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03/11/2010

SMU's Doherty remains optimistic, despite little bottom-line progress
The day after his fourth season at SMU ended, Matt Doherty was on the road recruiting Thursday, continuing his efforts to build a program that has shown minimal progress in the all-important, black-and-white areas – winning records and postseason victories.

03/10/2010

SMU men eliminated in C-USA tournament
Three players scored in double figures for UCF as the Knights defeated SMU 69-53 in the first round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday night.

SMU women ousted from C-USA tournament
Amber Jones and Tamika Dukes combined to score 44 points as UAB defeated SMU, 64-55, on Tuesday in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals.

03/09/2010

Rare challenge for SMU: winning as the higher C-USA seed
SMU has earned its highest seed ever in the Conference USA tournament, which only guarantees that the Mustangs will get to wear their home white uniforms when the tourney tips off today.

03/08/2010

No reason SMU, TCU shouldn't be dancing in March

We live in a high school basketball hotbed, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. Who couldn't build a quality program with Dallas-Fort Worth as its main hub? Apparently, SMU and TCU can't.

All-Big 12 men

All-Big 12 women

Big 12 not ready for permanant title game sites

Cowlishaw: Big 12 is nation's best

Blog: Colleges

SMU women heating up as they enter Conference USA tournament
SMU is one of the hottest teams entering the Conference USA women's tournament even though it limped to the regular-season finish.

03/06/2010

Inside job: Marshall pounds SMU, 73-57
The good news for SMU came a half-hour before Saturday's game with Marshall when the Mustangs learned senior point guard Derek Williams could play on his injured right ankle. Marshall's big men provided the bad news in a 73-57 win over SMU.

03/05/2010

New role as sixth man has brought out best in SMU senior Mouhammad Faye
As a senior, SMU's Mouhammad Faye will get the honor of starting his final game at Moody Coliseum. That makes him nervous.

03/04/2010

Ankle injury puts SMU guard in doubt for regular-season finale
Point guard Derek Williams' status is 50-50 for Saturday's final regular season game against Marshall because of an ankle injury, SMU coach Matt Doherty said Thursday.

03/03/2010

D-FW pipeline: Haley Day, SMU, basketball, guard/forward
The 5-10 junior scored a career-high 23 points against UTEP on Feb. 5 and had 22 points in a win over Southern Mississippi on Saturday.

03/04/2010

SMU women earn some rest with rout
The SMU women will get to sleep late once again after Wednesday's 71-52 win over Tulsa.

03/03/2010

Tulsa edges SMU, 58-55
Ben Uzoh scored 20 points, including two free throws with 9.1 seconds left, and Tulsa edged SMU, 58-55, on Wednesday.

02/27/2010

Women's basketball: SMU 81, Southern Mississippi 66
Nearing the end of an injury-plagued season, the SMU women still have their goals in sight after beating Southern Miss, 81-66, Saturday.

Game change: SMU set new course by playing against black athletes

Penn State's Wally Triplett fights for yardage in the 1948 Cotton Bowl against SMU, the first football game in Texas to feature one of the state's segregated universities against a team with black athletes.

Penn State Athletic Communications

SMU signed Jerry LeVias as the Southwest Conference's first black scholarship football player in 1965. As Black History Month ends this weekend, it's worth noting the school's involvement in that area goes back almost two decades earlier.

Archives: SMU, Penn State tie in 1948 Cotton Bowl

Blog: Colleges

Dia's 31 points carry SMU men over Houston
SMU must have gotten caught up in the moment. How else to explain SMU beating Houston, 94-83, on Saturday at Moody Coliseum?

02/26/2010

SMU football assistant diagnosed with cancer
SMU receivers coach Jeff Reinebold said Friday he has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer. Reinebold said he was diagnosed about two weeks ago after having a physical.

02/25/2010

Women's basketball: SMU 69, UCF 61
Jillian Samuels led SMU with 17 points and became the Mustangs' all-time 3-point shooter in a 69-61 win over UCF on Thursday.

SMU's Samuels nears 3-point record
With two more 3-point baskets, senior guard Jillian Samuels can become the SMU women's all-time leader when the Mustangs host UCF at 7 p.m. tonight at Moody Coliseum.

Men's basketball: SMU 59, East Carolina 54
Derek Williams scored 13 points to lead SMU to a 59-54 victory over East Carolina on Wednesday night.

02/21/2010

Samuels, SMU shoot past Marshall
SMU connected on a season-high 12 3-pointers, including a career-high five by Jillian Samuels, and pulled away for a 74-64 win at Marshall on Sunday.

02/20/2010

No sweep of Memphis for SMU men
Elliot Williams scored 16 points, and Roburt Sallie and Wesley Witherspoon added 15 apiece, helping Memphis defeat SMU 76-63 on Saturday night.

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