This Game Following Game Head Coach ..........................................Tim Jankovich CINCINNATI Bearcats Overall ...........................................253-170 (14th Year) [5/5] HOUSTON Cougars at [rv/rv] SMU Mustangs At SMU.................................................96-49 (5th Year) (7-1, 2-1 American) Thursday, Jan. 7 - 6 p.m. CT Location (Enrollment) ..................Dallas, Texas (12,385) at Dallas, Texas [rv/rv] SMU Mustangs Moody Coliseum Conference..........................................American Athletic (6-0, 2-0 American TV: ESPNU Colors............................................................Red & Blue SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Arena ...........................Moody Coliseum (7,000 / 1,800) Sunday, January 3 TuneIn App - SMU, SMU App Court ..............................................David B. Miller Court 6 p.m. CT (Rich Phillips, Scott Garner) President ........................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner #PonyUp Director of Athletics ..........................................Rick Hart Dallas, Texas Basketball SID.............Herman Hudson / [email protected] SMU Basketball Moody Coliseum Following Game Office/Cell Phone ............214-768-1304 / 214-924-0358 70 All-League 1st Team Honors TEMPLE Owls at [rv/rv] SMU Mustangs ................................Lindsey Olsen / [email protected] 24 Selections In The NBA Draft TV: ESPN2 (Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin) Sunday, Jan. 10 - 2 p.m. CT Web Site ..........................................SMUMustangs.com 16 Conference Titles Dallas, Texas Facebook ..................../SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball 17 Postseasons SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Moody Coliseum Twitter ...................@SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, 12 NCAA Tournaments TuneIn App - SMU, SMU App TV: ESPN+ .................@CoachJankSMU, #PonyUp, #MoodyMagic 12 League Players Of The Year (Rich Phillips, Scott Garner) 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, Scott Garner) Credentials/Articles ...............SMUMustangs.com/media #PonyUp 2020-21 Honors • Kendric Davis - Preseason All-AAC First Team, ESPN Player of the Week (D7), AAC 2020-21 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Player of the Week (D7), AAC Weekly Honor Roll (N30) • Tyson Jolly - Preseason All-AAC Second Team Day Date Opponent (TV) [SMU Rank] Result Record #MoodyMagic - Since renovation for 2013-14 season Wed. N25 Sam Houston State (ESPN+) W, 97-67 1-0 Receiving votes or ranked in the AP in 7 of 8 seasons (2013-14 to 2020-21), as high as No. 8 Mon. N30 A&M-Corpus Christi (ESPN+) W, 91-54 2-0 Wed. D2 Houston Baptist (ESPN+) W, 102-75 3-0 6 of the top 7 season attendance totals in SMU history Sat. D5 at [-/rv] Dayton (ESPN+) W, 66-64 4-0 2014-15 & 2016-17 AAC Season & Tournament Champs, NCAA Tournament Tue. D8 Vanderbilt & (ESPN+) CANCELED 2014 NIT Finalist • 2015-16 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Champions • 2019-20 Southwestern Wed. D16 ECU * (ESPN+) [rv/rv] W, 70-55 5-0, 1-0 Showdown Champions • 3 NBA Draft Picks • 3 AAC Players of the Year • 3 AP All-America Honorable Wed. D30 at Temple * (ESPN+) W, 79-71 6-0, 2-0 Mention • Academic All-American • 2 Wooden Award Watch List • 3 Naismith Trophy Watch List • Karl Sun. J3 [5/5] Houston * (ESPN2) 6pm Malone Award Watch List • 2 Bob Cousy Award Watch List • 2 Lute Olson Award Watch List • Jerry Thu. J7 Cincinnati * (ESPNU) 6pm West Award Watch List • Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List • 11 NABC All-District • 4 USBWA All- Sun. J10 Temple * (ESPN+) 2pm District • 2 NABC College All-Stars • 4 All-AAC 1st Team • 8 All-AAC 2nd Team • 3 All-AAC 3rd Team • Thu. J14 at Memphis * (ESPN/ESPN2) 8pm 3 AAC Sixth Man of the Year • 2 NABC Good Works Team Nominees • 2 Senior CLASS Award Nominees Sun. J17 Wichita State * (ESPNU) 5pm No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School / High School) Wed. J20 at Tulane * (ESPN+) 7pm PROBABLE STARTERS Sat. J23 at [rv/rv] UCF * (ESPNU) 2pm ET/1pm CT 1 Feron Hunt F 6-8 195 Jr.-2L DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS) Thu. J28 Memphis * (ESPN2) 6pm 3 Kendric Davis G 5-11 180 Jr.-1L Houston, Texas (TCU / Sam Houston HS) Sun. J31 at [5/5] Houston * (ESPN) 12pm 5 Emmanuel Bandoumel G 6-4 180 Jr.-1L Quebec City, Quebec (Hill College [Texas] / de Brebeuf HS) Sat. F6 USF * (ESPNU) 11am or 1pm 22 Isiah Jasey F 6-10 250 Sr.-1L Killeen, Texas (Texas A&M/Sunrise Christian Academy [Kansas]) Mon. F8 at ECU * (ESPN2) 5pm ET/4pm CT 25 Ethan Chargois F 6-9 235 Sr.-3L Tulsa, Okla. (Union HS) Sat. F13 at Tulsa * (ESPNU) 1pm RESERVES Wed. F17 Tulane * (ESPN+) 7pm 0 Tyson Jolly G 6-4 190 Sr.-1L Muskogee, Okla. (Trinity Valley CC/Baylor/Putnam City West HS) Sat. F20 at USF * (ESPN2/ESPNU) 2pET/1pCT or 4p/3p 2 Darius McNeill G 6-3 185 Jr.-TR Houston, Texas (California / Westfield HS) Tue. F23 [rv/rv] UCF * (ESPNU) 6pm 4 Charles Smith IV G 6-5 185 So.-1L Atlanta, Georgia (Wheeler HS) Sun. F28 at Wichita State * (ESPNU) 7pm 10 Yor Anei F 6-10 220 Jr.-TR Overland Park,Kan.(Oklahoma St./Lee’s Summit West HS (Mo.)) Thu. M4 at Cincinnati * (ESPN2/ESPNU) 7pm ET/6pm CT 14 William Douglas G 6-5 193 Jr.-2L Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers) Sun. M7 Tulsa * (ESPN+) 2pm 21 Jahmar Young Jr. F 6-9 215 So.-1L Oak Cliff, Texas (DeSoto HS) March 11-14 AAC Championship (Fort Worth – Dickies Arena) 23 Alex Tabor Jr. G 6-2 175 So.-1L Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Country Day) 24 Everett Ray F 6-7 220 Jr.-2L Irving, Texas (Trinity Christian Academy) & American/SEC Scheduling Alliance 33 Darius McBride G 6-4 190 Fr.-RS Cedar Park, Texas (Austin Westlake HS) * American Athletic Conference [AP / Coaches] Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) 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) Assistant Coach: Yaphett King (Cal State Fullerton, 2005) Tickets at SMUMustangs.com or 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263) Assistant Coach: John Cooper (Wichita State, 1991) Dates and times subject to change Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Stout (North Carolina, 2010) Director of Player Development: Nemanja Jovanovic (University of Belgrade, 2009) Video Coordinator: Jon Ekey (Illinois State, 2013) Director of Recruiting: Mike Hatch (UT Pan American, 1983) 2 - AAC season & tournament titles (‘14-15, ‘16-17) Graduate Manager: Zach Steinberg (Illinois Springfield, 2019) 3 - In NBA (Sterling Brown, Houston; Shake Milton, Philadelphia; Semi Director of Basketball Athletic Performance: Mark Mitchell (Eastern Michigan, 2010) Ojeleye, Boston) Athletic Trainer: Myles Thornton (Incarnate Word, 2019) 3 - In NBA Draft (‘17 Semi Ojeleye, Sterling Brown; ‘18 Shake Milton) Pronunciations: Yor Anei (uh-nay), Emmanuel Bandoumel (ban-do-mel), Ethan Chargois (shag-wah), Feron Hunt 3 - AAC Players of the Year (‘15 & ‘16 Nic Moore; ‘17 Semi Ojeleye) (feh-ron); Tim Jankovich (jank-o-vich), Isiah Jasey (jay-see) 3 - AAC Sixth Man OTY (‘15 & 16 Markus Kennedy; ‘17 Ben Emelogu) SMU vs Houston (33-53) (31-53 +) 6 - Straight years 100,000+ attendance (top 6 in SMU history) H:17-19 A:10-28 N:6-6 OT:3-2 (H:16-19 A:9-27 +) SMU hosts No. 5 Houston on Sunday at 6 p.m. The Mustangs SWC: 14-28 TOUR: 4-3 C-USA: 3-12 TOUR: 0-1 7 - Wins over AP top 20 under Tim Jankovich (high #2 Arizona 11/23/17) enter the game 6-0 on the season and 2-0 in the American AAC:8-6 H:5-2 A:3-4 OT:1-0 (6-6 H:4-2 A:2-4 +) 8-3 - SMU in The American Championship (2015 & 2017 Champs) AAC TOURNAMENT: 0-1 NCAA: 2-1 51-12 - Regular season non-conference under Tim Jankovich Athletic Conference after a 79-71 win at Temple on 2019-20 J15 A L 62-71 [rv/rv] 67-15 - At Moody under Tim Jankovich (started 36-0, 2nd NCAA History) Wednesday. F15 H W, ot 73-72 [20/19] + Win in 2013-14 vacated [AP] or [AP/Coaches] SMU vs. Cincinnati (5-14) (4-14 +) Houston .........................................Head Coach Kelvin Sampson SMU is receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25 and the H:3-3 A:0-9 N:2-2 OT:0-0 (H:2-3 +) NCAA: 1-0 SID......................................Jeff Conrad / [email protected] USA Today Coaches Poll for the fourth straight week. The AAC:3-10 H:3-3 A:0-7 (2-10 H: 2-3 +) Website.....................................................................uhcougars.com AAC TOURNAMENT: 1-2 Mustangs have now been ranked or receiving votes in seven 2019-20 J28 A L [rv/-] 43-65 of the past eight seasons. Cincinnati ..........................................Head Coach John Brannen + Win in 2013-14 vacated [AP/Coaches] SID .................................Andre Foushee / [email protected] SMU vs. Temple (8-7) (7-7 +) H: 4-1 A: 3-5 N: 1-1 OT: 0-1 (H: 3-1 +) NCAA: 0-1 Website....................................................................gobearcats.com The Mustangs are 4-0 at home this season and 19-2 in the AAC: 7-5 H: 4-1 A: 3-4 OT: 0-1 (5-5 H: 3-1 +) past 21 games at Moody Coliseum. SMU has seven wins over # AAC TOURNAMENT: 1-0 Temple..................................................Head Coach Aaron McKie AP top 20 teams under Tim Jankovich. 2019-20 J18 H W 68-52 SID..........................Larry Dougherty / [email protected] F8 A L, ot 90-97 Website ......................................................................owlsports.com M12 N# Canceled (COVID-19) 2020-21 D30 A W [rv/rv] 79-71 + 2013-14 win vacated [AP] or [AP/Coaches] Tim Jankovich was named head coach at SMU on July TIM JANKOVICH HEAD COACHING RECORD 8, 2016, after four years as associate head coach. He is in 2016-17 Naismith National Coach of the Year Semifinalist, AAC Coach of the Year, his 38th season as a collegiate coach and 14th season a USBWA District VII Coach of the Year, NABC All-District 25 Coach Division I head coach (247-170).