r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 19 '26
Game Thread [Game Thread] #11 Miami (OH) @ #11 SMU (09:15 PM ET)
Miami (OH) 89 @ 79 SMU - FINAL
NCAA Basketball
Index Thread for March 18, 2026
Miami (OH) ##11 Miami (OH) (32-1) @ SMU ##11 SMU (20-14)
Tip-Off: 09:15 PM ET
Venue: UD Arena, Dayton, OH
Game Info: ESPN
Television: truTV
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Recent Plays:
| Time | Miami (OH) | SMU | Play |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | 89 | 79 | End of Game |
| 0:00 | 89 | 79 | End of 2nd half |
| 0:13 | 89 | 79 | Eian Elmer Defensive Rebound. |
| 0:16 | 89 | 79 | Jaron Pierre Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper |
| 0:20 | 89 | 79 | Almar Atlason makes free throw 2 of 2 |
| Team | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | OR | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH) | 45 | 39 | 68 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| SMU | 48 | 24 | 80 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
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u/Puzzleheaded_Size214 Georgia Bulldogs Mar 19 '26
Mashburn & Rose are really, really good in the studio. Ive known about Rose from espn. First time seeing Mashburn. Good work Turner.
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u/Mammoth_Impress_3108 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 19 '26
The whole metrics obsession seems rigged against mid majors. Power conference teams have a pretty high floor no matter how mediocre or bad they are, since they all have strong strength of schedules, which is a bit of circular reasoning. Mid Majors have a pretty low ceiling no matter how good they are since they don't play the power conference schedule.
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u/SpaceSheperd North Carolina • NC State Mar 19 '26
Metrics have been very high on midmajors like Loyola Chicago, Wichita State, Gonzaga (many, many times), and others in the past
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u/Bdbru13 Arizona Wildcats Mar 19 '26
Not really, if Miami had crushed their opponents their metrics would be better
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u/Young-Viiperr Texas Tech • Iowa State Mar 19 '26
"Do the right thing. Do the best that you can. Show people you care." - Lou Holtz
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u/lordofthestrings86 Kansas Jayhawks Mar 19 '26
Time for Miami to party like it’s 1999.
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u/slyone05 Virginia • George Mason Mar 19 '26
As much as we hate on this yrs bubble, it's clear that Miami deserved to be in. It's why the eye test always matters. Not even sdsu managed to go undefeated in 2023
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u/Mida5Touch Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 19 '26
That's how we do it in the THE state of basketball, bitches.
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u/oudalan Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Mar 19 '26
I have a feeling this is going to be a great tourney
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u/daNish_brUin Nebraska Cornhuskers • UCLA Bruins Mar 19 '26
So does this SMU team count as a real team? The fact that 'real team' means having to face a top 25 team and any other match up isnt a 'real team' is idiotic.
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u/Pure_Fault7056 Texas Longhorns Mar 19 '26
Missing one of their top players, should not have been in with the way they played the last few weeks.
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u/daNish_brUin Nebraska Cornhuskers • UCLA Bruins Mar 19 '26
Yeah SMU is the more questionable inclusion than Miami
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u/Pure_Fault7056 Texas Longhorns Mar 19 '26
The committee chair justified their inclusion by claiming Edwards would be back. They gave them a break!
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u/gambit539 Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 19 '26
Can’t really help your schedule. If I’m not mistaken Miami also had teams on their schedule who had down seasons compared to recent years past which makes them looker weaker. I could be totally wrong. But I feel like I read that in an article relatively recently.
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u/daNish_brUin Nebraska Cornhuskers • UCLA Bruins Mar 19 '26
Yeah they got turned down by some bigger opponents, and had a few opponents having down years. They played who they could play. They may get destroyed by Tennessee, but thats has no bearing on their inclusion in the tournament. Just weird certain people are obsessed with them losing and it meaning they didn't belong. Did they feel the same way about Butler, George Mason, Oakland, etc? Its just fun entertainment and a cool story. Damn.
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u/brownlab319 UConn Huskies Mar 19 '26
I hope more teams will schedule them in the non-con next season. They’re phone to watch and they kicked butt tonight. They certainly showed they can hang with P5 programs.
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u/Andenwest Indiana Hoosiers Mar 19 '26
Miami belongs, screw the haters
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u/LNMagic SMU Mustangs • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
Until this season, neither Miami had beaten us in anything. Now we've lost to both... in basketball.
Good job, other Miami!
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u/bucknutdet Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 19 '26
Miami has been to the round of 16. 1998. It’s not like they’ve never won a tournament game
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u/BobinIndy Purdue Boilermakers • Miami (OH) RedHawks Mar 19 '26
Newly minted Amanda Steele fan here…
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u/Fluid-Letter-7591 Miami (OH) RedHawks Mar 19 '26
This will only be surpassed if we get tears from Bruce pearl
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u/jc8450 Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 19 '26
I think Miami Ohio over 17-16 Auburn was the right choice Bruce
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u/gambit539 Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 19 '26
But you gotta think about the close games Tennessee lost to quad 1 opponents. Losing to good teams is obviously more important than just winning.
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u/confusedyetstillgoin Indiana Hoosiers • Tennessee Volunteers Mar 19 '26
that’s Notre Dame’s music!
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u/gambit539 Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 19 '26
Realistically speaking I’m just repeating some of the dumb shit Paul Finebaum has said regarding schools being more deserving of getting in the playoff than others.
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u/confusedyetstillgoin Indiana Hoosiers • Tennessee Volunteers Mar 19 '26
oh I know, i’m playing along with you. i’m definitely of the opinion that people would rather decide games with advanced metrics than playing actual games
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u/gambit539 Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 19 '26
I mean I get statistical analysis of metrics for creating betting lines and making an educated guess when placing bets among other things. That being said it’s March and this is why we play the game.
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u/confusedyetstillgoin Indiana Hoosiers • Tennessee Volunteers Mar 19 '26
of course! I 100% agree with you. i hope my comments didn’t come off as argumentative bc that’s not what i was trying to do!
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u/OSUfirebird18 Dayton Flyers • Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 19 '26
It’s not going to happen but just imagine Miami and Wright State pulling off an upset and having a rematch!! Lol
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u/BiovaniGernard Wright State Raiders Mar 19 '26
We will be there
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u/kempog Indiana Hoosiers Mar 19 '26
Random but I love your username lmao, Giovani Bernard was fun to watch and play as in madden back in the day
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u/SgtHulkasBigToeJam Iowa Hawkeyes • Iowa State Cyclones Mar 19 '26
Coach is batting out of his league on multiple fronts
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u/BlackStallion657 Tennessee Volunteers Mar 19 '26
MIAMI
I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR BATTLE
IT WILL BE LEGENDARY
ALL OF NOTHING
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u/GayleMoonfiles Kansas Jayhawks • Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 19 '26
March Madness is the best time of the year. Love this shit
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u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo Pittsburgh Panthers Mar 19 '26
Manifesting a Miami vs Wright State all Dayton round of 32
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u/PROFESSIONAL_RAP254 Miami (OH) RedHawks Mar 19 '26
What they gon say now (were losing to Tennessee but still)
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u/Gloomy_Map_9612 Kentucky Wildcats Mar 19 '26
Trust me, you can beat them. Mediocre Kentucky spotted them 37 points across two first halves and they couldn't win.
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u/Legalsleazy Michigan State Spartans • Akron Zips Mar 19 '26
“Better human beings”
Has he watched his own team?
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u/XolieInc Mar 19 '26
Foul baiting makes you think they’re bad people?
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u/Legalsleazy Michigan State Spartans • Akron Zips Mar 19 '26
Genuinely yes.
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u/XolieInc Mar 19 '26
So foul baiting is worse than actually flagrantly fouling people? Ones playing strategically, the other is just being dirty.
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u/Francis_X_Hummel Dayton • Colorado Mines Mar 19 '26
so happy for you Miami, go Redhawks, go SW Ohio
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u/Just_One_Victory Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 19 '26
Why do people keep saying these guys are unlikable?
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u/Any-Leadership999 WKU Hilltoppers • Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 19 '26
Because they aren't in a power conference
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u/New-Kaleidoscope4630 Auburn Tigers • Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Mar 19 '26
I think the coach pushing over a speaker throwing a tantrum was the only reason I’ve heard.
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u/the_which_stage Miami (OH) RedHawks Mar 19 '26
Because our players let the Ohio fans have it after the game to go 31-0
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u/Mammoth_Impress_3108 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 19 '26
Crazy that Miami's only won by more than that once in the past month against the d2 MAC schools (what they are according to some users it seems like).
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u/bucknutdet Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 19 '26
Everyone’s Super Bowl . And the MAC is criminally underrated
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u/0m3gaa Purdue Boilermakers Mar 19 '26
At least they won a game before the vols put belt to ass
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u/J_Gottwald Syracuse Orange • Missouri Tigers Mar 19 '26
If both of my flairs beat Tennessee, Miami(red) has a good shot.
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u/shabamon Ohio Bobcats Mar 19 '26
Their first win since 1999. They played in 2007 and gave Aaron Brooks Oregon squad a good game
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u/kumquatdeath Mar 19 '26
Mike Bramos and the Pollitz twins were a blast. They should've had that one!
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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State • New Mexico Mar 19 '26
For those wanting more basketball, the women's First Four games are over but THREE whole men's NIT games still in progress, two of which are in the first half. Plenty of basketball remaining tonight!
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u/bluediamondsm North Texas Mean Green • Houston Cougars Mar 19 '26
LETS GO MIAMI DID IT ♥️ AND PEOPLE SAID THEY’D BE BLOWN OUT BY 40 AND DIDN’T DESERVE IT FOR LOSING ONCE SO SILLY FROM MOST 🤣
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u/LiteraryPandaman Miami (OH) RedHawks Mar 19 '26
WE DESERVED OUR SPOT LOVE AND HONER MOTHERFCJER SLETS FUCKING GONAFNLWNDWOEN
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u/TheoTimme Georgetown Hoyas Mar 19 '26
Eat Shit Pearl
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u/gambit539 Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 19 '26
Fuck yeah. COLLEGE BASKETBALL FANS UNITE IN THEIR HATRED FOR BRUCE PEARL
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u/SleepyBee320 Central Michigan Chippewas Mar 19 '26
GG’s Miami! Fun game and sad Boopie didnt have a good 2nd half
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u/ktbyers Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 19 '26
GG Miami...that was crazy entertaining. Good luck going forward.
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u/TheStuffisLegal Memphis Tigers • North Texas Mean Green Mar 19 '26
They always belonged. Fuck all the “power” conference clowns
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u/larockhead1 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
Let teams that preform well all season in vs a 500 team in a power conference
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u/the_which_stage Miami (OH) RedHawks Mar 19 '26
Atlason has played TERRIBLE the last 5 games
He has to play well for a deep tourney run
Here is game 1 of his redemption tour
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u/stoppedcaring0 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 19 '26
I mean Tennessee doesn’t have the shooting to keep up with Miami if they’re hitting their threes, right?
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u/Gloomy_Map_9612 Kentucky Wildcats Mar 19 '26
Absolutely, Tennessee is awful on offense.
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u/UCBearcats Cincinnati Bearcats Mar 19 '26
Well they can’t be worse at defense than SMU
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u/Gloomy_Map_9612 Kentucky Wildcats Mar 19 '26
I'm assuming you meant offense and I can assure you. They can be worse on offense.
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u/UCBearcats Cincinnati Bearcats Mar 19 '26
No defense. SMU went for every single ball fake for 40 minutes.
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u/kirkismyhinrich Kansas • Colorado Mines Mar 19 '26
That was the quickest handshake I've ever seen lmao
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u/pike360 CSUN Matadors Mar 19 '26
Yeah, what a dick.
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u/TojiSorcererKiller Kentucky Wildcats Mar 19 '26
Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey had one that was almost non-existent earlier in the season.
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u/Sportzfanatic_001 Duke Blue Devils • UConn Huskies Mar 19 '26
It looks like Miami OH is for real regardless of their schedule
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u/bobsaget824 Arizona State • Illinois Mar 19 '26
Take nothing from Miami Ohio, they earned it, but I’m sure Tennessee is watching thinking “yeah but we actually play defense”
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u/Gloomy_Map_9612 Kentucky Wildcats Mar 19 '26
Yeah, but they don't play offense
Edit: I saw the orange of Illinois and thought you were a Tennessee fan
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u/americanbaseball Louisville Cardinals Mar 19 '26
I didn’t expect Miami to win this for some reason although I watched SMU not at all be the same team since the start of February. Good win for Miami!
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u/OwenLincolnFratter Purdue Boilermakers Mar 19 '26
Can’t wait to see how Miami plays against Tennessee. More doubters will learn!
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u/sebsasour New Mexico • Notre Dame Mar 19 '26
Lehigh/Prairie View fizzled out in the last 10 minutes, but a really solid slate of games from Dayton this year
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u/ben3345 South Carolina Gamecocks Mar 19 '26
Never pick against Ivy League teams or 31-1 MAC teams in the first round. My only two rules for March.
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u/UnnoticedReference Oklahoma Sooners Mar 19 '26
Haters said they couldn't do it and they were wrong. Honestly, bad call by the haters
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u/Primary_Psychology95 Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 19 '26
Miami missed 7 free throws in this game and they’re still up by double digits, actually crazy
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u/Indigo_Menace Kansas Jayhawks Mar 19 '26
Im so pumped for Miami, what a showing. Tomorrow is going to be a great day. And hopefully starts with Ohio state losing!
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u/_Leftfield Cincinnati Bearcats Mar 19 '26
The DUI's between Dayton and Oxford are going to be absolutely crazy!!!
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u/LovinOnHer Mar 19 '26
GreenBeerDay is tomorrow too
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u/Abstract_Apricot Kansas Jayhawks Mar 19 '26
They should just cancel classes
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u/LovinOnHer Mar 19 '26
It’s pretty much turned into that. Spring break starts Friday so no one wants to do anything class related. This whole week has been a wash
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u/FirstOutoftheDoor Tennessee Volunteers Mar 19 '26
Great game. If I only had a nickel for every person that told me this team didn’t deserve a bid yada yada
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u/WerhmatsWormhat Michigan Wolverines Mar 19 '26
I’m sorry, but if you were saying Miami was gonna lose by 30, you don’t get to now say they’re only winning because of the refs. Refs matter but they don’t make that big of a difference.
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Virginia Cavaliers Mar 19 '26
Why does that student keep shaking their tongue like Miley?
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u/fancycheesus Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 19 '26
Maybe college basketball shouldn't be so dominated by spreadsheets after all
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u/GuyOnTheLake Illinois Fighting Illini • Bradley Braves Mar 19 '26
How long has this final minute lasted?
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u/r777m UConn Huskies • Michigan Wolverines Mar 19 '26
Congrats to Miami. I doubted them due to their schedule, but they showed up to play.
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u/ParsleyMurky4175 Mar 19 '26
So miami averaged 6 more points than smu during the season and is winning by 7
Could it be possible that the MAC is better than big 12?
Or even worse do Regular season games actually matter
Next on truTV
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u/Just_One_Victory Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 19 '26
SMU is in the ACC
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u/ParsleyMurky4175 Mar 19 '26
Thank you for your kind and civil correction., really i mean jeez these people can be brutal
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u/Aidanj927 Texas Tech Red Raiders • UTSA Roadrunners Mar 19 '26
SMU has literally never been in the big 12
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 19 '26
yessssssp