2023 NIT

[Bball31]

Anyone remember when NT was in the Valley? Playing them was an almost guaranteed win and oftentimes a mismatch, even on their court. Now, they're the 69th best team in the country.

North Texas State was in the MVC from the the late 1950s through the 1974-75 season. At that time their home floor was similar to a high school gym and called The Snake Pit. Their nickname was the Eagles and changed to the Mean Green after the football career of standout “Mean” Joe Greene. They did have some decent basketball teams however it wasn’t reflected in the standings because the MVC was one of the best if not the best basketball conference in the country. Those were the days of Cincinnati, Louisville, St.Louis, Wichita, Bradley, Drake, Memphis and Tulsa. They left the MVC, as Cincinnati, Louisville and Memphis did, to make a commitment to improve football, something the MVC was not willing to do. When Versace took BU from last to first in the MVC, in I believe his second year, they played their first round game of the NCAA Tournament in Denton, Texas on the campus of North Texas State in their new arena known as the “Super Pit”, against Texas A&M. It is now called the University of North Texas.

[egib52]

Anyone remember when NT was in the Valley? Playing them was an almost guaranteed win and oftentimes a mismatch, even on their court. Now, they're the 69th best team in the country.

Arguably better than 69th.