24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booing

[PonyPride]

24 hours before AAC final and already UConn & SMU fans booing

By BILL NICHOLS
Staff Writer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Early arriving Connecticut fans paid respect to SMU as the Mustangs closed out Temple in Saturday’s first semifinal.

They serenaded point guard Nic Moore, the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, with chants of “Over-rated.” Moore smiled and gave them a wave.

Then they booed the Mustangs as they left the XL Center court after their 69-56 victory.

A contingent of SMU fans, including the band, then booed the Huskies when they came out for warm-ups before playing Tulsa.

SMU and UConn will meet in Sunday’s title game at 2:15 p.m. (ESPN).

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[coloradoStang]

good rivalry starting

[LA_Mustang]

Love it!

[ponyscott]

Reigning National Champs calling us over rated?....love it...who would have thunk it?

[Lebanese4Life]

how far we've come

[pwnyxpress]

The rock fight we were promised earlier?

[ojaipony]

It helps that Ollie and LB have a history - good storyline.

I hope LB doesn't ease up - not to be a conspiracy theorist but I could see it for 2 reasons: 1 - would help his buddy and the conference and 2 - there is a history of teams losing their conf championship game and then making a very deep run in the big dance (also a great teaching moment and he loves those).

Just sayin

[lollaperuna]

No way Larry eases up. We are the better team and I think we win today.

[sadderbudweiser]

LB ease up. You kidding?

NIT....NIT....NIT.

[Pony ^]

Would be perfect to keep them out of the tourney

[Hoop Fan]

i'm thinking uconn fans did us a serious favor by chanting overrated at Nic. i'll be surprised if he is not on fire in the second half today.

[Pony81]

And Nic handles it perfectly. Just a smile and a wave. He will bring it. I love Nic's demeanor this year. PlYs hard, in control of his emotions no matter the situation. A real leader.

Games like these are why these top recruits came to SMU. They had confidence LB and his staff would get them into games like this. I think they will play hard and will be fresher than UCONN.

[sadderbudweiser]

i'm thinking uconn fans did us a serious favor by chanting overrated at Nic. i'll be surprised if he is not on fire in the second half today.

Correction: from the opening tip. We need 40 minutes of Nickdom.

[mustang1992]

i'm thinking uconn fans did us a serious favor by chanting overrated at Nic. i'll be surprised if he is not on fire in the second half today.

Correction: from the opening tip. We need 40 minutes of Nickdom.

This
Keep rolling Stangs!
They have been beaten in the XL center once this year, let's hand them #2!

[SMU89]

Going to be nuts....not many seats on sh and pricing high.