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If you thought the buzz was big this season in Dallas surrounding the Mustangs, it will reach an entirely new level next season. Larry Brown will welcome in arguably the nation's best freshman in 6-foot-5 point guard Emmanuel Mudiay, who will join a strong core of returners. Nic Moore and Markus Kennedy will be among the better players in the American next season and Sterling Brown, Ryan Manuel, Cannen Cunningham, Crandall Head, Keith Frazier, and Yanick Moreira will be back. The wild card could be versatile sophomore forward Ben Moore, who could have a breakout year if he becomes SMU's starting power forward. Texas Tech transfer Jordan Tolbert is another candidate to start at the four if he receives a waiver from the NCAA to play immediately. The Mustangs are the clear favorite in the American. And it's not even close.

ojaipony wrote:Hmmm. I love the pub, but I don't know that I agree (of course I agree!).

Houston will be good (didn't realize LJ Rose was just a soph - I thought he was a senior).

I keep hearing Temple will be better - they are well coached.

Memphis could be pretty darn good even with Joe Jackson and a few others gone (I kept hearing from Memphis fans that Joe Jackson was playing out of his natural position all year and they might actually have BETTER guard play next year and along with Goodwin and white chocolate coming back and the McDAA that sat out, they could be REALLY good).

UConn also returns several key pieces (pretty much everyone except Napier) and Ollie has become one of my favorite coaches. They will be very good.

Don't know much about Cincy. I like their coach more now than I did when we played them and you know they will be scrappy but I don't know much about their personnel coming back/recruiting, etc.

I still see it this way until proven otherwise:

1 - UConn
2 - Memphis
3 - SMU
4 - Houston
5 - Cincy
6 - Temple

I have NO idea how Tulsa, ECU, Tulane, UCF, or USF look. (I'm assuming USF will be better given some of their recruiting efforts).

I want us to SWEEP Houston. THAT's the team I just want us to just destroy. Not going to be easy. I want us to beat them by at least 20 every time we play them. Probably won't happen though.

The PonyGrad wrote:

ojaipony wrote:Hmmm. I love the pub, but I don't know that I agree (of course I agree!).

Houston will be good (didn't realize LJ Rose was just a soph - I thought he was a senior).

I keep hearing Temple will be better - they are well coached.

Memphis could be pretty darn good even with Joe Jackson and a few others gone (I kept hearing from Memphis fans that Joe Jackson was playing out of his natural position all year and they might actually have BETTER guard play next year and along with Goodwin and white chocolate coming back and the McDAA that sat out, they could be REALLY good).

UConn also returns several key pieces (pretty much everyone except Napier) and Ollie has become one of my favorite coaches. They will be very good.

Don't know much about Cincy. I like their coach more now than I did when we played them and you know they will be scrappy but I don't know much about their personnel coming back/recruiting, etc.

I still see it this way until proven otherwise:

1 - UConn
2 - Memphis
3 - SMU
4 - Houston
5 - Cincy
6 - Temple

I have NO idea how Tulsa, ECU, Tulane, UCF, or USF look. (I'm assuming USF will be better given some of their recruiting efforts).

I want us to SWEEP Houston. THAT's the team I just want us to just destroy. Not going to be easy. I want us to beat them by at least 20 every time we play them. Probably won't happen though.

Seriously dude? Besides all the stuff you admit to not knowing, how to you put anyone ahead of SMU?

Some fan.

Sherrington: No reason to think SMU can't challenge for Final Four next season

ojaipony wrote:I have NO idea how Tulsa, ECU, Tulane, UCF, or USF look. (I'm assuming USF will be better given some of their recruiting efforts).

ojaipony wrote:Hmmm. I love the pub, but I don't know that I agree (of course I agree!).

Houston will be good (didn't realize LJ Rose was just a soph - I thought he was a senior).

I keep hearing Temple will be better - they are well coached.

Memphis could be pretty darn good even with Joe Jackson and a few others gone (I kept hearing from Memphis fans that Joe Jackson was playing out of his natural position all year and they might actually have BETTER guard play next year and along with Goodwin and white chocolate coming back and the McDAA that sat out, they could be REALLY good).

UConn also returns several key pieces (pretty much everyone except Napier) and Ollie has become one of my favorite coaches. They will be very good.

Don't know much about Cincy. I like their coach more now than I did when we played them and you know they will be scrappy but I don't know much about their personnel coming back/recruiting, etc.

I still see it this way until proven otherwise:

1 - UConn
2 - Memphis
3 - SMU
4 - Houston
5 - Cincy
6 - Temple

I have NO idea how Tulsa, ECU, Tulane, UCF, or USF look. (I'm assuming USF will be better given some of their recruiting efforts).

I want us to SWEEP Houston. THAT's the team I just want us to just destroy. Not going to be easy. I want us to beat them by at least 20 every time we play them. Probably won't happen though.

ClickClack wrote:Houston's best 2 players: House and Thomas are transferring