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Conference affiliation press conference

2012-05-03T16:17:46Z

The university has just released via twitter link to Charlotte49ers.com information regarding the press conference for what everyone now considers a mere formality: Accepting an invitation to join Conference USA. Details are as follows: Location: UNC Charlotte Student Union Bldg, Multi-Purpose Room, 3rd Floor Time: 11:30 AM Parking: Union Deck, Visitors Parking The event is free and [...]

Charlotte is an FBS Football Program, Returning to Conference USA

2012-05-03T17:46:03Z

Today the news was broken by multiple sources, Brett McMurphy of CBS Sports and David Scott of The Charlotte Observer, that the Charlotte 49ers will be returning to Conference USA in 2013. This is exciting news for Niner Nation because our football program will be in an FBS conference and therefore eligible to earn bowl [...]

Niners add Ivan Benkovic to 2012 class

2012-04-11T19:17:55Z

According to our very own 2k, Ivan Benkovic, a 6’5 SG from Evelyn Mack Academy has signed a Letter-of-Intent to play for the Niners next season. Benkovic was previously set to join the High Point University Panthers and had played for United Faith Christian Academy. Footage of Benkovic from youtube: Clips from “Benny” on YouTube Benkovic’s [...]

Jamar Briscoe Leaving 49ers, Opening Up Roster Spot

2012-03-23T19:52:20Z

News was broken today by The Charlotte Observer’s David Scott that Jamar ‘Deuce’ Briscoe would be leaving the Charlotte 49ers Men’s Basketball program after three seasons with the program. Briscoe was a redshirt junior during the 2011-12 campaign, having spent his freshman year at NC Central. He has 1-year of eligibility remaining. If Briscoe is on schedule [...]

GTG Outruns Tornadoes and Gets to Cincinnati

2012-03-02T21:59:55Z

We’ve made it. Things got a little hairy near the end as all signs pointed to tornadic doom. Keep following the group on Twitter and @GTGBlog for updates from Cincinnati throughout the weekend. Game time at Xavier is 2pm tomorrow, if we wake up at one it’s enough time for the ginger to get plastered [...]

Xavier and the Content We Cannot Talk About Yet

2012-03-01T16:54:29Z

As the season comes to a close, the Charlotte 49ers have one more regular season contest Saturday versus the Xavier Musketeers. While the season has been a rough one for Niner fans, all of us at GTG.net ask you to hang around just a little bit longer. The staff has compiled our small business tax [...]

Niners Close Home Season With Visit From Dukes

2012-02-29T23:04:16Z

Take a deep breath, we’re in the home stretch. The Charlotte 49ers (13-14, 5-9) host the Duquesne Dukes (15-13, 6-8) with a chance to leap frog the Dukes in the standings with the Atlantic 10 Tournament six days away. Duquesne comes in to the game having lost four of their last five contests with the [...]

A10 Spotlight: Endgame Scenarios (for Charlotte)

2012-02-27T22:57:20Z

The Charlotte 49ers have two games remaining in their conference season, they host Duquesne on Wednesday to close out the home season and then travel to Cincinnati for a match-up with Xavier on Saturday. Charlotte has secured a spot in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, which is welcome news after the disappointment of last season. Sitting [...]

Niners Look for Season Sweep of Spiders in Richmond

2012-02-18T20:42:09Z

With five games left in the regular season, the Charlotte 49ers arrive at a crossroads in their season. This evening the Niners play at Richmond (13-14, 4-8 A10), who trails Charlotte (12-12, 4-7 A10) by 1/2 a game in the Atlantic 10 Standings for 10th-place. With a three-game home stand against two of the three [...]

Dayton Preview: Blackburn Bailout

2012-02-15T21:48:14Z

Listen, reader. We haven’t had content since the LaSalle game. Get over it. You should be thankful that one of us bothered to write a preview for that game. Seriously, who cares about LaSalle? As NLP often points out, fans have no excuse for forgetting there’s a game. But there has to be an exception [...]