North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Page: 1 of 12
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VOL. 117 No. 6 • THURSDAY OCTOBER 3, 2019
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New season. New team
Men s basketball begins practices with familiar leadership
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The North Texas men’s basketball
team is one week into official practices
with a new look to this year’s roster.
During the offseason, the Mean Green
lost three seniors (Jordan Duffy,
Tope Arikawe and Michael-Miller) to
graduation and former starting point
guard Ryan Woolridge in a transfer to
Gonzaga in June.
Miller and Arikawe both signed
professional contracts in the offseason
with Miller signing with the Den
Heder Suns of the Dutch Basketball
League and Arikawe agreeing to
terms with the Trelleborg Pirates in
Sweden’s Superettan League.
North Texas has eight new players
in position to suit up this season,
including two guards in freshman
Larry Wise and junior JJ^M^rray who
were redshirted last season.
For the remaining six, this season
will be their first within the Mean
Green program. These players consist
of four guards and two forwards.
Juniors James Reese and Javion
Hamlet and freshmen Jalen Jackson
and Karston Miller will play at the
guard position. The forwards consist
of graduate transfer Deng Geu and
junior Thomas Bell.
Head coach Grant McCasland gave
some insight regarding the state of the
team after getting one week of practice
under the team’s belt.
“We’re going to need them to be
good,” McCasland said. “They’re
good basketball players and we’ve got
good size in the new guys and good
competitiveness. The biggest thing
is they’re going to need to play right
away for us to be successful. We’ll
rely more on our depth this year and
we’ll have to play as many guys with
extended minutes. So this will give
us an opportunity for everybody to
be fresher defensively and be able to
share the ball more.”
McCasland is excited about new
transfers that already have college
experience. Despite not playing for
the Mean Green yet, the skills that
they can bring to the table will help
the younger players, said McCasland.
“The new guys have great college
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Najera, Rebecca. North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 2019, newspaper, October 3, 2019; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281513/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.