OFFICIAL GAME 22 THREAD: SMU vs. UCF

[Stallion]

SMU -3.5 at UCF

Seems very very low

Its called playing on the Road. Means we'd be an 10-11 point favorite at home

[Harry0569]

KenPom predicts us to win 63-60, so I'd say that Vegas' line of 3.5 is fairly reasonable.

[Harry0569]

Line is 4.5 on Sportsbook as of this morning

[Harry0569]

I would not be surprised to see UCF plant Tacko in the paint and have 4 guys guarding the perimeter in a match up zone. We need to own the D boards and run, so hope we are playing with 7 man rotation tomorrow. I worry about how effective our half court O will be given the "Tacko" factor

Play 5-out (outside the 3 point line) and move the ball to the open man. Making 3s should push Dawkins to make changes to his defense.

[lollaperuna]

Will be interesting to see what kind of crowd and atmosphere they have for this game. So far he fans haven't seemed to be true believers in their team yet.

[mustang1992]

Any word if JF is going to suit out / play? I know he traveled with the team, but have we heard whether he is going to suit out?

[Terry Webster]

And if he doesn't play, what do you think Jank does? Do we rely on the walk ons for a few minutes of playing time?

[JasonB]

Ben Moore staying out of foul trouble is going to be super important.

[PonyLawExpress]

And if he doesn't play, what do you think Jank does? Do we rely on the walk ons for a few minutes of playing time?

Since we have time off after this game, I could see him riding the starters a bit more than usual, but expect Gu to play Jarreys usual minutes and McDowell take Gu's usual minutes maybe a little less and Wilfong take McDowells 5-6 minutes. Would expect Shake, Sterling and Semi to all play 36-39 minutes unless there is foul trouble. And Ben and Gu around 35 unless there is foul trouble, which there will likely be someone.

[HarvCrimYaleBlue]

Any word if JF is going to suit out / play? I know he traveled with the team, but have we heard whether he is going to suit out?

Smusic said in another thread that Foster was traveling with the team. Doesn't mean he is playing but at least there is the possibility.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Pony Up.

[Harry0569]

UCF has 3 top 100 KenPom Wins and 2 came in mid November (other was vs. UH). Outside of losing to 'Nova, they played a horrendous non-conference schedule and have not faced a legitimate offense (outside of UH / 'Nova) or a team as balanced on O & D as we are (excluding 'Nova) .

Call me a homer, but I think we win by 7+ points tonight.

[LA_Mustang]

Under five hours....

[SMU_Alum11]

I know I'm a repeat offender of this but I'm nervous of this game. With Cincy, you can live with a tough loss on the road but we need to make sure that we are in the top 2 category. With UCF not coming to Moody, we need to crush them! I know we are focus on rankings and we will have plenty of time (7 days) to discuss it. I hope our guys can go down to Mickey-Mouse land and take down the knights.

[sadderbudweiser]

I think pretty much everyone is leery about this one. Let's hope our guys continue the quality play they've shown in conference play. FWIW they went a pretty good stretch with Jarrey out against Houston and came out of it just fine.


90 minutes until tip and I'm gettin' itchy. Let's go Mustangs!