When SMU fell to Michigan in the finals of the 2K Classic last Friday, head coach Tim Jankovich was not too concerned. While losing is never fun, SMU’s new head coach sees losses as learning opportunities. Now the question was how the Mustangs would respond coming off their first double-digit loss since 2014.
The Mustangs rebounded with a 84-57 win over UC-Santa Barbara, a team that took SMU to overtime when it visited Moody Coliseum two seasons ago.
“I’m not surprised we came out and played this way,” Jankovich said in the postgame press conference.