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https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/article3840334.html
“I want to see all these programs do well and help them, but we’re trying to get into the NCAA Tournament,” SMU coach Larry Brown said. “We’re going to try and play every Big 12, SEC, the new Big East schools that we can to help our RPI and help our case to get in the tournament. I’m going to call Baylor every year. I’ll call A&M. I’d be fine playing one of them [smaller local schools] every year, but we’re worried about getting in the tournament.”
Brown pointed out that SMU has tried to play schools within the state every year in nonconference. The Mustangs played Texas State and Sam Houston State this year. They played at Texas State last year.
And SMU and TCU play against each other every year, including in November at the American Airlines Center in a tripleheader that opened the season.
But Brown just doesn’t see participating in an event like Cross envisioned as making sense for his team.
“I just don’t think it’s realistic for us,” he said.