<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/issues/2011-spring/mean-green-basketball.html" dsn="news"><item_date>03/11/2011 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header/><title>Mean Green Basketball</title><subheader/><description>The Mean Green men's basketball team advanced to Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship final.</description><author/><photographer> </photographer><image><img src="" width="3012" height="2008" alt="" title="UNT's Josh White playing basketball against Western Kentucky"/></image><taxonomy-story-type>Athletics</taxonomy-story-type><taxonomy-cultural-story-category/><taxonomy-news-sections>Mean Green Athletics</taxonomy-news-sections><taxonomy-college-department/><taxonomy-tags>Athletics</taxonomy-tags><type>story</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>The Mean Green men's basketball team advanced to its second straight Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship final in March after taking down Western Kentucky 81-62 in the semifinal. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock won the final 64-63 with a last-second three-pointer in a game that featured 17 lead changes, ending UNT's hopes for a second straight NCAA berth. The Mean Green finished the year 22-11, its fifth consecutive 20-win season. Pictured is UNT senior Josh White, who was named to the All-Tournament Team along with Tristan Thompson and George Odufuwa. (Photo by Michael Clements)</main-content></item>