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'Anything can happen' -- What senior Ben Emelogu is telling his SMU teammates before the AAC tourney

UNIVERSITY PARK -- So, after 31 games, it all comes down to this.

No one is going to invite SMU to the NCAA tournament. Not after a disastrous February that saw the Mustangs drop eight out of nine games to fall to 16-15.

So it's up to SMU to crash the party by winning the American Conference tournament, starting Thursday against UConn in Orlando. It's a long-shot, especially with leading scorer Shake Milton not expected to play with a broken bone in his right hand.

But senior Ben Emelogu isn't talking about the odds when he addresses his younger teammates.