SMU ends season for UNI men

[shadowman]

Hell yeah we did!!!!!!!!!

Funny how they call us snobs in the first paragraph because we could afford a charter...Guess they expected a caravan with all the players mom's driving....

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/un ... 03286.html

[mustangxc]

I'll take that kind of press as it can only help recruiting. Who wouldn't want to go to a program that is willing spend money on first class facilities, transportation, etc.

[shadowman]

I'll take that kind of press as it can only help recruiting. Who wouldn't want to go to a program that is willing spend money on first class facilities, transportation, etc.

Exactly...hopefully we can see the benefits of going deep in this thing....

[shadowman]

More updates on the same link.....

FInd the last sentences very telling....

"That served as little solace for Ahelegbe after a career-ending loss to an SMU squad ranked 206th in the RPI.

"Man it sucked," sighed Ahelegbe, "knowing that's your last" game"

Little ole SMU with their 206 RPI rating took down the mighty Panthers and gave their stud a bad taste in his mouth....

[ponyscott]

Great article......loe the $35,000 jet quote....

[SMU Spartan]

What the hell is wrong with these universities. What does a charter jet have anything to do with the quality of our talent? Bitter words from a bitter author.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

I'll take that kind of press as it can only help recruiting. Who wouldn't want to go to a program that is willing spend money on first class facilities, transportation, etc.

Great point!

At least this writer stuck to facts unlike that idiot from Jacksonville.

[ponyboy]

I like this from the Iowa paper:

The SMU Mustangs represent a Texas university with considerable resources - one that can afford a $35,000 charter-jet flight to Northeast Iowa, for example.

But SMU has talented, legitimate athletes, too. Monday proved as much.

SMU (20-14), the nation's fifth-best field goal shooting team, dictated the style of play virtually throughout.

The Mustangs owned the interior most of the night. Dia, Conference USA's defensive player of the year, had his double-double barely 16 minutes in, and the Mustangs ended the first half owning a 10-2 advantage in points in the paint.

"He was a man out there," SMU coach Matt Doherty said of Dia, who has only been playing organized basketball for barely seven years.

"We just didn't defend him well enough," Jacobson said of Dia. "Their best player shouldn't get 10 or 12 points in the first four or five minutes."

Said Dia: "I guess the ball just bounced my way."

All told, SMU started the night 11-for-18 (61.1 percent) from the floor.