Teams heading in opposite directions collide when Tulane visits No. 19 SMU on Wednesday night.
SMU (22-4, 12-1 American Athletic Conference) is coming off a momentous 60-51 victory over No. 18 Cincinnati on Sunday. The win put the Mustangs in first place in the AAC by a half-game.
SMU's win also avenged a 66-64 loss at Cincinnati last month, the Mustangs' only stumble since November.
"Pretty good run," SMU coach Tim Jankovich said Tuesday. "Things have gone great. But I'm also looking forward and seeing lot of challenges. Wednesday night, the challenge is to try to get Sunday off of our minds.