[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5786-5787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               UNT WINS TO EARN FIRST NCAA BID SINCE 1988

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, my college, the University of North Texas, 
back in my district, on Tuesday night won the Sun Belt Conference.
  Calvin Watson, a forward, scored 24 points and hit six of seven 3-
point shots against Arkansas State University and was named the 
tournament's most outstanding player.
  The University of North Texas was locked in a tight game but made all 
the key plays down the stretch to pull out

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an 83-75 win at the Cajundome to claim not only the Sun Belt title but 
an NCAA tournament bid as well.
  The University of North Texas, my college men's basketball team, last 
went to the NCAA tournament when Reagan was President during the 1987-
1988 season.
  The Mean Green claimed its second NCAA bid by closing the game on an 
11-5 run to set off a wild celebration. My team is under the leadership 
of head coach Johnny Jones. They were the No. 5 seed in the tournament 
and had to win all of their games to win the tournament title. They 
came up with standout performance throughout the tournament and in the 
finals.
  I congratulate the fine men of the men's basketball team, their 
coaches and the staff of the University of North Texas on a great win.

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