Basketball school

[EastStang]

Let's do a run down. Georgetown, DePaul, Marquette, Villanova, Xavier, Butler, Gonzaga. All either have no football team or FCS teams, yet are on the map because of basketball. Add in UVA, Duke, UNC, Kansas, Wake Forest, Kentucky and Maryland (none of whom are world beaters in football historically) are on the map because of hoops. Now which of these schools are more like SMU? All of them except perhaps Kentucky, Maryland and Kansas. And perhaps by building hoops, we can be enough of a brand name that like WVA and Louisville, we can get ourselves into a P5 conference despite mediocre football (add in perhaps Maryland), and build up that program.

[smusportspage]

Exactly.

[Pony Boss]

Good thought east. Just dont want our fans to forget about football and leave it in the second plane.

[Pony Boss]

Excel in hoops im all for it but also excel in football. We must.

[redpony]

I expect that any P5 conference expansion not including SMU will be a defining moment with regards to our football future. One has to wonder how long our big money supporters of fball will continue their support when we no longer have the chance to be a 'real' player in a major conference.
As has been pointed out, perhaps fcs fball and major support/success in bball is our future role.

[PonyTime]

AK Pye wanted us to be Duke - and actually, I am fine with that now.

[smupony94]

Love the people that don't give money or go to games complaining

[Pony Boss]

I expect that any P5 conference expansion not including SMU will be a defining moment with regards to our football future. One has to wonder how long our big money supporters of fball will continue their support when we no longer have the chance to be a 'real' player in a major conference.
As has been pointed out, perhaps fcs fball and major support/success in bball is our future role.

Ha if we are left out we are done. Fcs football means money goes bye bye.

[East Coast Mustang]

Donate to MC, buy football and bball season tickets, do what you can to support the program.

Like Chad said at the signing day event, if you don't contribute, "Don't b1tch"

[deucetz]

We should definitely put more of an emphasis on basketball.

64 teams make March Madness. 4 teams make Football playoffs.

More parity in basketball.

We shouldn't neglect football, but basketball is the key to relevancy for SMU. We have an easier time being noticed for basketball than football.

[Pony Boss]

Both are important.

[SMUstangs22]

Soccer school

[Pony Boss]

Soccer school

Volleyball school. Team is awesome.

[sadderbudweiser]

Harvard of the south.

[orguy]

Harvard of the south.

SMU is a great school. It is not a Vandy, Rice, Emory, Duke by any stretch of the imagination. All of whom have legitimate claims on the phrase "Harvard of the South".

Eaststang makes a good point but I think SMU should focus on Ping Pong.