Basketball

Grant McCasland Completes Staff

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After only having been on the job for about a week and a half, Grant McCasland has completed his staff.  He brought all of his assistants from Arkansas State. Head Coach - Grant McCasland (Baylor - 1999) Associate Head Coach - Ross Hodge (Texas A&M Commerce - 2003) Assistant Coach - James Miller (Colorado State) Assistant Coach - Jareem Dowling (Maryland Eastern Shore - 2005) In other news, Amaad Wainright was released from his NLI earlier this week. https://twitter.com/AmaadW/status/844567338745769984 National Signing Day for (men's and women's) basketball recruits is April 12th. It will be interesting to see whether McCasland can move the needle on increasing the recruiting profile of the Men's program in his early career here at North Texas. The Early and Regular National Signing Day for basketball student-athletes enrolling in the 2018-2019 school

2017 Conference USA Postseason Week 2 Round 3

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Women's Basketball NIT Middle Tennessee 57 Georgia Tech 70 Final https://twitter.com/WomensNIT/status/845077474732101632 WBI Idaho 80 Rice 86 Final https://twitter.com/RiceWBasketball/status/845086563478503427 Rice will face against the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on Sunday, March 26th at 4:00 PM.

2017 Conference USA Postseason Week 1 Round 2

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Check back for more updates as Round 2 games become final and future matches are set! Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament (12) MTSU 65 (4) Butler 74 Final https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/843269685743443968 CIT Utah Valley 85 Rice 79 Final https://twitter.com/RiceBasketball/status/844046823002198023 Women's Basketball NIT Wake Forest 66 Middle Tennessee 73 Final https://twitter.com/WomensNIT/status/843568562186977281 Middle Tennessee will face Georgia Tech at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 23rd. WBI UT Rio Grande Valley 63 Rice 73 Final https://twitter.com/RiceWBasketball/status/843572096450072578 Rice advances to the Final Four of the Women's Basketball Invitational to face off against Idaho Thursday, March 23rd at 7:00 PM.

2017 Conference USA Postseason Week 1 Round 1

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Check back for more updates as games become final! Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament Milwaukee, WI 5 Minnesota 72 12 Middle Tennessee 81 Final https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/842501182874664960 https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/842501180265783296 Next up for (12)Middle Tennessee will be (4)Butler on Saturday, March 18th. Check back for the start time and channel. CBI San Francisco 76 Rice 85 Final https://twitter.com/RiceBasketball/status/842191985972772864 Up next for Rice is Utah Valley on Monday, March 20th at 7:00 PM. Women's Basketball NCAA Tournament (12) Western Kentucky 63 (5) Ohio State 70 Final https://twitter.com/ncaawbb/status/842835659706568710 NIT Arkansas Little Rock 72 Southern Miss 62 Final https://twitter.com/WomensNIT/status/842193168686751744 Louisiana Tech 70 SMU 75 Final/OT https://twitter.com/WomensNIT/status/842927341387046912 Morehead State 58 Middle Tennessee 67 Final https://twitter.com/WomensNIT/status/842578438930292737 Up next for Middle Tennessee is Wake Forest on Sunday, March 19 at 3 pm ET WBI Rice 73 Lamar 72 Final https://twitter.com/RiceWBasketball/status/842555080670875649 Up next for Rice is the winner between UT Rio Grande Valley on Sun. March 19th at 2:00 PM.

MBB Press Conference Introducing Grant McCasland, Head Coach for Men’s Basketball

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Welcome to North Texas to Grant McCasland and his family! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fggVInFbXE https://twitter.com/UNTCoachGMac/status/841739699395923974 5:45 PM Update Mean Green Radio Network henchman John Liddle interviews Grant McCasland: North Texas Daily Article DRC Mean Green Blog Press Conference Recap Interview by ESPN 1660 AM in Waco, TX: http://stationcaster.com/stations/krzi/media/mp3/Grant_McCasland_03_14_17-1489529593.mp3

MBB North Texas Names Grant McCasland Head Coach for the Men’s Basketball Team

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-7nDDRpqgA Letter From Wren Baker, Vice President and Director of Athletics March 13, 2017 Dear Mean Green Family, I am writing today to inform you that we have found the next head coach for your Mean Green men’s basketball program. It is with great excitement that I announce that Coach Grant McCasland will be the 18th Head Men’s Basketball Coach in our history. As you are a loyal supporter of the program, I wanted to share this information with you first. Coach McCasland is an 18-year coaching veteran and arrives at North Texas after leading Arkansas State to a 20-win season for only the fourth time in ASU history. McCasland’s career winning percentage is an eye-popping 80 percent. The 20-12 record during his inaugural season at

2017 Conference USA Postseason Upcoming Action

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Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament Milwaukee, WI 5 MINN 12 MTSU Thursday, March 16th at 4:00 PM on TNT https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/841117674071556097 CBI Tournament San Francisco Rice Wednesday, March 15th at 7:00 PM https://twitter.com/RiceBasketball/status/841107952618594304 Women's Basketball The NCAA Bracket and all other postseason tournaments will be announced tonight (NCAA) and the upcoming nights. Check back for updates as postseason invites are issued. Currently, Western Kentucky is predicted to be a 12 seed and may face DePaul in Lexington, KY for First Round action. 7:45 PM Update NCAA Tournament (12) Western Kentucky (5) Ohio State Friday, March 17th at 1:30 PM on ESPN 2 https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/841445217991561216 8:30 PM Update / 6:30 PM Women's NIT Arkansas Little Rock Southern Miss Wednesday, March 15th at 7:00 PM https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/841458795121397763 Morehead State Middle Tennessee Thursday, March 16th at 8:30 PM https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/841458992543064064 Louisiana Tech SMU Friday, March 17th at 7:00 PM https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/841459373096488962 WBI Rice Women's Basketball has also received an invite to the Women's Basketball Invitational

2017 Conference USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament Recap Day 3

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Men's Basketball (4) UTEP 56 (1) Middle Tennessee 82 Final https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/840291565260197892 (6) Marshall 93 (2) Louisiana Tech 77 Final https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/840320543463231488 Day 4 Match-up (6) Marshall (1) Middle Tennessee 7:30 PM TV: CBS Sports Network Women's Basketball (4) Louisiana Tech 53 (1) Western Kentucky 77 Final https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/840357344559144961 (3) Southern Miss 59 (2) Middle Tennessee 54 Final https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/840397329177956353 Day 4 Match-up (3) Southern Miss (1) Western Kentucky 4:30 PM TV: CBS Sports Network