Just watched a great game between the North Texas Mean Green and the Troy Trojans for the Sun Belt Conference championship. The Trojans just missed a half court shot at the buzzer, and North Texas won 66-63 and will advance to the NCAA tournament.
After watching, APT thinks this could be the kind of team that puts a scare into a high seed come tournament time. This is the conference that has produced some Western Kentucky teams that have been scary, defeating Illinois last year after making the sweet 16 in 2008. The Mean Green made the tourney in 2007, losing by 15 in the first round to a #2 Memphis team that made the Elite 8. This Mean Green team has 2 things that you need to be an upset hunter, Size and solid point guard play. George Odufuwa was a force in this game, good for 11 points and 18 rebounds. Josh White played with poise down the stretch, despite one error which led to a tie-up turnover.
Expect North Texas to be a #14 seed and possibly catch a team like Michigan State off guard.
-APT
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