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• SMU Advances in the CBI While the Final Four Comes to SMU. Wait, What?

  Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 10 a.m.

  Last night the SMU Mustangs quietly tip-toed into the semifinals of something called the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) with a seven-point win at Northern Iowa. It's not exactly March Madness - more like March Mediocrity - but considering the Mustangs and head coach Matt Doherty haven't had a lot of success they'll take it...

• Wait, SMU Will Be Included in March's Madness?

  Monday, March 14, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.

  Never again let me criticize college football for rewarding 70 teams with bowl games. Because college basketball is now doing the same thing. And then some. This year - this week - March has increased, unprecedented Madness. Ohio State, Duke, Pittsburgh and Kansas are the No. 1 seeds as the NCAA...

• SMU Men's Basketball Program Slapped With Two Years Probation For Text Messages

  Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 3:14 p.m.

  Sure, it's not the death penalty, but the NCAA just released a statement saying it has accepted self-imposed sanctions by Southern Methodist University on its basketball program. SMU's recommendations included two years probation (March 10, 2011, through March 9, 2013), a reduction of 15 recruiting days and a two-week ban...

• SMU Cheerleader > Texas A&M Cadet

  Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 10 a.m.

  My favorite part of the informative, entertaining "Pony Excess" ESPN documentary over the weekend was being reminded of the classic scene that unfolded at Texas A&M's Kyle Field on October 31, 1981. Led by Eric Dickerson and Craig James, the 5th-ranked Mustangs trounced a mediocre Aggies team, 27-7. SMU finished the...

• SMU and "Pony Excess": The Scars Remain

  Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 10:59 a.m.

  No one from the 1980s pay-for-play scandals remains at SMU, but the stigma - and the residue from the NCAA's Death Penalty - remain on the Hilltop. Those wounds may not be re-opened, but they'll certainly be re-visited Saturday night when ESPN presents its latest 30 for 30 documentary: "Pony...

• SMU Guard Gets Drafted By a Team That I Didn't Know Needed a Draft

  Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 11 a.m.

  I saw the Harlem Globetrotters not long ago but I'll admit, I had no idea they had a "draft." You? The world's most famous basketball team yesterday drafted the "Club Trillion" founder, a college slam dunk champion, a husband-wife couple and - lookie here - a dude from SMU. That's...