SMU Basketball just finished its fourth straight 25-win season, yet once again failed to advance in the NCAA Tournament.
It has been 28 years since the Mustangs have won a tournament game.
But nobody should care about another lackluster ending to a season that began with promise. Why? Because the Mustangs proved they could win with the baggage of their previous head coach.
SMU also proved something else: Tim Jankovich is the man.
After being hired as the Mustangs’ coach-in-waiting in 2012, Jankovich found himself thrust into the head coaching position when Larry Brown abruptly resigned in July 2016.