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Message: [QUOTE="Drew, post: 2104901, member: 3723"] [URL="http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/smumustangs/2017/03/18/raising-programs-expectations-smu-must-learn-march-misses-make-run-sweet-sixteen-next-year"]After raising program's expectations, SMU must learn from March misses to make run at Sweet Sixteen next year | SportsDay[/URL] [I]TULSA, Okla. -- Tim Jankovich stood near the entrance of SMU’s locker room at the BOK Center on Friday afternoon, hoping what happened to the Mustangs didn’t take away from the rest of their season. Prior to No. 6 SMU’s [URL='http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/smumustangs/2017/03/17/gone-60-seconds-smu-left-heartbreak-final-minute-loss-usc']66-65 loss to No. 11 Southern California[/URL] in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the American Athletic Conference champions were on a 16-game winning streak and set the school record for most victories in a season. “We’re a bucket away from even extending this story,” Jankovich said Friday. For years, SMU’s story didn’t include playing in mid-March. The objective now shifts from making it to the NCAA tournament to lasting multiple rounds And experiencing the pressures in March might help the returning Mustangs get over that hump next season. The Mustangs have proven they can consistently reach the postseason. Now SMU has to show it can do more than that the next time it’s playing in the middle of March.[/I] [/QUOTE]