Official SMU v Tulane Game Thread

by **ponyscott** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:13 am

We were at the game and never did we feel that we weren't going to win...SMU played/toyed with them..yeah pressure late was tough but no worries..Good win!
Ozona Grill is the way to go!!!

by **Harry0569** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:55 am

winner winner chicken dinner. i'll take 1 pdoh

1st place on the line in miz el paso

by **One Trick Pony** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:04 am

Dooby wrote:He'll ya, b!tches!

That's RGV's line I call foul.

by **SoCal_Pony** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:23 am

During this win streak, JFrog has 27 assists and 9 turnovers, that is a 3 to 1 ratio which is pretty dang impressive for anyone, but especially a freshman.

If memory serves me correctly, BHOP over his entire career at SMU had the same amount of assists and turnovers.

by **One Trick Pony** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:27 am

JFROG is everywhere

by **EastStang** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:11 am

Is our RPI out of the 200 zone yet? Without some improvement there, we get no post season unless we win the CUSA tournament. Last time I checked it was 217.

by **Mitch McConnell** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:30 am

EastStang wrote:Is our RPI out of the 200 zone yet? Without some improvement there, we get no post season unless we win the CUSA tournament. Last time I checked it was 217.

I wouldn't say that. RPI is helpful and if you're thinking NCAA or NIT, that's fine. We're trying to be more realistic. I don't think the CBI or CIT tournaments weigh those as heavily as they do just looking for goot matchups. Maybe that's not right.

Plus, you have 4 more postseason teams entering postseason play this year with the NCAA tournament adding those extra games -- a good idea I think.

So if you have 68-69 in the NCAA, 32 in the NIT, 32(?) in the CBI and 16(?) in the CIT, that's 148-149 teams doing something. About or more than half of the DI teams have one shot to make a tournament (1-bid leagues). So they weren't going to be in that discussion anyway. If SMU stumbles its way into or near 20 wins, I'm thinking the Mustangs have a pretty decent chance to go somewhere.

What does anybody else think.

by **indianmustang** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:30 am

our RPI is 199 according to live-rpi

by **Harry0569** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:48 am

Ridiculous Case Scenario: We win C-USA. I think all of the people on this forum might collectively explode if this happens. Pony-Doh gives out 3,000 hugs, and his arms fall off.

Best Case: We win 20+ games, get to the Semis/Finals of C-USA and are invited to the NIT. Then, we make it to Madison Sq. Garden, and Mitch buys us all tickets to the game.

Realistic: CBI-hey postseason is postseason.

Meh Case: CIT

Worst Case: We 7 straight and finish 6-10, lose in the 1st round and are not invited to any postseason tourneys.

by **friarwolf** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:57 am

Thoughts from last night:

This team jelled when Mangrum was elevated from bench sitter to playing significant minutes/starter...
Dia is absolutely a different player this year - his moves around the basket are so much more polished......
Samarrippas plays with no fear......
Doh's substitution patterns drive me nuts.......
Our current starting 5 execute our defense very well. When we substitute, things get very wobbly......
Mangrum needs more shots....He was open a lot last night and the other players didn't find him.......

by **CalallenStang** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:07 am

RPI is 209 according to RealtimeRPI.com which has been a pretty accurate source over the past few years.

Here's the rest of our schedule:

@ 58 UTEP
@ 203 Houston
vs. 94 Tulsa
vs. 172 Rice
@ 63 Marshall
@ 84 UCF
vs. 58 UTEP

Five games vs. Top 100 teams...that will bring the RPI up. FYI, they predict us to go 3-4...with wins over Tulsa, Rice, and UTEP at home.

by **Mitch McConnell** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:38 am

Some of us were predicting 2-14...

by **Wuba** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:00 am

CalallenStang wrote:RPI is 209 according to RealtimeRPI.com which has been a pretty accurate source over the past few years.

Here's the rest of our schedule:

@ 58 UTEP
@ 203 Houston
vs. 94 Tulsa
vs. 172 Rice
@ 63 Marshall
@ 84 UCF
vs. 58 UTEP

Five games vs. Top 100 teams...that will bring the RPI up. FYI, they predict us to go 3-4...with wins over Tulsa, Rice, and UTEP at home.

A friend who does not follow SMU basketball closely asked me what seed SMU would get if we won out for the regular season and won the conference tourney. I guessed 11-12, but I really had no clue. Anyone care to speculate?

by **RGV Pony** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:02 am

13 or 14.

by **Harry0569** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:19 am

I say 13...just as long as we play thursday/friday and not in one of the play-in games.