Myron Medcalf Predicts SMU to Win Sat.
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No. 7 Cincinnati at SMU, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU: Mick Cronin is definitely in that national coach of the year conversation, too. And don’t be surprised if Sean Kilpatrick, fourth nationally with a 121.4 offensive rating per Ken Pomeroy, steals the inaugural American Athletic Conference player of the year honors from UConn’s Shabazz Napier. The Bearcats haven’t lost since mid-December, but Larry Brown, yet another candidate for national coach of the year honors, has something cooking in Dallas. His program’s AAC opponents are shooting just 38.5 percent from the field, the lowest mark in the league. The Mustangs, like the Bearcats, put an emphasis on stingy defense, so this could be sloppy, but SMU did produce 73 points in a loss to equally stubborn Virginia in late November. SMU dismissed Memphis and UConn at home this season. The next achievement for Nic Moore & Co.? Handing Cincy its first conference loss of the season.
Prediction: SMU 74, Cincy 68
No. 7 Cincinnati at SMU, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU: Mick Cronin is definitely in that national coach of the year conversation, too. And don’t be surprised if Sean Kilpatrick, fourth nationally with a 121.4 offensive rating per Ken Pomeroy, steals the inaugural American Athletic Conference player of the year honors from UConn’s Shabazz Napier. The Bearcats haven’t lost since mid-December, but Larry Brown, yet another candidate for national coach of the year honors, has something cooking in Dallas. His program’s AAC opponents are shooting just 38.5 percent from the field, the lowest mark in the league. The Mustangs, like the Bearcats, put an emphasis on stingy defense, so this could be sloppy, but SMU did produce 73 points in a loss to equally stubborn Virginia in late November. SMU dismissed Memphis and UConn at home this season. The next achievement for Nic Moore & Co.? Handing Cincy its first conference loss of the season.
Prediction: SMU 74, Cincy 68