat North Texas 75-65 on Monday night.

Over the past four seasons, Texas A&M has displayed an uncanny dominance on its home floor, but the past two wins at Reed Arena haven't exactly been easy.

Josh White sank six free throws in the final two minutes as part of a 14-point day to pull North Texas ahead of Rice in a tight 64-62 win on Saturday.

North Texas head coach Johnny Jones wanted to take a long look at what he had beyond his starters in a rare matinee game against the University of the Southwest on Wednesday.

Guard Josh White scored 21 points to lead four players in double figures as North Texas beat Southwest 91-62 on Wednesday.

Newcomer Reggie Arnold and Senior Kurt Cunningham both poured in 17 points, and Ike Okoye added 13 points and eleven rebounds to power Boise State to a win in its 2009 home opener, 79-73 over North Texas University.

When: Today, 7 p.m. Where: North Texas Coliseum, Denton, Texas Airplay: None The absence of SWAC preseason player of the year Grant Maxey has caused Jackson State to search for another primary scorer.

North Texas head coach Johnny Jones knew beating Jackson State was going to be a whole lot tougher than it appeared as if it might be on Tuesday.

At times it seemed like UT Arlington and North Texas would play until the wee hours of the morning.

Junior forward Matt Pilgrim came off the bench for the first time. Ford is of the opinion that Page doesn't perform well as a bench player.

To fully appreciate the backstory behind Oklahoma State's 82-68 basketball victory over North Texas, repeat these words over and over: Josh White.