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Rebel10 wrote:What were Mike’s numbers at Duquesne?

6'8" 200lbs, averaged 11 and 6 as a freshman.

Sky-walking athleticism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1J4xdkykY

Glad this thread about our impressive victory over a ranked a opponent turned into a ΓÇ£who is mikeΓÇ¥ thread.

That said the hope is he is Ben Moore 2.0 but with a better outside jumper.

Recruits in attendance?

panhandle_pony wrote:Recruits in attendance?

Was hoping Maxey would be there with Jahmar and Feron but didn't see them

Pony_Law wrote:Glad this thread about our impressive victory over a ranked a opponent turned into a ΓÇ£who is mikeΓÇ¥ thread.

That said the hope is he is Ben Moore 2.0 but with a better outside jumper.

New do that here.

Staying on the Mike topic, boy oh boy if we had him this season. The McMurray addition in a couple of weeks will be huge but the minute Mike steps on the floor in a Mustang uniform you’ll see a new SMU star. He is incredibly talented. And there will be no adjustment period. He will go from game 1.

Excited to hear that about Mike. Not surprised from his highlight tape from last year. Didn't look like a freshman.

Has anyone heard anything about how ready McMurray is for game action?

IMO, he is the biggest recruiting score Jank/KT/Duncs have had. I think every Big East school had interest.

Thanks for that. Was curious though about how he is fitting into the offensive and defensive schemes

PonyTime wrote:Not sure what qualifies as "back in the day", but I was there when we won our last SWC title and not one game in that entire season really had anything resembling the atmosphere of the last few years - and that includes the Rice and Texas games that won the title.

I suppose you would have to go further back than the schumate era.

However, when you speak of "Back in the day"- was there a time when Moody was ever full with 90% of the attendees there to cheer for SMU.

I recall a lot of opposing fans in the house for the big games at Moody. Opposing fans simply can't get a lot of tickets to take over Moody like UT, Arky, A&M, Hou, etc used to do back in the day.

I was in the building on many occasions from the late 50's thru the 60's when we had SRO crowds of 10k +
with 65-90% SMU fans . Back then UT , A&M , TT always had sizable numbers at Moody. Later on , Ark had a
tremendous following. SMU had some great teams back in the Doc Hayes era.

PonyFan32 wrote:Thanks for that. Was curious though about how he is fitting into the offensive and defensive schemes

McMurray is ready for game action. Is practicing everyday with the 2's and working to be ready. They will bring him off the bench as a spark. Tough to know how he will fit in defensively. Offensively expect him to play mainly off ball. He is going to give a big scoring punch. He will particularly be useful when teams try to zone us or if Shake or one of our other primary scorers is struggling.

How he fits scheme wise will be the ultimate decider on how many minutes he will get. If he plays [deleted] D and fits in well with our unselfish offensive style quickly (while still being able to be aggressive and find his shots) he will play starters minutes off the bench, but if he struggles with either of those I would expect him to be more of a 15 minute a game guy who might play more if we need a spark/scoring punch that day or as a zone buster.

It is tough to jump in mid season and it was a bummer he didn't get to go on the Canada trip. The kid can really score and there is no doubt in my mind that he will be a nice addition. Depending on how he answers the paragraph above will decide just how big of an addition this year.

I wish he could play on Tuesday. We will need sparks!

Who cares about comparing Moody now to Moody from 40 years ago. New Moody is great, and it was great on Saturday night. I am not going to complain at all about attendance while it is still football season. The game was awesome.

PonyFan32 wrote:1. Said elsewhere by another poster but this is a very talented team.
2. Welcome to the big time, Will Douglas.
3. Still think we lose a game or two we shouldn't due to inexperience. But people will not want to play us in conference play.

You mean like UNI and WKU?