We just beat a pretty good LMU team

[SMU 86]

Per Dan Wolken tweet:

Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken

Looks like SMU is going to win Larry Brown's debut over Loyola Marymount, who was picked 4th in the WCC. Interesting.

[Comet]

Best part about it was that it was a pretty decisive win too.

[ponyscott]

A very good team was LMU...they played darn good D and if the guy on Russel wasn't so energetic, Russel would have many more points. Russell is the real deal!

[PonyKai]

That's the closest thing you will ever see to praise for SMU from Wolken. Take it.

[CalallenStang]

That's the closest thing you will ever see to praise for SMU from Wolken. Take it.

Yep. Guy has a vendetta against SMU (he is a Vandy alum, so that might explain it). "Interesting" is the nicest thing he has ever said about our school.

[The PonyGrad]

According to Sagarin's ratings (before the game) LMU was #119.
That would be #7 in CUSA and better than:
Houston, Tulsa, Tulane, Rice and ECU
TCU, UNT, Texas Tech, Providence

[Treadway21]

According to Sagarin's ratings (before the game) LMU was #119.
That would be #7 in CUSA and better than:
Houston, Tulsa, Tulane, Rice and ECU
TCU, UNT, Texas Tech, Providence

thanks for the info. what are we? I am too lazy to google. They definitely had some players.

Our guys better be in shape. We are not deep.

[CalallenStang]

According to Sagarin's ratings (before the game) LMU was #119.
That would be #7 in CUSA and better than:
Houston, Tulsa, Tulane, Rice and ECU
TCU, UNT, Texas Tech, Providence

LMU was #168 in RPI from RealTimeRPI.com

We were #180 and projected to win 74-69 by the same site.

It hasn't updated yet (I look at the Daily RPI as the one that updates in real time requires a subscription and really is useless anyway) but TCU was #17 heading into Sunday

[Comet]

#3 on LMU was ballin'

Here's an LMU basketball board. Not much was said about SMU in their thread though:

http://lmulions.proboards.com/index.cgi ... 162&page=1

[Maryland78]

That LMU was good...really hustled...we got nothing off the break...hitting our foul shots was the key...very good win, IMHO.

[ponyscott]

He they scored 107 points in their first game against Pacific....anytime you can score that may points you have some ballers...we played great defense and #3 is a quality guard that could have scored a lot more if SMU didn't play help D on him as he was quick off the ball and really good in space.

[CalallenStang]

He they scored 107 points in their first game against Pacific....anytime you can score that may points you have some ballers...we played great defense and #3 is a quality guard that could have scored a lot more if SMU didn't play help D on him as he was quick off the ball and really good in space.

Pacifica, not Pacific - Pacific is semi-legitimate. I have never heard of Pacifica before.

[GiddyUp]

That's the closest thing you will ever see to praise for SMU from Wolken. Take it.

He is hater for sure

[CalallenStang]

According to Sagarin's ratings (before the game) LMU was #119.
That would be #7 in CUSA and better than:
Houston, Tulsa, Tulane, Rice and ECU
TCU, UNT, Texas Tech, Providence

LMU was #168 in RPI from RealTimeRPI.com

We were #180 and projected to win 74-69 by the same site.

It hasn't updated yet (I look at the Daily RPI as the one that updates in real time requires a subscription and really is useless anyway) but TCU was #17 heading into Sunday

We have moved up to #74. LMU has dropped to #219.

TCU is now #48. They are predicted to beat us 76-64.

Take that for what it's worth. RPI is notorious for having wild swings in the first few months of the season. By mid-January, it seems to be a little bit better.

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_423_Men.html

[ponyscott]

He they scored 107 points in their first game against Pacific....anytime you can score that may points you have some ballers...we played great defense and #3 is a quality guard that could have scored a lot more if SMU didn't play help D on him as he was quick off the ball and really good in space.

Pacifica, not Pacific - Pacific is semi-legitimate. I have never heard of Pacifica before.

I think its just a typo.... we may be playing Dukea or Kentuckya or evenTexasa soon.