This Game: Next Game: Head Coach ................................................Tim Jankovich [19/23] SMU Mustangs [19/23] SMU Mustangs Overall .................................................189-125 (10th Year) (23-4, 13-1 American) at CONNECTICUT Huskies At SMU ......................................................32-4 (First Year) at Sat., Feb. 25 - 12pm ET/11am CT Location (Enrollment)........................Dallas, Texas (10,981) HOUSTON Cougars XL Center (15,564) (18-7, 9-4 American) Hartford, Connecticut Conference................................................American Athletic TV: CBS Colors.............................Red (PMS 186) & Blue (PMS 286) Saturday, February 18 (Spero Dedes, Clark Kellogg) Arena .............................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) 5 p.m. CT SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM President ..............................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner TuneIn App - Search SMU Director of Athletics ................................................Rick Hart Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Basketball SID....................Herman Hudson / [email protected] Houston, Texas Office/Cell Phone ..................214-768-1304 / 214-924-0358 Following Game: SMU Basketball ......Spencer Stewart / [email protected] / 214-768-4723 TV: ESPN2 / WatchESPN TULSA Golden Hurricane 69 All-League 1st Team Honors (Allen Bestwick, Tim Welsh) at [19/23] SMU Mustangs .............Lindsey Olsen / [email protected] / 214-768-4970 21 Selections In The NBA Draft Thu., March 2 - 7pm CT Web Site ................................................SMUMustangs.com 15 Conference Titles SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Moody Coliseum (7,000) Facebook ........................../SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball 16 Postseasons TuneIn App - SMU, Sirius/XM 81 Dallas, Texas Twitter .........................@SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, 11 NCAA Tournaments (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) TV: CBSSN ...............................................@CoachJankSMU, #PonyUp, 11 League Players Of The Year SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM ..............................................#MoodyMagic, #GetHereSMU 8 All-Americans (11 honors) #PonyUp #GetHereSMU TuneIn App - Search SMU [email protected], @SMUBasketball (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Credentials..................................SMUMustangs.com/media 1 Final Four #PonyUp #MoodyMagic #MoodyMagic - Since renovation for 2013-14 season 2016-17 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Top three season attendance totals in SMU history; only four home losses Day Date Opponent (TV) [SMU Rank] Result Record In the Top 25 the past three seasons, reaching as high as No. 8 Fri. N11 Gardner-Webb~ (ESPN3) [-/rv] W, 72-44 1-0 Sun. N13 Eastern Michigan~ (ESPN3) [-/rv] W, 91-64 2-0 2015-16 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Champions Thu. N17 vs [-/rv] Pittsburgh% (ESPN2) [rv/rv] W, 76-67 3-0 2014-15 AAC Season & Tournament Champs, NCAA Second Round Fri. N18 vs [-/rv] Michigan% (ESPN2) [rv/rv] L, 76-54 3-1 2014 NIT Finalist Tue. N22 UC Santa Barbara (Spectrum & E3) W, 84-57 4-1 2016-17 - SMU Season Ticket Record (Over 5,100) Fri. N25 at USC (Pac-12) L, 78-73 4-2 Ben Moore - Preseason All-AAC 1st Team Wed. N30 at Boise State (MWN) L, 71-62 4-3 Shake Milton - Preseason All-AAC 2nd Team, Jerry West SG of the Year watch list Fri. D2 CSU Bakersfield (Spectrum & E3) W, 49-43 5-3 Sun. D4 Delaware State (Spectrum & E3) W, 74-60 6-3 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Wed. D7 [rv/rv] TCU (ESPNEWS) W, 74-59 7-3 Probable Starters Wed. D14 McNeese (Spectrum & E3) W, 92-56 8-3 00 Ben Moore F 6-8 220 Sr.-3L Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS) Mon. D19 Stanford (ESPN2) W, 72-49 9-3 1 Shake Milton G 6-6 205 So.-1L Owasso, Okla. (Owasso HS) Tue. D20 Albany (ESPN3) W, 71-53 10-3 3 Sterling Brown G 6-6 230 Sr.-3L Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East HS) Tue. D27 at Memphis * (ESPNU) W, 58-54 11-3, 1-0 10 Jarrey Foster G 6-6 220 So.-1L Houston, Texas (North Shore HS) Sat. D31 at East Carolina * (ASN & ESPN3)W, 75-44 12-3, 2-0 33 Semi Ojeleye F 6-7 235 Jr.-TR Ottawa, Kan. (Ottawa HS/Duke) Wed. J4 Temple * (CBSSN) W, 79-65 13-3, 3-0 Reserves Sat. J7 USF * (ESPNEWS) W, 84-65 14-3, 4-0 5 Dashawn McDowell G 6-5 185 Fr.-HS Oklahoma City, Okla. (Southeast HS) Thu. J12 at [22/22] Cincinnati * (ESPN) [rv/rv] L, 66-64 14-4, 4-1 15 Leo Kontopoulos F 6-9 210 Fr.-HS Frankfurt, Germany (German School of Thessaoloniki [Greece]) Sun. J15 at Tulane * (CBSSN) [rv/rv] W, 80-64 15-4, 5-1 20 James Pyle G 6-3 175 Fr.-RS Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Thu. J19 Connecticut * (ESPN2) [rv/rv] W, 69-49 16-4, 6-1 21 Ben Emelogu II G 6-5 215 Jr.-1L Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS/Virginia Tech) Sat. J21 Houston * (ESPNU) [rv/rv] W, 85-64 17-4, 7-1 22 Jonathan Wilfong G 6-3 185 Sr.-3L Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis University School) Wed. J25 at UCF * (ESPNEWS) [rv/rv] W, 65-60 18-4, 8-1 31 Jimmy Whitt * G 6-3 175 So.-TR Columbia, Mo. (Hickman HS/Arkansas) Wed. F1 East Carolina* (ESPNEWS) [rv/rv] W, 86-46 19-4, 9-1 Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) Sat. F4 at Tulsa * (ESPNEWS) [rv/rv] W, 76-53 20-4, 10-1 Associate Head Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City, 2003) Thu. F9 at Temple * (ESPN2) [25/rv] W, 66-50 21-4, 11-1 Assistant Coach: Shawn Forrest (Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 1998) Sun. F12 [11/11] Cincinnati * (ESPN) [25/rv] W, 60-51 22-4, 12-1 Assistant Coach: Jay Duncan (Villanova, 2012) Wed. F15 Tulane * (ASN/ESPN3) [19/23] W, 80-75 23-4, 13-1 Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Stout (North Carolina, 2010) Sat. F18 at Houston * (ESPN2) [19/23] 5pm Director of Recruiting: Jerry Hobbie (Fordham, 1985) Sat. F25 at Connecticut * (CBS) 12pm ET/11am CT Director of Player Development: George Lynch (North Carolina, 1993) Thu. M2 Tulsa * (CBSSN) 7pm Special Assistant To The Head Coach: Nemanja Jovanovic (University of Belgrade, 2009) Sat. M4 Memphis * (ESPN or ESPN2) 3pm Graduate Managers: Kevin Dunleavy, Jr. (SMU, 2015) & Jon Ekey (Illinois State, 2013) M9-12 American Championship (Hartford, Conn. - XL Center) Strength & Conditioning: Mark Mitchell (Eastern Michigan, 2010) ~ 2K Classic Benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project (Host Rounds) Athletic Trainer: Warren Young (SMU, 2000) % 2K Classic (New York - MSG) * American Athletic Conference Pronunciations: Ben Emelogu II (eh-mel-o-goo), Jarrey Foster (juh-ray), Tim Jankovich (jank-o-vich), Leo [AP / Coaches] KAAM 770 AM is the flagship for SMU Men's Kontopoulos (kon-top-oo-lus), Dashawn McDowell (duh-shawn), Semi Ojeleye (shem-ee o-juh-lay) Basketball (Available on the TuneIn App - Search SMU) * Sitting out 2016-17 after transferring from Arkansas Home games on campus at Moody Coliseum (7,000) Tickets at SMUMustangs.com or 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263) No. 19/23 SMU (23-4, 13-1) plays at Houston (18-7, 9-4) on SMU vs. Houston (31-48) (29-48 +) NCAA: 2-1 Dates and times subject to change Saturday at 5 p.m. The Mustangs have won nine straight and H: 16-17 A: 9-25 N: 6-6 OT: 2-2 (H: 15-17 A: 8-25 +) 19 of their last 20 games after an 80-75 win versus Tulane SWC: 14-28 H: 9-12 A: 5-16 OT: 2-1 TOUR: 4-3 C-USA: 3-12 H: 2-5 A: 1-7 OT: 0-1 TOUR.: 0-1 2nd - ‘’16-17 NCAA reb. margin +11.0 (led AAC past 3 years) on Wednesday. SMU is 6-1 on the road in American Athletic AAC: 6-1 H: 4-0 A: 2-1 (5-1 H: 3-0 A: 1-1 +) TOUR.: 0-1 3rd - ‘16-17 NCAA scoring def. 58.6 (2nd in AAC past 2 years) Conference play. This is the second meeting between the First Meeting: 4 - Home losses since the start of 2013-14 (70 games) rivals; SMU won 85-64 in Dallas on Jan. 21. 1955-56 M16 N^ W [8] 89-74 [17] 8th - ‘16-17 NCAA FG% def. .386 (3rd AAC ‘15-16; led 13-14, 14-15) American Games: [AP] or [AP/Coaches] 9+ - T-6th at SMU (10-gm in ‘16-17 T-3rd SMU; 18-gm ‘15-16 2nd SMU) SMU held 19 straight opponents to 66 points or less before 2013-14 J26 A> W+ [rv/-] 75-68 F19 H> W+ [rv/rv] 68-64 12th - ‘16-17 NCAA scoring margin +14.4 (led AAC past 2 years)16- allowing 75 in the win against Tulane. The Mustangs have a M13 N= L [25/23] 64-68 0 - Home record in 2016-17 (won 19 straight home games) season scoring defense of 58.6 (1st AAC, 3rd NCAA). SMU 2014-15 J24 H> W [rv/rv] 80-59 #19 - AP Rank (2 wks ‘16-17, 17 wks 15-16, 9 wks 14-15, 4 wks 13-14) is also among the national leaders with a rebound margin of F12 A> W [25/25] 75-69 21 - NCAA RPI 2015-16 J19 H> W [8/-] 77-73 +11.0 (1st AAC, 2nd NCAA), a field goal defense of .386 (4th F1 A> L [12/-] 68-71 25th - ‘16-17 NCAA 3FG% .394 (led AAC past 2 years) AAC, 8th NCAA) and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.5 (2nd 2016-17 J21 H> W [rv/rv] 85-64 41 - Most wins in AAC play since start of 2014-15 (41-9) AAC, 12th NCAA). ^NCAA >AAC =AAC Tour. + Wins vacated 47 - Sellouts in 64 games in the renovated Moody Coliseum SMU vs. Connecticut (7-2) (5-2 +) 48-3 - Record at Moody Coliseum since the start of 2014-15 All five SMU starters average at least 9.6 points.