Head Coach ............................................Tim Jankovich 2016-17 Year In Review Overall...............................................196-126 (10 Years) At SMU ...................................................39-5 (One Year) [11/23] SMU Mustangs Location (Enrollment) ....................Dallas, Texas (10,981) (30-5, 17-1 American 1st) Conference............................................American Athletic Colors.........................Red (PMS 186) & Blue (PMS 286) AAC Regular Season Champions Arena .........................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) AAC Tournament Champions President ..........................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner NCAA Tournament Director of Athletics ............................................Rick Hart Basketball SID...............Herman Hudson / [email protected] Office/Cell Phone ..............214-768-1304 / 214-924-0358 SMU Basketball ............................Spencer Stewart / [email protected] 70 All-League 1st Team Honors ..................................Lindsey Olsen / [email protected] 21 Selections In The NBA Draft Web Site ............................................SMUMustangs.com 16 Conference Titles Facebook ....................../SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball 17 Postseasons Twitter .....................@SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, 12 NCAA Tournaments ...........................................@CoachJankSMU, #PonyUp, 12 League Players Of The Year ..........................................#MoodyMagic, #GetHereSMU 8 All-Americans (11 honors) [email protected], @SMUBasketball 1 Final Four Credentials/Articles............SMUMustangs.com/media 2016-17 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2016-17 American Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions, AAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament, Program-Record 30 Wins Day Date Opponent (TV) [SMU Rank] Result Record Sterling Brown - All-AAC 2nd Team, AAC All-Tournament Team, NABC All-Star Fri. N11 Gardner-Webb~ (ESPN3) [-/rv] W, 72-44 1-0 Ben Emelogu II - AAC Co-Sixth Man of the Year Sun. N13 Eastern Michigan~ (ESPN3) [-/rv] W, 91-64 2-0 Shake Milton - All-AAC 2nd Team, NABC All-District 25 2nd Team, Preseason All-AAC 2nd Team, Thu. N17 vs [-/rv] Pittsburgh% (ESPN2) [rv/rv] W, 76-67 3-0 Jerry West SG of the Year Watch List Fri. N18 vs [-/rv] Michigan% (ESPN2) [rv/rv] L, 76-54 3-1 Ben Moore - All-AAC 2nd Team, AAC All-Tournament Team, Preseason All-AAC 1st Team, NABC All-Star Tue. N22 UC Santa Barbara (Spectrum & E3) W, 84-57 4-1 Semi Ojeleye - AAC Player of the Year, AAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, AAC All-Tournament MOP, Fri. N25 at USC (Pac-12) L, 78-73 4-2 AP All-America Honorable Mention, CoSIDA Academic All-America 2nd Team, USBWA All-District VII, Wed. N30 at Boise State (MWN) L, 71-62 4-3 All-AAC 1st Team, NABC All-District 25 1st Team Tim Jankovich - Naismith National Coach of the Year Semifinalist, Fri. D2 CSU Bakersfield (Spectrum & E3) W, 49-43 5-3 AAC Coach of the Year, USBWA District VII Coach of the Year, NABC All-District 25 Coach Sun. D4 Delaware State (Spectrum & E3) W, 74-60 6-3 #MoodyMagic - Since renovation for 2013-14 season Wed. D7 [rv/rv] TCU (ESPNEWS) W, 74-59 7-3 Top four season attendance totals in SMU history; only four home losses Wed. D14 McNeese (Spectrum & E3) W, 92-56 8-3 In the Top 25 the past four seasons, reaching as high as No. 8 Mon. D19 Stanford (ESPN2) W, 72-49 9-3 2014 NIT Finalist 2015-16 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Champions Tue. D20 Albany (ESPN3) W, 71-53 10-3 2014-15 AAC Season & Tournament Champs, NCAA Second Round Tue. D27 at Memphis * (ESPNU) W, 58-54 11-3, 1-0 Sat. D31 at East Carolina * (ASN & ESPN3)W, 75-44 12-3, 2-0 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Wed. J4 Temple * (CBSSN) W, 79-65 13-3, 3-0 Starters Sat. J7 USF * (ESPNEWS) W, 84-65 14-3, 4-0 00 Ben Moore F 6-8 220 Sr.-3L Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS) Thu. J12 at [22/22] Cincinnati * (ESPN) [rv/rv] L, 66-64 14-4, 4-1 1 Shake Milton G 6-6 205 So.-1L Owasso, Okla. (Owasso HS) Sun. J15 at Tulane * (CBSSN) [rv/rv] W, 80-64 15-4, 5-1 3 Sterling Brown G 6-6 230 Sr.-3L Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East HS) 10 Jarrey Foster G 6-6 220 So.-1L Houston, Texas (North Shore HS) Thu. J19 Connecticut * (ESPN2) [rv/rv] W, 69-49 16-4, 6-1 33 Semi Ojeleye F 6-7 235 Jr.-TR Ottawa, Kan. (Ottawa HS/Duke) Sat. J21 Houston * (ESPNU) [rv/rv] W, 85-64 17-4, 7-1 Reserves Wed. J25 at UCF * (ESPNEWS) [rv/rv] W, 65-60 18-4, 8-1 5 Dashawn McDowell G 6-5 185 Fr.-HS Oklahoma City, Okla. (Southeast HS) Wed. F1 East Carolina* (ESPNEWS) [rv/rv] W, 86-46 19-4, 9-1 15 Leo Kontopoulos F 6-9 210 Fr.-HS Frankfurt, Germany (German School of Thessaoloniki [Greece]) Sat. F4 at Tulsa * (ESPNEWS) [rv/rv] W, 76-53 20-4, 10-1 20 James Pyle G 6-3 175 Fr.-RS Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Thu. F9 at Temple * (ESPN2) [25/rv] W, 66-50 21-4, 11-1 21 Ben Emelogu II G 6-5 215 Jr.-1L Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS/Virginia Tech) Sun. F12 [11/11] Cincinnati * (ESPN) [25/rv] W, 60-51 22-4, 12-1 22 Jonathan Wilfong G 6-3 185 Sr.-3L Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis University School) Wed. F15 Tulane * (ASN/ESPN3) [19/23] W, 80-75 23-4, 13-1 31 Jimmy Whitt * G 6-3 175 So.-TR Columbia, Mo. (Hickman HS/Arkansas) Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) Sat. F18 at Houston * (ESPN2) [19/23] W, 76-66 24-4, 14-1 Associate Head Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City, 2003) Sat. F25 at Connecticut * (CBS) [17/21] W, 69-61 25-4, 15-1 Assistant Coach: Shawn Forrest (Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 1998) Thu. M2 Tulsa * (CBSSN) [14/19] W, 93-70 26-4, 16-1 Assistant Coach: Jay Duncan (Villanova, 2012) Sat. M4 Memphis * (ESPN2) [14/19] W, 103-6227-4, 17-1 Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Stout (North Carolina, 2010) The American Championship (Hartford, Conn. - XL Center) Director of Recruiting: Jerry Hobbie (Fordham, 1985) Fri. M10 vs #9 ECU (ESPN2) [12/15] W, 81-77 28-4 Director of Player Development: George Lynch (North Carolina, 1993) Sat. M11 vs #4 UCF (ESPN2) [12/15] W, 70-59 29-4 Special Asst To Head Coach: Nemanja Jovanovic (University of Belgrade, 2009) Sun. M12 vs #2 [15/18] Cincinnati (ESPN)[12/15] W, 71-56 30-4 Graduate Managers: Kevin Dunleavy, Jr. (SMU, 2015) & Jon Ekey (Illinois State, 2013) Strength & Conditioning: Mark Mitchell (Eastern Michigan, 2010) NCAA - First Round (Tulsa, Okla. - BOK Center) Athletic Trainer: Warren Young (SMU, 2000) Fri. M17 vs #11 [-/rv] USC (truTV) [11/13] L, 66-65 30-5 Pronunciations: Ben Emelogu II (eh-mel-o-goo), Jarrey Foster (juh-ray), Tim Jankovich (jank-o-vich), Leo ~ 2K Classic Benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project (Host Rounds) Kontopoulos (kon-top-oo-lus), Dashawn McDowell (duh-shawn), Semi Ojeleye (shem-ee o-juh-lay) % 2K Classic (New York - MSG) * American Athletic Conference * Sitting out 2016-17 after transferring from Arkansas [AP / Coaches] KAAM 770 AM (flagship) (TuneIn App - SMU) Home games on campus at Moody Coliseum (7,000) No. 11/23 SMU swept the American Athletic Conference season and tournament championships for the sec- Tickets at SMUMustangs.com or 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263) ond time in three seasons en route to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The Mustangs won a program-record 30 games (30-5) that included going 17-1 in conference play and 18-0 in Moody Coliseum. SMU had two of the 2 - AAC Regular Season & Tournament title sweeps (‘14-15 & ‘16-17) longest winning streaks in program history at 16 games (third) and 10 games (tied fourth) in a stretch that #11 - AP Rank (6 wks ‘16-17, 17 wks 15-16, 9 wks 14-15, 4 wks 13-14) saw 26 victories in 27 outings. 12th - NCAA Tournament appearance (2nd in past 3 seasons) 16 - win streak 3rd at SMU (10-gm ‘16-17 T-4th; 18-gm ‘15-16 2nd ) Semi Ojeleye was named AP All-America Honorable Mention, American Athletic Conference Player of the #23 - Final USA Today Coaches Poll Year, AAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First-Team All-AAC, AAC All-Tournament MOP, USBWA All-District, NCAA Rankings (AAC) NABC All-District First Team and CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team. Sterling Brown, Ben Moore 3rd (1st) - ‘16-17 scoring def. 60.0 (2nd in AAC previous 2 years) and Shake Milton were named All-AAC Second Team. Brown and Moore were also named the conference’s 5th (1st) - ‘16-17 3FG% 40.6 all-tournament squad. The seniors were also selected to the NABC All-Star Game played on Final Four 5th (1st) - ‘16-17 reb. margin +8.7 (led AAC 4 straight years) Friday. Milton was named to the NABC All-District Second Team. Ben Emelogu II was selected AAC Co- 7th (1st) - ‘16-17 scoring margin +14.3 (led AAC 3 straight years) Sixth Man of the Year. 7th (2nd) - ‘16-17 FG% def. .386 (AAC 3rd ‘15-16; led 13-14, 14-15) 9th (2nd) - ‘16-17 ast/to ratio at 1.5 (2nd in AAC 3 straight years) Tim Jankovich was named the American Athletic Conference Coach of the year after his first full season as 21st (3rd) - ‘16-17 turnovers at 10.8 the head coach at SMU. He was also a Naismith Coach of the Year semifinalist, the USBWA District Coach 26th (1st) - ‘16-17 assists at 16.2 of the Year and the NABC All-District Coach. 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.