This Game: Next Game: Head Coach ..........................................Tim Jankovich [RV/RV] SMU Mustangs Overall............................................208-129 (11th Year) [RV/RV] SMU Mustangs at [19/20] CINCINNATI Bearcats At SMU ...........................................51-8 (Second Year) (12-3, 2-0 American) Sunday, January 7 - 6pm ET/5pm CT Location (Enrollment) ..................Dallas, Texas (11,739) at Highland Heights, Kentucky Conference..........................................American Athletic TULANE Green Wave BB&T Arena (9,400) (10-4, 1-1 American) TV: ESPN2 / WatchESPN Colors.......................Red (PMS 186) & Blue (PMS 286) (Kevin Brown, John Thompson) Arena .......................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) Thursday, January 4 SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM President ........................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner 8 p.m. TuneIn App - SMU / Sirius 132 / XM 201 Director of Athletics ..........................................Rick Hart (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Basketball SID.............Herman Hudson / [email protected] New Orleans, Louisiana Office/Cell Phone ............214-768-1304 / 214-924-0358 SMU Basketball Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse (3,600) Following Game: ..........................Spencer Stewart / [email protected] 70 All-League 1st Team Honors TEMPLE Owls ................................Lindsey Olsen / [email protected] at [RV/RV] SMU Mustangs 23 Selections In The NBA Draft TV: ESPNU / WatchESPN Web Site ..........................................SMUMustangs.com (Taylor Zarzour, Malcolm Huckaby) Wednesday, January 10 - 8pm CT 16 Conference Titles Dallas, Texas Facebook ..................../SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball 17 Postseasons SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Moody Coliseum (7,000) Twitter ...................@SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, 12 NCAA Tournaments TuneIn App - SMU TV: CBSSN (Brent Stover, .........................................@CoachJankSMU, #PonyUp, 12 League Players Of The Year (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Bob Wenzel, Cassie McKinney) ........................................#MoodyMagic, #GetHereSMU 9 All-Americans (12 honors) SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM [email protected], @SMUBasketball 1 Final Four #PonyUp #MoodyMagic TuneIn App - SMU Credentials/Articles ...............SMUMustangs.com/media (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) 2017-18 Honors 2017-18 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Shake Milton - Bob Cousy PG of the Year Watch List, Lute Olson National Player of the Year Watch List, Day Date Opponent (TV) [SMU Rank] Result Record Wooden Award Preseason Top 50, Naismith Trophy Watch List, Preseason AAC Player of the Year, Fri. N10 UMBC (ESPN3) [rv/rv] W, 78-67 1-0 Preaseason All-AAC First Team, AAC Player of the Week (Nov. 13, Dec. 4) Sun. N12 ULM (ESPN3) [rv/rv] W, 83-65 2-0 Ethan Chargois - AAC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 13, Dec. 18) Wed. N15 Northwestern St (ESPN3) [rv/rv] W, 81-35 3-0 Ben Emelogu - AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 26), Jarrey Foster - AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 2), Sat. N18 Ark.-Pine Bluff (ESPN3) [rv/rv] W, 72-37 4-0 Jimmy Whitt - AAC Weekly honor Roll (Dec. 18) Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis (Nassau, Bahamas) #MoodyMagic - Since renovation for 2013-14 season Wed. N22 vs Northern Iowa (ESPN3) [-/rv] L, 61-58 4-1 In the Top 25 the past four seasons, reaching as high as No. 8 Thu. N23 vs [2/4] Arizona (ESPN3) [-/rv] W, 66-60 5-1 Top four season attendance totals in SMU history; only four home losses Fri. N24 vs Western Kentucky(ESPN3)[-/rv] L, 63-61 5-2 2016-17 AAC Season & Tournament Champs, NCAA First Round - Two Selections In 2017 NBA Draft Tue. N28 UTRGV (ESPN3) [-/rv] W, 95-64 6-2 2014 NIT Finalist 2015-16 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Champions Sat. D2 [14/18] USC (ESPNU) [-/rv] W, 72-55 7-2 2014-15 AAC Season & Tournament Champs, NCAA Second Round Tue. D5 at [20/20] TCU (FSSW+) [rv/rv] L, 94-83 7-3 Wed. D13 New Orleans (ESPN3) [rv/-] W, 79-66 8-3 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Mon. D18 [-/rv] Boise State (ESPNU) [rv/-] W, 86-63 9-3 Probable Starters Tue. D19 Cal Poly (ESPN3) [rv/-] W, 84-64 10-3 1 Shake Milton G 6-6 205 Jr.-2L Owasso, Okla. (Owasso HS) Wed. D27 UCF * (ESPN2) [rv/-] W, 56-51 11-3, 1-0 5 Ethan Chargois F 6-9 235 Fr.-HS Tulsa, Okla. (Union HS) Sun. D31 USF * (ESPNU) [rv/-] W, 79-39 12-3, 2-0 10 Jarrey Foster G 6-6 220 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas (North Shore HS) Thu. J4 at Tulane * (ESPNU) [rv/rv] 8pm 21 Ben Emelogu II G 6-5 215 Sr.-2L Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS/Virginia Tech) Sun. J7 at [19/20] Cincinnati * (ESPN2) [rv/rv] 6pmET/5CT 31 Jimmy Whitt G 6-3 175 So.-TR Columbia, Mo. (Hickman HS/Arkansas) Wed. J10 Temple * (CBSSN) 8pm Reserves Wed. J17 at [9/9] Wichita State * (ESPNU) 6pm 0 Jahmal McMurray G 6-0 175 Jr-.TR Topeka, Kan. (Highland Park / USF) Sat. J20 Tulane * (ESPNews) 5pm 3 William Douglas G 6-5 180 Fr.-HS Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers) Thu. J25 at Connecticut * (CBSSN) 6pm 12 James Pyle G 6-3 175 So.-1L Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Sun. J28 East Carolina * (CBSSN) 1pm 15 Isiaha Mike F 6-8 200 So.-TR Scarborough, Ontario (Trinity Int’l. [Nevada]/Duquesne) Thu. F1 at Tulsa * (CBSSN) 7pm 20 Elijah Landrum G 6-0 180 Fr.-HS Tulsa, Okla. (Central HS) Thu. F8 at Houston * (ESPN2) 8pm 22 Luke Wilfong G 6-1 170 Fr.-HS Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis University School) Sun. F11 [19/20] Cincinnati * (ESPN) 3pm 23 Akoy Agau F 6-8 235 Sr.-GT South Sudan (Omaha Central [Neb.]/Louisville/Georgetown) Wed. F14 Memphis * (ESPNU) 8pm 24 Everett Ray F 6-7 220 Fr.-HS Addison, Texas (Trinity Christian Academy) Sat. F17 at UCF * (ESPNU) 11amET/10CT Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) Wed. F21 at East Carolina * (ESPNews) 7pmET/6CT Assistant Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City, 2003) Sat. F24 [9/9] Wichita State * (ESPN/ESPN2) 1pm Assistant Coach: Shawn Forrest (Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 1998) Wed. F28 Houston * (ESPN2) 8pm Assistant Coach: Jay Duncan (Villanova, 2012) Sun. M4 at USF * (ESPNews) 2pmET/1CT Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Stout (North Carolina, 2010) M8-11 The American Championship (Orlando, Fla. - Amway Center) Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Nemanja Jovanovic (University of Belgrade, 2009) * American Athletic Conference Director of Recruiting: Tyrone Maxey (Washington State, 1992) [AP / Coaches] KAAM 770 AM (flagship) (TuneIn App - SMU) Graduate Manager: Jon Ekey (Illinois State, 2013) Home games on campus at Moody Coliseum (7,000) Director of Basketball Athletic Performance: Mark Mitchell (Eastern Michigan, 2010) Tickets at SMUMustangs.com or 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263) Athletic Trainer: Warren Young (SMU, 2000) Dates and times subject to change Pronunciations: Akoy Agau (a-koy a-gow), Ethan Chargois (shag-wah), Ben Emelogu II (eh-mel-o-goo), Jarrey Foster (juh-ray), Tim Jankovich (jank-o-vich) 1st - Wins in AAC play since start of 2014-15 (47-9) SMU vs. Tulane (20-13) H: 14-2 A: 6-11 N: 0-0 OT: 0-1 #2 - 66-60 win vs AP #2 Arizona, highest since #2 Louisville in 1967 The [RV/RV] SMU Mustangs (12-3, 2-0 American) begin a C-USA: 6-5 AAC: 5-0 H: 2-0 A: 3-0 2 - AAC season & tournament titles in past 3 seasons (‘14-15, ‘16-17) two-game road trip at Tulane (10-4, 1-1) on Thursday at 8 First Meeting: 2 - Selections in the 2017 NBA Draft (Semi Ojeleye, Sterling Brown) p.m. SMU opened league play 2-0 with wins against UCF on 1959-60 D18 A W 86-61 3 - Straight AAC Players of the Year & Sixth Man of the Year Awards Dec. 27 (56-51) and USF on Sunday (79-39). SMU has won American: 4 - Home losses since the start of 2013-14 (83 games) 2014-15 J21 A W [rv/rv] 66-52 18 straight games against AAC opponents, including 15 in the 2015-16 J17 A W [10/-] 60-45 4 - Straight years 100,000+ home attendance (top 4 in SMU history) regular season. The Mustangs have won their last six confer- F28 H W [24/-] 74-53 4 - Wins over AP top 15 past 2 seasons ence road games. 2016-17 J15 A W [rv/rv] 80-64 5th - SMU rank in NCAA win pct from 2014-17 (.828, 82-17) F15 H W [19/23] 80-75 33 - Consecutive home wins, 2nd active in NCAA (18-0 in 2016-17) The Mustangs are leading The American in scoring defense SMU vs. Cincinnati (5-7) (4-7 +) 32 - Straight non-conference home wins (2nd SMU history) at 58.9 (4th NCAA). SMU has only allowed more than 67 H: 3-1 A: 0-6 N: 2-0 OT: 0-0 (H: 2-1 +) NCAA: 1-0 36-0 - At Moody Coliseum under Tim Jankovich (2nd NCAA History) AAC: 3-5 H: 3-1 A: 0-4 (2-5 H: 2-1 +) TOUR: 1-0 points in one game this season. The Mustangs lead the AAC First Meeting: 50 - Sellouts in 77 games Moody Coliseum since the renovation in assists (18.2, 16th NCAA), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5, 1947-48 D5 A L 46-59 61-3 - Record at Moody Coliseum since the start of 2014-15 23rd NCAA) and 3-point percentage (.423, 7th NCAA). SMU American: 2013-14 J1 A~ L 57-65 is also second in the AAC in steals (7.9), turnover margin F8 H~ W+ [rv/rv] 76-55 [7/7] TULANE Green Wave ......................................Mike Dunleavy, Sr. (3.7), turnovers (12.4) and turnovers forced (16.1). 2014-15 J3 A~ L 50-56 At TU / Overall (Years) ......................................16-29 (2nd) / Same F5 H~ L [23/23] 54-62 2016-17 / AAC ......................................................6-25 / 3-15 (10th) All five starters are averaging double-digit scoring with Shake 2015-16 J7 H~ W [15/-] 59-57 [rv/rv] Postseason...............................................................................None Milton leading the team at 16.7 (7th AAC).