UNIVERSITY PARK -- Five days before the Tim Jankovich era officially begins, the man replacing legend Larry Brown at SMU was up late, knee deep in strategy, blending the work of masters.
But Jankovich was far removed from the X's and O's of basketball. He was holed up in the man cave of his family's University Park home, belting out Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton on his electric guitar.
"It's the highest spot of the house," Jankovich said, fiddling with an amp. "When no one is home, the volume gets cranked extremely high."
Perched on a chair strumming his Gibson ES hollow body, with his dark hair slicked back and his black loafers tapping beats, Jankovich looked more like Johnny Cash than the Hall of Fame coach he's replacing.