NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET

Team Reaction

INDIANAPOLIS (NCAA/SMU) - SMU earned a No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region when the pairings for this season's NCAA Tournament were announced on Sunday. The Mustangs will play Miami (OH) (31-1) in the First Four on Wednesday at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.

SMU (20-13) is making its 13^th appearance in the tournament and first since 2017. This is the first at-large selection for the Mustangs since 1993 as the program earned automatic bids in 2015 and 2017.

SMU is in the second season under Head Coach Andy Enfield, who is leading his third program to the NCAA Tournament. SMU recorded a pair of ranked wins over [12/12] North Carolina on Jan. 3 (97-83) and [21/21] Louisville on Feb. 17 (95-85). The program at least received votes in the AP or USA Today Coaches Poll in nine weeks and was No. 24 in the AP Top 25 and No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Jan. 5. That was the first time the Mustangs were ranked since the final poll of the 2016-17 season. SMU is averaging 84.2 points (2^nd ACC, 23^rd NCAA) and 16.9 assists (3^rd ACC, 31^st NCAA) while shooting 49.0% (2^nd ACC, 24^th NCAA) overall and 37.4% on threes (2^nd ACC, 24^th NCAA).

Senior guard Boopie Miller was named All-ACC Second Team and senior guards B.J. Edwards and Jaron Pierre Jr. both earned All-ACC Honorable Mention, the ACC announced on Monday. Edwards was also selected to the ACC All-Defensive Team and earned votes for Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player.

Miller is averaging 19.2 points (5^th ACC, 50^th NCAA), 6.4 assists (2^nd ACC, 15^th NCAA), 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals (11^th ACC) with a 2.45 assist-to-turnover ratio (6^th ACC, 81^st NCAA). He is shooting 47.0% from the field, 41.0% on threes and 87.1% on free throws (3^rd ACC / 55^th NCAA) while recording five points-assists double-doubles. His late-game heroics include a half-court buzzer-beater for the 77-76 win versus Virginia Tech on Jan. 14.

Miller had 27 points and in the win versus [12/12] North Carolina on Jan. 3 to earn honors as ACC Player of the Week, AP National Player of the Week and one of five Oscar Robertson Trophy National Players of the Week (Jan. 6). He was a preseason All-ACC Second Team selection as well as part of the Lute Olson Award Early Season Watch List and Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List. He was also No. 30 on the ESPN Top 50 Players at midseason and received votes on The Athletic Midseason All-America Teams. He was on the All-ACC Third Team in 2024-25.

Edwards earned three ACC Player of the Week honors this season. He is averaging 12.7 points (31^st ACC), 5.9 rebounds (19^th ACC), 4.9 assists (7^th ACC, 65^th NCAA) and 2.3 steals (1^st ACC, 12^th NCAA) with a 2.56 assist-to-turnover ratio (5^th ACC / 68^th NCAA). He has two triple-doubles this season, and is one of three players in the nation with multiple triple-doubles. He also leads the nation with three games of at least 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals; and is one of just six players to record three such games in a season since 2004.

Pierre Jr. is averaging 17.6 points (8^th ACC), 4.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.9 steals while shooting 46.0% overall, 37.8% on threes and 75.5% on at the free-throw line. He was the Hoop Hype XL Player of the Game after scoring 35 points in the 93-80 overtime win versus Texas A&M on Dec. 7. He has 13 games of at least 20 points for the Mustangs this season.

Wednesday's winner advances to face the No. 6 seed Tennessee on Friday in Philadelphia.