| From The New York Times
STORRS, Conn. — The game was five minutes old. The score was 2-0. Southern Methodist’s point guard, Nic Moore, brought the ball up in transition and quickly launched an unsuccessful 3-point attempt.
 Twelve seconds later, Moore, who leads the Mustangs in scoring, assists and minutes, was seated on the bench next to his coach, Larry Brown. Seventeen seconds later, after some choice words from Brown, Moore was back in the game. . .
The mood is definitely upbeat these days at S.M.U., where Brown has turned around a program in only his second season there.
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From The Washington Post
Dallas — They returned home after sunset, a mostly silent flight and a devastating loss behind them.
Southern Methodist University, perhaps the biggest surprise of the college basketball season, had lost on the afternoon of Feb. 16 to last-place Temple. This was how the Mustangs reacted to being ranked for the first time since 1985; this was apparently how they handled pressure and success.
As the team turned a corner toward campus, someone leaned toward second-year Coach Larry Brown. “Larry,” the 73-year-old coach recalled, “there’s going to be a bunch of kids camping out.”
Team members, including Brown, left the bus and walked to find students waiting in tents and professors ready to applaud their team despite the 71-64 loss a few hours earlier.
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