What Can We Realistically Expect Next Season?

[StallionsModelT]

Clearly the weaknesses of this team last season were inexperience and poor guard play. We should see some of the freshman make strides next year and I fully expect Dia to be a force for us offensively. With the addition of McCoy and Williams it would appear that we have adequately addressed the guard problem. It both are as advertised, we should be in pretty good hands at PG. With that said, what can we realistically expect going into next season? I don't think its out of the realm of possibility to be in the upper half of C-USA next season. In fact, I'd think Doherty's job is riding on next season being the kind of season to give fans/alumni/Orsini hope that he is the man who can get us where we want to be.

[d_pony]

i think we have a chance to win 17 games and if everything breaks for us maybe 1 or 2 more

[mr. pony]

Doherty has recently said the goal is to flip the record, from 10-20 to 20-10 and win at least one C-USA tourney game.

[J.T.supporta]

15-15 and another subpar conference record.

[Stallion]

Nope with mature additions in Faye and Williams, natural development of youngsters and Bamba in his Senior Year, SMU will win at least 18 games next year-maybe even 20 wins ASSUMING they play a similiar puff-cake schedule. You will see Dia make big strides this year-Malone will be solid and Nykundi should help. SMU should have a pretty decent inside game with Dia, Fall and Faye. Mark it down (in pencil until we see the schedule).

[Buckethead]

Stallion, have you been drinking?

[Stallion]

No I've said for about 20 years that we get beat in basketball by teams that inject maturity into their lineups with quality Division 1A Transfers and JUCO Transfers. Now SMU will see the benefits of these type of players. Now realistically we won't be the typical 18 win team but there is no reason they shouldn't sweep through a similiar schedule (see below) to win 10-12 non-conference games. We'll see when the schedule comes out. But there were 5 losses last year that will not happen again. (Alabama St., Southern, Centennary, Upstate USC, and SFA). Add that to the 6 non-conference games we won and you are 11 non-conference wins with a 16 game conference schedule and the CUSA Tournament.

11/10/07 Alabama State vs. Paul Quinn Moody Coliseum 5:00 p.m. CT
vs. Southern Moody Coliseum L, 75-61
11/11/07 Southern vs. Paul Quinn Moody Coliseum 2:00 p.m. CT
vs. Alabama State Moody Coliseum L, 64-54

11/17/07 vs. Centenary College Moody Coliseum L, 93-76
11/24/07 at Dayton Dayton, Ohio L, 82-57
11/27/07 vs. Paul Quinn Moody Coliseum W, 81-63
12/01/07 at Texas-San Antonio San Antonio, Texas W, 62-56
12/05/07 vs. TCU Moody Coliseum W, 71-65
12/09/07 vs. Houston Baptist Moody Coliseum W, 90-79
12/18/07 vs. USC Upstate Moody Coliseum L, 58-56
12/20/07 vs. Prairie View A&M Moody Coliseum W, 57-49
SMU Holiday Classic
12/29/07 vs. Texas State Moody Coliseum W, 77-70
Stephen F. Austin vs. Paul Quinn Moody Coliseum 4:35 p.m. CT
12/30/07 Texas State vs. Paul Quinn Moody Coliseum 2:05 p.m. CT
vs. Stephen F. Austin Moody Coliseum L, 61-58

01/04/08 at Colorado Boulder, Colo.

[ALEX LIFESON]

Assuming we have a similar schedule, I will agree with Stallion on this one, 18 wins, mabey more.

[J.T.supporta]

Stallion, have you been drinking?

haha, i totally understand where Stallion is coming from with his 18-20 prediction. thats why I am predicting 15 wins because everytime we expect a big season out of any SMU sports teams, they underachieve to the max.

sure hope you're right stallion

[Pony4Life]

Predicting a lot of wins so you have fodder to complain in the fall?

Kids are a year older, but losing Killen and the other seniors will hurt more than many realize - Killen quietly had a sensational year. Who's going to score in crunch time?

Hard to predict how well we'll do until we realize who replaces Janielle Dodds and Sharee Shepherd.

[mustangxc]

Stallion is not like that, he will not chastise the kids if they do not win in the fall. He has been frustrated to the nth degree by SMU's unwillingness to put itself in a competitive position until now.

[crazy horse]

When will Faye be available to play, mid-December?

[Stallion]

Should be the day after the end of the Fall Semester.

[RGV Pony]

Nope with mature additions in Faye and Williams, natural development of youngsters and Bamba in his Senior Year, SMU will win at least 18 games next year-maybe even 20 wins ASSUMING they play a similiar puff-cake schedule. You will see Dia make big strides this year-Malone will be solid and Nykundi should help. SMU should have a pretty decent inside game with Dia, Fall and Faye. Mark it down (in pencil until we see the schedule).

Sunshiner.


Just kidding.

[DallasDiehard]

Predicting a lot of wins so you have fodder to complain in the fall?

Honestly, that's what it sounds like to me. The youngsters will be a year older, but without the outgoing seniors, I think the improvement will be there, if not the increased wins, for another year. The record won't be notably better, but the improvement will be significant, especially if Faye pans out.