Official: SMU vs. Louisville Thread

[Grant Carter]

Up 14 when nic got that b.s. foul call in the backcourt

The fourth was him being a moron.

I thought the second foul was too. He threw a couple elbows as they were heading up court.

[03Mustang]

We're a good team...maybe Sweet 16 if all goes well.

Louisville is a potential Final 4 team.

The difference was evident tonight. We need depth at the point and better perimeter D to compete at the highest level. I think we'll have both as soon as next year.

[Tbuck12]

Nic Moore is TOO valuable. Having Mudiay will be huge next year

[mrydel]

I still love this team and the Moody crowd was phenomenal. Great job for those that were there.

[Mustangs_Maroons]

[deleted] Louisville and [deleted] Pitino. The idiot who had an affair with a woman but is a good catholic that he needs to wear his religion for everyone to see (ashes on his forehead).

I was very proud of our home crowd tonight. They stuck with the guys all the way through. They were the winners. Nic Moore was clearly hurt and they went off on 3s (interesting that the worst and second worst losses of the year came when teams went otherwordly from 3 pt line). Also, Yanick might be done. (Myles?).

I said that every win here on out is gravy (I hope we have another one - we might not). I'm just sad that our seniors went out this way.

Next year, I won't feel "good" about a loss like this. This year, I'm not going to jump off a bridge over it. However, Mr Makers is indeed calling.

Completely agree. I'm already drinking. Should have started as soon as I started watching. Little did I know nic wasn't going to play most of the game.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Despite the loss, was the most fun I've ever had at a basketball game. Can't wait for the next couple of years.

Hope to God we get another shot at that team. Classless!

[Mustangs35SMU]

We're a good team...maybe Sweet 16 if all goes well.

Louisville is a potential Final 4 team.

The difference was evident tonight. We need depth at the point and better perimeter D to compete at the highest level. I think we'll have both as soon as next year.

Absolutely agree. No shame in losing to them. So excited for the future.

[Pony81]

The ponies played a very good game - not their best given Nic's foul trouble. But no way we win - even with our A game with Russ Smith going off like he did.
I've never seen a guy so unconscious. We had a hand in his face all night and he was drilling them from well behind the arc.

Loved the game, atmosphere was phenomenal, team played hard- just walked into a buzz saw.

What I really loved was that the students and the fans supported the team until the final buzzer. Great to see that support.

[Pony ^]

That last dunk was as classless as it gets

[Mustangs_Maroons]

That last dunk was as classless as it gets

Agreed. He wanted to rub it in. Comes from the coach. We would never do that

[MFFL02]

That last dunk was as classless as it gets

Don't worry about it. It wasn't too big a deal. These are college kids playing in hostile environment, he dunked a ball, not like he punched someone.

[Pony ^]

He deserved all the beer that was poured on him

[Mustangs_Maroons]

The ponies played a very good game - not their best given Nic's foul trouble. But no way we win - even with our A game with Russ Smith going off like he did.
I've never seen a guy so unconscious. We had a hand in his face all night and he was drilling them from well behind the arc.

Loved the game, atmosphere was phenomenal, team played hard- just walked into a buzz saw.

What I really loved was that the students and the fans supported the team until the final buzzer. Great to see that support.

I disagree. If nic doesn't go off for most of the first half. Russ would never have been confident enough to go off like that and take some of the shots he did. Even if he did, the game would have been a nail hitter. With nic, we're up by at least 10 by halftime. The crowd stays louder, the pressure builds up. It was all downhill after nic's second foul. That was the best thing for the freaking cards. I really dislike that team and will hope they flop. Classless all around.

[PonyKris89]

Big difference next year with Mudiay and Moore both handling the ball.

Yep, LB has said he is very much looking forward to using Nic Moore as a shooter off the wing next year!

[Pony81]

I did notice that Pitino never called a time out when Moody was rocking after a great SMU play.

It was like he didn't want to dignify the environment. He was sending a message... We are the champs and we've seen this before.LB was right- they weren't phased by the crowd.

Cinci, Uconn,Memphis all would call a quick time out to kill the crowd.