Senior class determined to defy expectations

[PonyPride]

Senior class determined to defy expectations
Nicole Jacobsen, Editor-in-Chief, [email protected]

Last year they were Conference USA Champions. The year before they played in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2000-01 season. So what's next for the SMU basketball team?

For one, the team has never won the regular season championship or the Conference USA Tournament. Nor has the team made it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.

"We kept our core players," head coach Rhonda Rompola said. "We've got our whole starting five returning and honestly we expect our seniors to lead us this year. They want to do something that SMU women's basketball has never done here before. We've never gotten past the second round."

To read the rest of this story, click the following link:
http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/med ... 2249.shtml

[indianmustang]

we need to few rounds in ncaa tourney

[Charleston Pony]

I like the experience coming back but this group will have to stay healthy. No margin for any serious injuries and it seems every year somebody goes down. Let's hope this year is different

[mustangxc]

Senior class determined to defy expectations
Nicole Jacobsen, Editor-in-Chief, [email protected]

Last year they were Conference USA Champions. The year before they played in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2000-01 season. So what's next for the SMU basketball team?

For one, the team has never won the regular season championship or the Conference USA Tournament. Nor has the team made it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.

"We kept our core players," head coach Rhonda Rompola said. "We've got our whole starting five returning and honestly we expect our seniors to lead us this year. They want to do something that SMU women's basketball has never done here before. We've never gotten past the second round."

To read the rest of this story, click the following link:
http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/med ... 2249.shtml

How does a team become CUSA champs without ever having won the regular season conference championship? Also, weren't they CUSA tournament champions 2 years ago? Did the author mean to state that this group has never won the CUSA regular season and tournament championships the same season?

[PonyPride]

They won both, but not in the same season — the Mustangs won the 2007-08 Conference USA Tournament in Orlando and won the 2008-09 Conference USA regular-season title.