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How far we've come
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Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:06 pmby LA_Mustang
In the last few years we have swept home-and-homes with Michigan, Stanford, UConn and Memphis, split home-and-homes with Gonzaga and Cincy, and we are 1-0 against Cal, LSU, Clemson and Pitt. Not bad at all.
Re: How far we've come
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Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:52 pmby smusic 00
Yeah but the DJ plays the wrong music and my nephew was bored once.
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:12 amby LA_Mustang
Going 40-14 over three seasons in the AAC, a bball conference far superior to any league we've been in since the SWC. A regular season and tournament championship. And near sellout to sellout crowds for most games. Again, not bad. Thank you, Larry Brown.
That SB and BM thread got me sentimental thinking about what they have accomplished in their four years here.
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:31 amby smusic 00
Indeed. I thought the sasser/Davis years may have been our peak. And yet, the best is yet to come...
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:19 amby LA_Mustang
Yes, the Sas and Willie D years were my fondest SMU sports memories until the 2013-14 season. I was still an optimistic SMU fan back then but I never thought we were capable of what we've seen at Moody the past three years. It's been a fun ride, and with the 2017 class, I'm confident it will continue.
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:39 amby smusic 00
The difference is that we lost the big games back then and we win them now. Generally speaking. I loved Dement immensely but he never seemed to motivate the 'stars' like Brown and Jank can.
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 3:46 amby Stallion
Dement wasn't playing on an even playing field-he was the only competitive program we had for the first 2 decades after the Death Penalty
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 3:50 amby mustangxc
Lift the restrictions on Dement and we would have landed the big we were missing on those teams and we make the NCAA tournament.
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:10 pmby smusic 00
We had Jay Poerner, what else could you want?
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:15 pmby RGV Pony
smusic 00 wrote:The difference is that we lost the big games back then and we win them now. Generally speaking. I loved Dement immensely but he never seemed to motivate the 'stars' like Brown and Jank can.
Mostly because the players didn't share the same sentiment re Coach D
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:25 pmby smusic 00
He recruited a different type of player, to say it politely.
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 3:27 pmby mustangxc
smusic 00 wrote:We had Jay Poerner, what else could you want?
Poerner played 1994-1998, he was not part of the 1999-00 NIT team or the 2000-01 team that flamed out towards the end of the season. Had we managed to pick up a replacement for Poerner, we absolutely would have made the NCAA tournament both years.
Re: How far we've come
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:32 pmby RGV Pony
He is however now a conference commissioner so he has that going for him