New Headline: SMU’s Enfield Proclaims: "Miami's Run Will Be Insurmountable!
SMU coach Andy Enfield says the RedHawks are an outstanding team that deserves to be in the NCAA Tournament, and Miami critics can kick rocks.
As his SMU team prepares to face the Miami RedHawks in an NCAA Tournament First Four game at University of Dayton Arena, Mustangs head coach Andy Enfield was asked about the polarizing nature of the RedHawks' first at-large bid since Wally Szczerbiak 's 1999 Sweet 16 Miami team. "I think they deserve to be in the tournament," Enfield said . "They went 31-0.
Some (Miami critics) just need to be quiet on air sometimes. I think Miami of Ohio deserves to be there. They're an outstanding team.
They share the basketball. They shoot 3s. And to go 31-0 in the regular season is incredible.
And so I have all the respect in the world (for them). " "I coached at Florida Gulf Coast my first head job," Enfield continued. "You go 31-0 at that level of college basketball, you deserve to be there.