Bill Text: TX HR970 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating the University of North Texas men's basketball team on winning the 2023 National Invitation Tournament.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-10 - Referred to Resolutions Calendars [HR970 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR970-Introduced.html
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By: Plesa | H.R. No. 970 |
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WHEREAS, The University of North Texas men's basketball team | ||
brought the 2022-2023 season to a triumphant close by winning the | ||
National Invitation Tournament; and | ||
WHEREAS, Suffering just seven losses all season, UNT went | ||
16-4 against its league rivals but lost in the semifinals of the | ||
Conference USA tournament to the University of Alabama at | ||
Birmingham; the Mean Green rebounded for an easy 69-53 victory over | ||
Alcorn State University to open the NIT and followed that up with | ||
impressive wins against Sam Houston State and Oklahoma State | ||
Universities; in the semifinals, the team defeated the University | ||
of Wisconsin 56-54, holding the Badgers scoreless in the final nine | ||
minutes of regulation to advance to the championship contest; and | ||
WHEREAS, On March 30 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, | ||
the Mean Green players took the floor in a rematch against the | ||
University of Alabama at Birmingham, a team they had met twice in | ||
the regular season and once in the conference tournament; North | ||
Texas opened with a 10-2 run and led by 10 heading into the break; | ||
UAB staged a second half comeback, and UNT found itself trailing | ||
53-52; with the title on the line, the Mean Green refused to give in | ||
and outscored UAB 16-8 over the final six minutes to take home the | ||
crown; the team cut down the nets in celebration of the school's | ||
first NIT championship and ended the year with a school record 31 | ||
wins; and | ||
WHEREAS, UNT was led by Tylor Perry, the NIT Most Outstanding | ||
Player, who scored more than 20 points in four of the team's five | ||
games, and he was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Kai | ||
Huntsberry; the Mean Green also received valuable contributions | ||
throughout the year from the other members of the roster: Rasheed | ||
Browne, Aaron Scott, Christian Moore, Tyree Eady, Arsh Mattu, | ||
Moulaye Sissoko, Rubin Jones, Grayson Allo, Chris Morgan, Matthew | ||
Stone, Jayden Martinez, and Abou Ousmane; these dedicated | ||
student-athletes were guided by head coach Grant McCasland, | ||
associate head coach Ross Hodge, and assistant coaches Matt Braeuer | ||
and Achoki Moikobu, with additional support from director of | ||
basketball operations Andre Shaw and the entire men's basketball | ||
staff; and | ||
WHEREAS, The talented and hardworking members of the | ||
University of North Texas men's basketball team have realized an | ||
outstanding accomplishment by capturing the NIT title, and their | ||
achievements are a source of great pride for the university's | ||
students, alumni, and fans; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the University of North Texas men's | ||
basketball team on winning the 2023 National Invitation Tournament | ||
and extend to the team's players, coaches, and staff sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Mean Green as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |