SMU Men's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
SMU Mustangs
 
ACC (20-13, 8-10)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/3 North Carolina (97-83), 2/17 Louisville (95-85)
Bad Losses: 2/25 at California (69-73), 2/28 at Stanford (75-95)
Coach: Andy Enfield
 
Probable Starters:
Corey Washington, Senior, Forward, 11.3ppg, 4.9 rpg
Samet Yigitoglu, Sophomore, Center, 10.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.3 bpg
Jaden Toombs, Freshman, Center, 7.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.2 apg
Boopie Miller, Senior, Guard, 19.2 ppg, 6.4 apg, 3.9 rpg, 1.5 spg
Jaron Pierre Jr., Senior, Guard, 17.6 ppg, 2.0 apg, 4.9 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Jermaine O’Neal Jr., Freshman, Forward, 4.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg
B.J. Edwards, Senior, Guard, 12.7 ppg, 4.9apg, 5.9 rpg, 2.3 spg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 85.0 (20th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 78.4 (303, 18)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.3 (22, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.5 (134, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.4 (131, 12)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.8 (23, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.2 (121, 5)
Rebound Margin: 3.4 (91, 6)
Assists Per Game: 17.1 (30, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.4 (164, 14)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025NITFirst Round win over Northern Iowa
2025NITSecond Round loss to Oklahoma State
2024NITFirst Round loss to Indiana State
2022NITFirst Round win over Nicholls
2022NITSecond Round loss to Washington State
2021NITFirst Round loss to Boise State
2017NCAARound of 64 loss to USC
2015NCAARound of 64 loss to UCLA
2014NITFirst Round win over UC Irvine
2014NITSecond Round win over LSU
2014NITQuarterfinal win over California
2014NITSemifinal win over Clemson
2014NITFinal loss to Minnesota
2011CITFirst Round win over Oral Roberts
2011CITSecond Round Jacksonville
2011CITQuarterfinal win over Northern Iowa
2011CITSemifinal loss to Santa Clara
2000NITFirst Round loss to Southwest Missouri State
1993NCAARound of 64 loss to BYU
1988NCAARound of 64 win over Notre Dame
1988NCAARound of 32 loss to Duke
1986NITFirst Round loss to BYU
 
*all team stats through 3/8