Texas Arlington Pre-Game Thread

[ksdg]

General Admission tickets are still available for the Texas-Arlington game.

http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7500&ATCLID=1331729

Time to get on the Bus, Gus! Spend a little green, Gene!

Enjoy some Shocker joy, Roy!

:posterwu: :goshocks: :posterwsu:

just received an email for all staff/faculty that we can buy general admission tickets for tonight for a $6 discount; doesn't appear to be a limit on the number you can buy either. maybe this will be a good enough deal that people will decide to come out for the game!

[Dan]

UTA

The North Texas win is a quality win. UNT has Keith Wooden on the team and has some decent wins this year.

[BOBB]

Just as with UMBC this team is a paper tiger. To quote Baghdad Bob, "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of the Shockers."

[BA2929]

A little about UTA:

STRENGTHS: The frontline is physical, has a dynamic athlete in Jermaine Griffin and a consummate team player in Anthony Vereen. Ro'ger Guignard was fifth in the league with 71 3-pointers made last season, and a year of experience should mean more consistency.

WEAKNESSES: The Mavs lack that super-athletic wing. SF Larry Posey is more Barkley-esque, as in the physique of a retired Charles Barkley, and Guignard and Rod Epps are smaller shooting guards.

LAST YEAR: 13-17 overall, 8-8 in the Southland; lost in the conference quarterfinals.

HEAD COACH: Scott Cross (career 13-17); second year at UTA (13-17).

QUOTE TO NOTE: "We have the opportunity to put together a season this program has not seen in a long time, and we are excited about the possibilities." — UTA coach Scott Cross on the team's potential this season.

KEY EARLY-SEASON GAMES: Dec. 7 at Wichita State— Nothing like getting a taste of what it's like to be a mid-major power. While Wichita struggled a bit in the highly-regarded Missouri Valley Conference last season, the Shockers still provide a benchmark for mid-major teams. This provides a nice comparison for the Mavericks, especially if they harbor any postseason ambitions.


Here's the rest of the run-down:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/southland/uta.htm

[cincyshocker]

might be a little tougher than Shocker Fans expect. look at #19 below.

i hope the shox win but i think they might struggle to get the Victory.

this is a Mid_major Top 25 Poll
here is from an 'insider' take it for what its worth. HCGM is one of the voters as well.

Next Top 25: Dec. 10

Record
Points
Previous

1. Butler (30) 7-0 774 1
2. Gonzaga (1) 7-1 739 2
3. St. Mary's 6-0 689 5
4. Creighton 5-0 650 8
5. George Mason 6-2 626 4
6. Southern Illinois 3-2 601 3
7. Western Kentucky 3-3 526 6
8. Davidson 5-2 516 8
9. Akron 5-1 426 13
10. Holy Cross 6-1 424 10
11. Sam Houston State 6-0 357 16
12. Missouri State 4-1 355 9
13. Bradley 6-2 344 17
14. UC Santa Barbara 7-1 321 18
15. Northern Iowa 6-1 312 22
16. Cal State Fullerton 4-1 307 14
17. VCU 4-3 281 11
18. Miami 3-3 224 15
19. Texas-Arlington 7-0 163 24
20. Georgia Southern 6-1 151 NR
21. Valparaiso 6-1 142 NR
22. New Orleans 4-1 138 19
23. Drexel 5-3 121 12
24. Belmont 5-3 120 23
25. IUPUI 5-2 88 NR


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Winthrop 84, Kent State 80, Old Dominion 69, UMBC 60, Western Michigan 41, Wright State 28, North Texas 27, Drake 24, Arkansas Little Rock 23, South Alabama 22, Cental Arkansas 21, North Carolina A&T 20, Santa Clara 20, Cal State Northridge 17, James Madison 17, Wisconsin Green Bay 14, Austin Peay, 13, Ohio 13, Hampton 12, Morgan State 12, Pacific 11, Illinois State 10, Siena 10, Montana 7, UNC Ashville, 7, Gardner-Webb 6, Cornell 4, UNC Greensboro 4, Weber State 3, Northern Arizona 1.


VOTING PANEL: Mike Adras (Northern Arizona), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Will Brown (Albany), Dave Calloway (Monmouth), Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee), James Fox (Davidson), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Tod Kowalczyk (UW-Green Bay), Jim Larranaga (George Mason), Jim Les (Bradley), Mike Lonergan (Vermont), Bart Lundy (High Point), Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Tom Moore (Quinnipiac), Jimmy Patsos (Loyola MD), Tom Pecora (Hofstra), Vann Pettaway (Alabama A&M), Charles Ramsey (Eastern Michigan), Craig Robinson (Brown), Sam Scuilli (Santa Clara), John Shulman (Chattanooga), Mark Slonaker (Mercer), Brad Stevens (Butler), Gary Stewart (UC Davis), Scott Sutton (Oral Roberts), Bob Thomason (Pacific), Rex Walters (Florida Atlantic), James Wilhelmi (Howard), Ralph Willard (Holy Cross).


NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit League, Sun Belt, West Coast.

Loyola (MD) head coach Jimmy Patsos is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2007-08 season.

this poll is a freaking joke. what a waste of time to even have a mid-major poll. the coaches probably have their water boys vote for them.

[Shockakhan]

Shocks - 69
UTA - 61


:goshocks:

[kcshocker11]

This should be a good indicator of how the Shoxs will do against Valley competition. :goshocks: 8)

[SpanglerFan316]

I just walked up to the Koch ticket window and bought two GA tickets so my son, a friend and I can watch the game. The person at the window guessed that there were less than 100 GA tickets (and 2+ reserved tickets) available about 30 minutes ago. I hope anyone who doesn't have season tickets (like me) realizes the opportunity that exists to see the Shocks tonight.

[60Shock]

We're bound to get our offense going and beat someone by 20+ points this season and tonight is as good a time as any to do it.

Shocks - 80 TA - 59

[RoyalShock]

I just walked up to the Koch ticket window and bought two GA tickets so my son, a friend and I can watch the game. The person at the window guessed that there were less than 100 GA tickets (and 2+ reserved tickets) available about 30 minutes ago. I hope anyone who doesn't have season tickets (like me) realizes the opportunity that exists to see the Shocks tonight.

Great news! Sounds like it might be a packed house!

And I'll be stuck at home entertaining. (but for a good reason, so it's ok)

[shockerfan]

Key tonight will be keeping our bigs out of foul trouble. If we do that, I still go with my original prediciton :)

[GarH]

How much longer till the pre-game on the radio?

[GarH]

Question just answered. I'm getting it on the net now.

[goshocks]

i really think UTA is going to be a tough out. I hope we are there mentally, because this UTA team is hot and not afraid.
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