HARTFORD, Conn. – They waited all of five minutes.
Calm and confident, SMU players and coaches sat in bright orange lounge chairs in a room tucked deep in the tunnels of the XL Center, watching the NCAA Tournament selection show. They knew they would be chosen. They had just won the American Athletic Conference tournament not half an hour earlier.
As quickly as the Mustangs asserted themselves in Sunday’s AAC title game win vs. Cincinnati, they learned their NCAA Tournament fate. The Mustangs were selected as the No. 6 seed in the East Region. Friday in Tulsa, Okla.