This Game: Next Game: 2K Classic - Host Rnd Head Coach ................................................Tim Jankovich 2K Classic - Host Round EASTERN MICHIGAN Eagles Overall...................................................166-121 (9+ years) at [-/rv] SMU Mustangs At SMU ........................................................9-0 (First Year) GARDNER-WEBB Runnin’ Bulldogs Sun., Nov. 13 - 1pm Location (Enrollment)........................Dallas, Texas (10,981) (0-0, 0-0 Big South) Moody Coliseum (7,000) at Dallas, Texas Conference................................................American Athletic [-/rv] SMU Mustangs TV: ESPN3 Colors.............................Red (PMS 186) & Blue (PMS 286) (0-0, 0-0 American) SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Arena .............................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) TuneIn App - Search SMU President ..............................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner Friday, November 11 - 7 p.m. (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Director of Athletics ................................................Rick Hart #PonyUp #MoodyMagic Basketball SID....................Herman Hudson / [email protected] Moody Coliseum (7,000) Office/Cell Phone ..................214-768-1304 / 214-924-0358 Dallas, Texas Following Game: 2K Classic ......Spencer Stewart / [email protected] / 214-768-4723 SMU Basketball [-/rv] PITTSBURGH Panthers 69 All-League 1st Team Honors TV: ESPN3 / WatchESPN vs. [-/rv] SMU Mustangs .............Lindsey Olsen / [email protected] / 214-768-4970 21 Selections In The NBA Draft (David Saltzman, Stephen Howard) Thu. Nov. 17 - 7pm ET/6pm CT Web Site ................................................SMUMustangs.com 15 Conference Titles Madison Square Garden (19,763) Facebook ........................../SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball 16 Postseasons SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM New York, New York Twitter .........................@SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, 11 NCAA Tournaments TuneIn App - Search SMU TV: ESPN2 or ESPNU .......................@CoachJankSMU, #PonyUp, #MoodyMagic 11 League Players Of The Year (Allen Stone, Herman Hudson) SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM [email protected], @SMUBasketball 8 All-Americans (11 honors) TuneIn App - Search SMU Credentials..................................SMUMustangs.com/media #PonyUp #MoodyMagic (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) 1 Final Four #PonyUp #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] 7pm Sun. N13 Eastern Michigan ~ (ESPN3) [-/rv] 1pm 2015-16 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Champions Thu. N17 vs [-/rv] Pittsburgh% (ESPN2 or ESPNU) 7pm ET/6CT 2014-15 AAC Season & Tournament Champs, NCAA Second Round Fri. N18 vs [rv/rv] Michigan/Marquette% (ESPN2)4:30pmET/3:30CT 2014 NIT Finalist or 6:30pmET/5:30CT 2016-17 Tue. N22 UC Santa Barbara (ESPN3) 8pm Ben Moore - Preseason All-AAC 1st Team Fri. N25 at USC (Pac-12) 6pm CT/4pm PT Shake Milton - Preseason All-AAC 2nd Team, Jerry West SG of the Year watch list Wed. N30 at Boise State (MWN) 8pm CT/7pm MT Fri. D2 CSU Bakersfield (ESPN3) 7pm No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Sun. D4 Delaware State (ESPN3) 2pm 00 Ben Moore F 6-8 220 Sr.-3L Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS) Wed. D7 TCU (ESPNEWS) 7pm 1 Shake Milton G 6-5 205 So.-1L Owasso, Okla. (Owasso HS) Wed. D14 McNeese State (ESPN3) 7pm 2 Tom Wilson G 6-5 180 Fr.-HS Melbourne, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) Mon. D19 Stanford (ESPN2) 8pm 3 Sterling Brown G 6-6 230 Sr.-3L Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East HS) Tue. D20 Albany (ESPN3) 7pm 5 Dashawn McDowell G 6-5 185 Fr.-HS Oklahoma City, Okla. (Southeast HS) Tue. D27 at Memphis * (ESPNU) 8pm 10 Jarrey Foster G 6-6 220 So.-1L Houston, Texas (North Shore HS) Sat. D31 at East Carolina * (ASN/ESPN3) 12pm ET/11am CT 13 Harry Froling F 6-11 260 Fr.-HS Townsville, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) Wed. J4 Temple * (CBSSN) 8pm 15 Leo Kontopoulos F 6-9 210 Fr.-HS Frankfurt, Germany (German School of Thessaoloniki [Greece]) Sat. J7 USF * (ESPNEWS) 4pm 21 Ben Emelogu II G 6-5 215 Jr.-1L Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS/Virginia Tech) Thu. J12 at [rv/25] Cincinnati * (ESPN or ESPN2) 9pm ET/8CT 22 Jonathan Wilfong G 6-3 185 Sr.-3L Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis University School) Sun. J15 at Tulane * (CBSSN) 5pm 31 Jimmy Whitt * G 6-3 175 So.-TR Columbia, Mo. (Hickman HS/Arkansas) Thu. J19 [18/16] Connecticut * (ESPN or ESPN2) 6pm 33 Semi Ojeleye F 6-7 235 Jr.-TR Ottawa, Kan. (Ottawa HS/Duke) Sat. J21 Houston * (ESPNU) 5pm Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) Wed. J25 at UCF * (ESPNEWS) 6pm ET/5pm CT Associate Head Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City, 2003) Wed. F1 East Carolina * (ESPNEWS) 8:30pm Assistant Coach: Shawn Forrest (Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 1998) Sat. F4 at Tulsa * (ESPNEWS) 6pm Assistant Coach: Jay Duncan (Villanova, 2012) Thu. F9 at Temple * (ESPN2) 9pm ET/8pm CT Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Stout (North Carolina, 2010) Sun. F12 [rv/25] Cincinnati * (ESPN) 3pm Director of Recruiting: Jerry Hobbie (Fordham, 1985) Wed. F15 Tulane * (ASN/ESPN3) 8pm Director of Player Development: George Lynch (North Carolina, 1993) Sat. F18 at Houston * (ESPN2) 5pm Director of Video: Nemanja Jovanovic (University of Belgrade, 2009) Sat. F25 at [18/16] Connecticut * (CBS) 12pm ET/11am CT Graduate Manager: Kevin Dunleavy, Jr. (SMU, 2015) Thu. M2 Tulsa * (CBSSN) 7pm Graduate Manager: Jon Ekey (Illinois State, 2013) Sat. M4 Memphis * (ESPN or ESPN2) 3pm Strength and Conditioning: Mark Mitchell (Eastern Michigan, 2010) M9-12 American Championship (Hartford, Conn. - XL Center) Athletic Trainer: Warren Young (SMU, 2000) ~ 2K Classic Benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project (Host Rounds) Pronunciations: Ben Emelogu II (eh-mel-o-goo), Jarrey Foster (juh-ray), Tim Jankovich (jank-o-vich), Leo % 2K Classic (New York - MSG) * American Athletic Conference Kontopoulos (kon-dop-oo-lus), Dashawn McDowell (duh-shawn), Semi Ojeleye (shem-ee o-juh-lay) [AP / Coaches] KAAM 770 AM is the flagship for SMU Men's * Sitting out 2016-17 after transferring from Arkansas Basketball (Available on the TuneIn App - Search SMU) Home games on campus at Moody Coliseum (7,000) The [-/rv] SMU Mustangs open the 2016-17 season by SMU vs. Gardner-Webb (1-0) Tickets at SMUMustangs.com or 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263) hosting Gardner-Webb on Friday at 7 p.m. This is the first Dates and times subject to change of four games that are part of the 2K Classic benefitting H: 0-0 A: 0-0 N: 1-0 OT: 0-0 Wounded Warrior Project. The Mustangs host Eastern 2002-03 D28 N^ W 64-63 3rd - ‘15-16 NCAA rank in 3FG% at .420 (led AAC past 2 years) Michigan on Sunday at 1 p.m. The championship rounds ^ Jim Thorpe Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) 4 - Home losses since the start of 2013-14 (54 games) are at Madison Square Garden in New York where SMU SMU vs. Eastern Michigan (0-0) 4th - ‘15-16 NCAA scoring margin +13.9 (led AAC past 2 years) faces Pittsburgh on Nov. 17. The Mustangs will face SMU vs. Pittsburgh (0-0) 4th - ‘15-16 NCAA reb. margin +10.2 (led AAC past 3 years) SMU vs. Michigan (2-0) 4th - ‘15-16 NCAA FG% .497 (led AAC past 3 years) Marquette or Michigan on Nov. 18. SMU was 16-1 at home 6th - ‘15-16 NCAA assists 17.6 (led AAC past 2 years) last season, and has lost just four games at home since H: 1-0 A: 1-0 N: 0-0 OT: 0-0 2014-15 D20 A W 62-51 13th - ‘15-16 NCAA scoring def. 63.4 (2nd in AAC past 2 years) the start of 2012-13. 18-0 - Start in ‘15-16, best in SMU history (was 10-0 in 1997-98) 2015-16 D8 H W [19/-] 82-58 18 - Winning streak was second in program history (20 in 1955-56) Men's basketball coach Tim Jankovich takes over after [AP/Coaches] #24 - Final ‘15-16 AP Rank (17 wks 15-16, 9 wks 14-15, 4 13-14) serving four seasons as associate head coach. Last sea- SMU vs. Marquette (0-0) 27th - NCAA rank in ast/to ratio at 1.40 (2nd in AAC past 2 years) son, the Mustangs went 25-5, finishing the season ranked 28th - NCAA rank FG% def. .400 (3rd in AAC; led AAC 13-14 & 14-15) No. 24 after reaching a high of No. 8. SMU was the last unbeaten team in the country, starting 18-0, winning 37 - Sellouts in 48 games in the renovated Moody Coliseum the Las Vegas Classic title during the season-opening streak. The Mustangs return starters Ben Moore, GARDNER-WEBB Runnin’ Bulldogs .............................Tim Craft Sterling Brown and Shake Milton as well as letterwinners Jarrey Foster and Jonathan Wilfong. The At GW/Overall (Years) ........................................55-46 (4th) / Same Mustangs add a pair that sat out last season in Ben Emelogu II and Semi Ojeleye, as well as newcomers Last Season / Big South....................................17-16 / 10-8 (T-5th) Harry Froling, Tom Wilson, Dashawn McDowell and Leo Kontopoulos. Jimmy Whitt will sit out this season Postseason:..............................................................................None after transferring from Arkansas. Moore was named preseason all-conference first team while Milton was Location:..........................................Boiling Springs, North Carolina named to the second team. Milton was also one of just 20 named to the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Colors: ..................................................................Scarlet and Black Year watch list. SID: ............................Whitney Noble / [email protected] Website:....................................................................gwusports.com HEAD COACH TIM JANKOVICH: Tim Jankovich was named TIM JANKOVICH HEAD COACHING RECORD head coach on July 8, 2016, after four years as associate head coach OVERALL H A N OT under Larry Brown. He is in his 34th season (2016-17) as a collegiate Year School W L PCT W-L W-L W-L W-L coach, and his 12th as a head coach.