Mustangs Using Early-Season Games To Build Team Identity

Nov 12 | Men's Basketball

The early part of the SMU men's basketball season has been more about the Mustangs themselves than their opponents.

The Mustangs added 10 players to a roster that returned five players — with only two playing more than four minutes per game a season ago. So while the schedule shows victories against Southern, VMI and Prairie View A&M, success is measured by how the team is progressing.

"Defensively, we're improving, and offensively we keep sharing the basketball, and that's why we're shooting over 50% from the field on the season," third-year SMU head coach Andy Enfield said. "We have the ability to get to the foul line, and as long as we keep moving the basketball…