This Game: Next Game: Head Coach ..........................................Tim Jankovich EAST CAROLINA Pirates Overall ...........................................220-146 (12th Year) CORNELL Big Red at SMU Mustangs At SMU .............................................63-25 (Third Year) (5-6, 0-0 Ivy League) Wed., Jan. 2 - 7pm Location (Enrollment) ..................Dallas, Texas (11,789) at Dallas, Texas Conference..........................................American Athletic SMU Mustangs David B. Miller Court at Colors............................................................Red & Blue (7-4, 0-0 American) Moody Coliseum (7,000) Arena .......................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) TV: ESPN3 / Watch ESPN Court ..............................................David B. Miller Court Saturday, December 22 - 7pm SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM TuneIn App - SMU, SMU App President ........................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner Dallas, Texas (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Director of Athletics ..........................................Rick Hart David B. Miller Court at Basketball SID.............Herman Hudson / [email protected] SMU Basketball Moody Coliseum (7,000) Following Game: Office/Cell Phone ............214-768-1304 / 214-924-0358 ................................Andy Lohman / [email protected] 70 All-League 1st Team Honors SMU Mustangs at TULANE Green Wave ................................Lindsey Olsen / [email protected] 24 Selections In The NBA Draft TV: ESPN3 / Watch ESPN (Dave Raymond, Stephen Howard) Fri., Jan. 4 - 6pm Web Site ..........................................SMUMustangs.com 16 Conference Titles New Orleans, Louisiana - Fogelman Facebook ..................../SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball 17 Postseasons SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse (3,600) Twitter ...................@SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, 12 NCAA Tournaments TuneIn App - SMU, SMU App TV: ESPN2 / Watch ESPN .................@CoachJankSMU, #PonyUp, #MoodyMagic 12 League Players Of The Year (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM [email protected], @SMUBasketball 9 All-Americans (12 honors) TuneIn App - SMU, SMU App Mobile App................................SMUMustangs.com/App 1 Final Four #PonyUp (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Credentials/Articles ...............SMUMustangs.com/media #PonyUp #MoodyMagic 2018-19 Honors 2018-19 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Jarrey Foster - Blue Ribbon Yearbook Preseason All-AAC, Preseason All-AAC Second Team Day Date Opponent (TV) [SMU Rank] Result Record Jahmal McMurray - Preseason All-AAC Second Team, Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team, Thu. N8 Northwestern State (PonyUpTV) W, 69-58 1-0 AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 26) Sun. N11 Southern Miss + (ESPN3) L, 74-64 1-1 Wed. N14 Western Carolina + (PonyUpTV) W, 98-65 2-1 Isiaha Mike - AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 17) • Jimmy Whitt Jr. - AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 3) Sat. N17 Lipscomb (ESPN3) L, 79-73 2-2 #MoodyMagic - Since renovation for 2013-14 season Tue. N20 vs. Bradley # (CBSSN) L, 75-62 2-3 In the AP Top 20 in 4 of 5 seasons, reaching as high as No. 8 Wed. N21 vs. Wright State # (CBSSN) W, 77-76 3-3 Top five seasons attendance totals in SMU history; only 11 home losses Tue. N27 Lamar (ESPN3) W, 79-65 4-3 2014-15 & 2016-17 AAC Season & Tournament Champs, NCAA Tournament Thu. N29 McNeese (PonyUpTV) W, 91-59 5-3 2014 NIT Finalist • 2015-16 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Champions Sun. D2 Oral Roberts (ESPN3) W, 79-67 6-3 3 NBA Draft Picks • 3 AAC Players of the Year • 3 AP All-America Honorable Mention • Academic All- Wed. D5 [rv/--] TCU (ESPNU) L, 67-59 6-4 American • 2 Wooden Award Watch List • 3 Naismith Trophy Watch List • Karl Malone Award Watch Sat. D15 at Georgetown (FS1) W, 81-73 7-4 List • 2 Bob Cousy Award Watch List • 2 Lute Olson Award Watch List • Jerry West Award Watch List • Sat. D22 Cornell (ESPN3) 7pm Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List • 10 NABC All-District • 4 USBWA All-District • 2 NABC College Wed. J2 East Carolina * (ESPN3) 7pm All-Stars • 4 All-AAC 1st Team • 7 All-AAC 2nd Team • 3 AAC Sixth Man of the Year • 2 NABC Good Fri. J4 at Tulane * (ESPN2) 6pm Works Team Nominees • 2 Senior CLASS Award Nominees Thu. J10 at Connecticut * (CBSSN) 7pm ET/6pm CT Sat. J12 Tulsa * (ESPN2/ESPNU) 5pm No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Wed. J16 [21/20] Houston * (ESPNEWS) 8pm Probable Starters Sat. J19 at Memphis * (ESPN2/ESPNU) 3pm 0 Jahmal McMurray G 6-0 175 Sr-1L Topeka, Kan. (Highland Park HS / USF) Sat. J26 Tulane * (ESPNU) 5pm 10 Jarrey Foster G 6-6 220 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas (North Shore HS) Wed. J30 at Wichita State * (ESPN2/ESPNU) 8pm 15 Isiaha Mike F 6-8 200 So.-TR Scarborough, Ontario (Trinity Int’l. [Nevada]/Duquesne) 25 Ethan Chargois F 6-9 235 So.-1L Tulsa, Okla. (Union HS) Sat. F2 at [rv/rv] Cincinnati * (CBSSN) 8pm ET/7pm CT 33 Jimmy Whitt Jr. G 6-3 175 Jr.-1L Columbia, Mo. (Hickman HS/Arkansas) Thu. F7 USF * (ESPN2/ESPNU) 8pm Reserves Sun. F10 [--/rv] UCF * (ESPNEWS) 1pm 1 Feron Hunt F 6-8 190 Fr.-HS New Orleans, La. (DeSoto HS [Texas]) Wed. F13 at Temple * (ESPN3) 7pm ET/6pm CT 3 William Douglas G 6-5 180 So.-1L Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers) Thu. F21 Connecticut * (ESPN/ESPN2) 8pm 5 Nat Dixon G 6-4 180 Sr.-GT Panama City, Fla. (Mosley HS/Chattanooga) Sun. F24 at [--/rv] UCF * (CBSSN) 12pm ET/11am CT 12 James Pyle * G 6-3 175 Jr.-2L Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Wed. F27 [rv/rv] Cincinnati * (CBSSN) 8pm 13 CJ White G 6-5 185 Fr.-HS Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview HS) Sun. M3 Wichita State * (CBSSN) 1pm 20 Grant Youngkin * G 6-3 190 Jr.-TR Washington, D.C. (St. Alban’s/Rice) Thu. M7 at [21/20] Houston * (ESPN2/ESPNU) 8pm 21 Jahmar Young Jr. F 6-9 205 Fr.-HS DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS) Sun. M10 at USF * (ESPNU) 4pm ET/3pm CT 22 Luke Wilfong * G 6-1 170 So.-1L Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis University School) AAC Championship (Memphis, Tennessee - FedExForum) 24 Everett Ray F 6-7 220 So.-1L Addison, Texas (Trinity Christian Academy) + Cancun Challenge Host Rounds Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) # Cancun Challenge (Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya - Playa Del Carmen) Associate Head Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City, 2003) * American Athletic Conference [AP / Coaches] Assistant Coach: Shawn Forrest (Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 1998) KAAM 770 AM (flagship) (TuneIn App - SMU) Assistant Coach: Jay Duncan (Villanova, 2012) Home games on David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum (7,000) Director of Operations: Sean Stout (North Carolina, 2010) Director of Player Development: Nemanja Jovanovic (University of Belgrade, 2009) Tickets at SMUMustangs.com or 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263) Video Coordinator: Jon Ekey (Illinois State, 2013) Dates and times subject to change Director of Recruiting: Mike Hatch (UT Pan American, 1983) Director of Basketball Athletic Performance: Mark Mitchell (Eastern Michigan, 2010) 2nd - Wins in AAC play since start of 2014-15 (51-21) Graduate Managers: Chamberlain "Champ" Oguchi (Illinois State, 2009) & Joe Popovich Jr. (Creighton, 2018) 2 - AAC season & tournament titles in past 4 seasons (‘14-15, ‘16-17) Athletic Trainer: Warren Young (SMU, 2000) 3 - In NBA Draft (‘17 Semi Ojeleye, Sterling Brown; ‘18 Shake Milton) *Non-scholarship - Pronunciations: Chargois (shag-wah), Jarrey (juh-ray), Feron (feh-ron); Jankovich (jank-o-vich) 3 - AAC Players of the Year (‘15 & ‘16 Nic Moore; ‘17 Semi Ojeleye) 3 - AAC Sixth Man OTY (‘15 & 16 Markus Kennedy; ‘17 Ben Emelogu) The SMU Mustangs host Cornell on Saturday at 7 p.m. The SMU vs Cornell (2-0) (^ Cincinnati, Ohio) Mustangs have won five of the past six games after an 81-73 1980-81 D30 N^ W 67-42 4 - In NBA (Sterling Brown, Milwaukee; Shake Milton, Philadelphia; Ben triumpoh at Georgetown on Dec. 15. This is SMU’s final non- 1988-89 M6 H W 67-59 Moore, San Antonio; Semi Ojeleye, Boston) SMU vs East Carolina (14-4) 5 - Straight years 100,000+ attendance (top 5 in SMU history) conference game before American Athletic Conference play H: 6-2 A: 5-2 N: 3-0 OT: 1-0 C-USA: 4-4 against East Carolina on Jan. 2. ~ AMERICAN: 7-0 H: 4-0 A: 3-0 # TOUR: 2-0 5 - Wins over AP top 15 previous 2 years (highest #2 Arizona 11/23/17) AAC Meetings [AP/Coaches] 43-8 - At Moody under Tim Jankovich (started 36-0, 2nd NCAA History) SMU has won five of its last six after a 81-73 win at 2014-15 J17 H~ W [rv/rv] 77-54 68-11 - Record at Moody Coliseum since the start of 2014-15 M13 N# W [20/21] 62-54 Georgetown on Dec. 15. The Mustangs put four players in dou- 2015-16 J13 A~ W [10/-] 79-55 ble figures, led by Jahmal McMurray who didn't score until a F21 H~ W [21/-] 74-63 minute and half before halftime, but finished with a game-high 2016-17 D31 A~ W 75-44 CORNELL........................................................................Brian Earl F1 H~ W [rv/rv] 86-46 Last Season / Ivy League.......................................12-16 / 6-8 (4th) 19. Isiaha Mike and Ethan Chargois each scored 17, while Nat M10 N# W [12/15] 81-77 Dixon poured in 11 off the bench. Postseason:..............................................................................None 2017-18 J28 H~ W 86-61 Location / Colors .......................Ithaca, New York / Red and White F21 A~ W 77-58 SMU vs Tulane (21-14) SID ....................................... Jeremy Hartigan / [email protected] H: 15-2 A: 6-12 N: 0-0 OT: 0-1 C-USA: 6-5 Website.................................................................cornellbigred.com ~ AMERICAN: 6-1 H: 3-0 A: 3-1 TIM JANKOVICH was named head coach at SMU on July 8, TIM JANKOVICH HEAD COACHING RECORD 2016, after four years as associate head coach. He is in his 36th sea- son as a collegiate coach and 12th season a Division I head coach 2016-17 Naismith National Coach of the Year Semifinalist, AAC Coach of the Year, USBWA District VII Coach of the Year, NABC All-District 25 Coach (213-142).