Dallas Morning News · Apr 4, 2017
SMU's hoops outlook will depend heavily on Semi Ojeleye's draft status
Staff Photographer SMU forward Semi Ojeleye (33) celebrates the officials rewarding possession to the Mustangs in the second half during the SMU Mustangs vs. the USC Trojans NCAA basketball game at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday, March 17, 2017. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)Even with a first-round exit in this year's NCAA tournament, SMU's men's basketball team was still considered a top 15 team at the end of the season.
In the final Associated Press poll of the year that was released on Tuesday, the Mustangs finished 11th. Per sports-reference.com, that is SMU's highest final ranking since a No. 4 ranking at the end of the 1957 season.