This Game: Next Game: Head Coach....................................................Larry Brown [10/-] SMU Mustangs All - ABA / NBA / USA / NCAA (Yrs).......1729-1226 (41st) [10/-] SMU Mustangs at TULANE Green Wave NCAA / Official Record...................252-95 / 247-94 (11th) (15-0, 4-0 American) Sun. Jan. 17 - 2pm CT at SMU................................................................75-34 (4th) at Devlin Fieldhouse (3,600) Associate Head Coach ..................................Tim Jankovich EAST CAROLINA Pirates New Orleans, Louisiana ..........................................166-121 (9+ years) / at SMU 9-0 (8-8, 0-3 American) TV: ESPN3 Location (Enrollment)........................Dallas, Texas (10,981) SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Conference................................................American Athletic Wednesday, January 13 TuneIn App - Search SMU Colors.............................Red (PMS 186) & Blue (PMS 286) 6:15 p.m. ET / 5:15 p.m. CT (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Arena .............................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) #PonyUp President ..............................................Dr. R. Gerald Turner Minges Coliseum (7,100) Director of Athletics ................................................Rick Hart Greenville, North Carolina Following Game: Basketball SID....................Herman Hudson / [email protected] 68 All-Conference 1st Team Honors [-/rv] HOUSTON Cougars Office/Cell Phone ..................214-768-1304 / 214-924-0358 TV: ESPNews at [10/-] SMU Mustangs Asst...............Jessica Hall / [email protected] / 214-768-4849 21 Selections In The NBA Draft Tue. Jan. 19 - 8pm CT 15 Conference Titles (Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola) Asst......Lindsey Olsen / [email protected] / 214-768-4970 Moody Coliseum (7,000) Web Site ................................................SMUMustangs.com 16 Postseasons SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM Dallas, Texas Facebook ........................../SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball 11 NCAA Tournaments TuneIn App - Search SMU ESPNU (Alex Faust, Brooke Weisbrod) Twitter .........................@SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, 10 Conference Players Of The Year (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) SMU Radio: KAAM 770 AM ...............................................@LarryBrownSMU, #PonyUp 8 All-Americans (10 honors) Sirius 81, XM 81 TuneIn App - Search SMU Instagram..........................SMU.Mustangs / SMUBasketball 1 Final Four #PonyUp (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone) Credentials..................................SMUMustangs.com/media #PonyUp 2014-15 AAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions, NCAA Second Round 2015-16 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Nic Moore - AAC Player of the Year, AP All-American HM, All-AAC 1st Team Day Date Opponent (TV) [SMU Rank] Result Record Markus Kennedy - AAC Championship MOP, Sixth Man of the Year, All-AAC 2nd Team Sat. N14 Sam Houston State (ESPN3) [rv/-] W, 85-50 1-0 Yanick Moreira - AAC Most Improved Player, All-AAC 2nd Team Thu. N19 at Stanford (ESPN2) [rv/-] W, 85-70 2-0 Season Attendance Record (124,986) - Attendance Average Record (6,944) Sun. N22 [rv/-] Yale (ESPNews) [rv/-] W, 71-69 3-0 2015-16 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic Champions Sun. N29 Brown (TWC/ESPN3+CE) [T-25/-] W, 77-69 4-0 Nic Moore - Wooden Award Preseason Top 50, Naismith Trophy Watch List, Wed. D2 at TCU (FSSW) [22/-] W, 75-70 5-0 Preseason AAC POTY & All-AAC 1st Team Sat. D5 New Hampshire (TWC&ESPN3) [22/-] W, 98-44 6-0 Tue. D8 Michigan (ESPN2) [19/-] W, 82-58 7-0 Markus Kennedy - Karl Malone Award Watch List (1 of 20), Preseason All-AAC 1st Team Wed. D16 Nicholls ~ (TWC & ESPN3) [18/-] W, 86-42 8-0 Semi Ojeleye - Nominated For Allstate NABC Good Works Team Thu. D17 Hampton ~ (TWC & ESPN3) [18/-] W, 105-72 9-0 Tue. D22 vs Kent State ! [18/-] W, 90-74 10-0 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Wed. D23 vs [rv/rv] Colorado ! (FS1) [18/-] W, 70-66 11-0 PROBABLE STARTERS Tue. D29 at Tulsa * (ESPN2) [17/-] W, 81-69 12-0, 1-0 00 Ben Moore F 6-8 205 Jr.-2L Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS) Sat. J2 USF * (ESPNews) [17/-] W, 72-58 13-0, 2-0 1 Shake Milton G 6-5 195 Fr.-HS Owasso, Okla. (Owasso HS) Thu. J7 [rv/rv] Cincinnati * (ESPN) [15/-] W, 59-57 14-0, 3-0 3 Sterling Brown G 6-6 200 Jr.-2L Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East HS) Sun. J10 UCF * (ESPNU) [15/-] W, 88-73 15-0, 4-0 11 Nic Moore G 5-9 170 Sr.-2L Winona Lake, Ind. (Warsaw HS/Illinois State) Wed. J13 at East Carolina * (ESPNews) [10/-] 6:15pmET/5:15CT 23 Jordan Tolbert F 6-7 240 Sr.-TR Fort Worth, Texas (All Saints Episcopal/Texas Tech) Sun. J17 at Tulane * (ESPN3) [10/-] 2pm RESERVES Tue. J19 [-/rv] Houston * (ESPNU) 8pm 2 Sedrick Barefield G 6-2 190 Fr.-HS Corona, Calif. (Centennial HS) Sat. J23 at Temple * (ESPNU) 8pmET/7pmCT 4 Keith Frazier G 6-5 190 Jr.-2L Dallas, Texas (Kimball HS) Sat. J30 Memphis * (ESPNU) 7pm 5 Markus Kennedy F 6-9 245 Sr.-2L Philadelphia, Pa. (Brewster Academy/Villanova) Mon. F1 at [-/rv] Houston * (CBSSN) 7pm 10 Jarrey Foster G 6-5 200 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas (North Shore HS) Sun. F7 at USF * (CBSSN) 2pmET/1pmCT 20 David Nelson G 5-11 165 Sr.-SQ Solon, Ohio (Hawken HS) Wed. F10 Tulsa * (CBSSN) 8pm 21 Ben Emelogu II G 6-6 205 Jr.-1L Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS/Virginia Tech) Sat. F13 [25/21] Gonzaga (ESPN2) 9pm 22 Jonathan Wilfong G 6-2 185 Jr.-2L Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis University School) Thu. F18 at [-/rv] Connecticut* (ESPN/2) 7 or 8pmET/6 or 7pm CT 24 Jake Brudish G 6-2 180 So.-TR Annapolis, Md. (St. Mary’s HS/Rochester) Sun. F21 East Carolina * (ESPNews) 1pm Thu. F25 at Memphis * (ESPN/2) 6pm 33 Semi Ojeleye F 6-8 230 Jr.-TR Ottawa, Kansas (Ottawa HS/Duke) Sun. F28 Tulane * (CBSSN) 2pm Head Coach: Larry Brown (North Carolina, 1963) Thu. M3 [-/rv] Connecticut * (ESPN/2) 8pm Associate Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) Sun. M6 at [-/rv] Cincinnati * (CBS) 12pmET/11amCT Assistant Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City, 2003) [AP / Coaches]; * AAC game; Assistant Coach: Jerry Hobbie (Fordham, 1985) ~ Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic host rounds (Moody Coliseum) Director of Operations: Jay Duncan (Villanova, 2012) ! Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic (Las Vegas - Orleans Arena) Director of Recruiting: Sean Stout (North Carolina, 2010) KAAM 770 AM is the flagship for SMU Men's Basketball Director of Video: Nemanja Jovanovic (Belgrade, 2009) Audio available on TuneIn App (Search "SMU") Director of Player Development: George Lynch (North Carolina, 1993) Tickets at SMUMustangs.com or 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263) Graduate Manager: Kevin Dunleavy, Jr. (SMU, 2015) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Carlos Daniel (Washington State, 1998) 3rd - NCAA reb. margin +12.6 (17th ‘14-15 +6.7; 36th ‘13-14 +4.8) Athletic Trainer: Warren Young (SMU, 2000) 4th - NCAA FG% .521 (26th ‘14-15 .475; 18th ‘13-14 .483) 7th - NCAA scoring margin +18.9 Managers: Nicky Mintz, Matt Biafore, Alex Levy, LaVelt Page, Evan Webb, Miles Reiten, Andy Sorensen 8th - NCAA rank in 3FG% at .431 Pronunciations: Sedrick Barefield (bear-field), Jake Brudish (broo-dish), Ben Emelogu (eh-mel-o-goo), 9th - NCAA assists 18.7 (24th ‘14-15 15.4; 34th ‘13-14 15.2) Jarrey Foster (juh-ray), Tim Jankovich (jank-o-vich), Semi Ojeleye (shem-ee o-juh-lay) #10 - 8th week in top 25 (9 wks ‘14-15, 4 ‘13-14, first since ‘84-85) The No. 10 SMU Mustangs (15-0, 4-0) visit East Carolina 11 - SMU has won 11 of last 12 road games (15 of 17 away/neutral) SMU vs. East Carolina (7-4) 13+ - Straight home wins (38-3 in renovated Moody Coliseum) (8-8, 0-3) on Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. ET/5:15 p.m. CT. H: 2-2 A: 2-2 N: 1-0 OT: 1-0 15th - In 2014-15, SMU won its 15th league title (1st since 1993) SMU improved to 15-0 on the season (4-0 AAC) with an C-USA: 4-4 AAC: 1-0 H: 1-0 A: 0-0 TOUR.: 1-0 First Meeting: 18th - NCAA scoring def. 62.7 (20th ‘14-15 59.8, 24th ‘14-13 62.2) 88-73 win against UCF on Sunday. SMU has won 11 of its 1985-86 D21 N^ W 71-62 20th - NCAA rank in assist/turnover ratio at 1.56 last 12 road games, including a 3-0 mark this season. The Recent Meetings: 27 - Wins in ‘14-15, T-2nd in SMU history (27-10 in ‘13-14 is T-2nd) Mustangs are 15-2 in their last 17 games away from home. 2010-11 F2 H* W 46-41 31 - Sellouts in 41 games in the renovated Moody Coliseum 2011-12 F1 A* L 43-62 35th - NCAA rank FG% def. .392 (5th in ‘14-15 .381; 7th ‘13-14 .385) The Mustangs are No. 10 in the AP Top 25, up from No. 15 2012-13 F23 H* L 69-72 41 - Won 41 of last 42 at home vs AP unranked (3-2 vs ranked) 2014-15 J17 H~ W [rv/rv] 77-54 last week. This is the eighth straight week in the AP Top 25 M13 N# W [20/21] 62-54 44 - Have won 44 of 47 home games since start of 2013-14 after receiving votes in the first two polls. This is SMU’s ^ Kentucky Invite * C-USA ~ AAC 6,944 / 124,986 - SMU records for avg & total attendance in ‘14-15 first time in the top 10 since 1984-85, when they were as # AAC Tournament [AP/Coaches] high as No. 2. The Mustangs also reached No. 4 during SMU vs. Tulane (16-13) EAST CAROLINA Pirates ...............................................Jeff Lebo H: 12-2 A: 4-11 N: 0-0 OT: 0-1 At ECU / Overall (Years) ......................95-88 (6th) / 306-242 (17th) 1956-57 season and as high as No. 8 en route to the Final AMERICAN: 1-0 H: 0-0 A: 1-0 N: 0-0 OT: 0-0 Last Season / American.....................................14-19 / 6-12 (T-7th) Four in 1955-56.