It wasn’t the shot that had Tim Jankovich perplexed after the game. A “miracle,” even by Jankovich’s standards, Laquincy Rideau’s fadeaway, game-winning triple should have never been allowed to happen. That was really what made SMU’s regular season finale so difficult for the head coach to comprehend, a loss that ranked among the 60-year-old’s worst in his career by his own admission.
USF’s walk-off style ending to senior night might have put the bow on a 61-60 SMU loss, but it certainly wasn’t what caused it.