The last time the Mustangs played in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, they won the whole thing.
But that was two years ago. Last season, SMU was prevented from participating due to the postseason ban levied by the NCAA.
Now allowed to play for a championship and playing with only seven scholarship players, one might expect SMU head coach Tim Jankovich to be nervous about trying to win three games in three days. But Jankovich said before practice on Tuesday that he is no more nervous than he has been playing with that number for a majority of the season.