SMU Mustangs men's basketball
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| University | Southern Methodist University | |||
| Conference | American Athletic Conference | |||
| Location | Dallas, TX | |||
| Head coach | Tim Jankovich (1st year) | |||
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Moody Coliseum (Capacity: 7,000) |
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| Nickname | Mustangs | |||
| Colors | Blue and Red |
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1956, 1967 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 1984, 1985, 1988 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 2015, 2017 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1988, 2015, 2017 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1935, 1937, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1988, 1993, 2015, 2017 | ||||
The SMU Mustangs men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, United States. The school's team currently competes in the American Athletic Conference. They are currently coached by Tim Jankovich, after the resignation of Larry Brown. In 100 years of basketball, SMU's record is 1319–1190. SMU has reached one Final Four, has made 12 NCAA Tournament Appearances, won 15 Conference Championships, had 11 All-Americans, and 21 NBA Draft selections.
On September 30, 2015, the NCAA, following investigation into NCAA violations banned SMU from postseason play in 2016 including the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Larry Brown was suspended for nine games in the 2016 season. The school also received sanctions in the form of reduced scholarships. SMU responded in the 2015–16 season by finishing 25–5 making it 3 straight seasons the Mustangs have won 25-games. SMU has since rebounded in the 2016-17 season by winning their second conference title in 3 years, setting a school record for single season wins, and returning to the NCAA Tournament.
1916 was the inaugural season of SMU basketball where it went 12-2. SMU joined the Southwest Conference in the 1918-19 season. SMU won its first two conference titles in 1935 and 1937.
Doc Hayes took over as SMU's head coach in 1947. By 1955 Hayes had SMU in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history advancing to the Sweet Sixteen and had won their first conference title in almost 20 years. The four year stretch from 1955–58, SMU went 77-28, won 4 straight Southwest Conference championships, and reached 3 Sweet Sixteen's while also reaching the school's first Final Four in the 1955-56 season, led by All-American Jim Krebs. SMU during the Doc Hayes era won 8 SWC championships and reached the NCAA tournament 6 times including Final Four and Elite Eight appearances. Doc Hayes retired after the 1967 season with a final record of 298–191 (.609) at SMU.
Following Doc Hayes, SMU basketball fell down into a period of mediocrity with some sprinkled success highlighted by SMU greats Jon Koncak, Ira Terrell, and Gene Phillips. Though the Bob Prewitt and Sonny Allen era's were largely unsuccessful and only produced one Southwest Conference Championship from a stretch of 1968-1980 the program looked to be back on the rise during the Dave Bliss era. Bliss and star big man Jon Koncak led SMU to 3 NCAA tournament appearances and an NIT appearance. The Dave Bliss era was highlighted by his final season where SMU went 28-7 winning the SWC regular season and tournament championships and making it to the Second round of the NCAA Tournament. SMU would win the SWC Championship and reach the NCAA tournament one more time in the 1993 season under John Shumate, however, this was the start of the Dark Ages of SMU basketball.
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