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) | |||
Arena |
Moody Coliseum (Capacity: 7,000) | |||
Nickname | Mustangs | |||
Colors |
Blue and Red[1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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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 appearances | ||||
1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 2015 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1988, 2015 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1935, 1937, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1988, 1993, 2015 |
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 1284-1187. SMU has reached one Final Four, made 11 NCCA Tournament Appearances, won 14 Conference Championships, had 11 All-Americans, and 21 Draft selections. [2]
On September 30, 2015, the NCAA, following investigation into NCAA violations, including academic fraud, banned SMU from postseason play in 2016 including the American Athletic Conference Tournament.[3] 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.[4]
Postseason
NCAA Tournament results
The Mustangs have appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 10–13.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1955 | Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game | Bradley Tulsa | L 79–81 L 67–68 |
1956 | First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game | Texas Tech Houston Oklahoma City San Francisco Temple | W 68–67 W 89–74 W 84–63 L 68–86 L 81–90 |
1957 | Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game | Kansas Saint Louis | L 65–73 OT W 78–68 |
1965 | Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game | Wichita State Houston | L 81–86 W 89–87 |
1966 | Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game | Kansas Cincinnati | L 70–76 W 89–84 |
1967 | Sweet Sixteen Regional Finals | Louisville Houston | W 83–81 L 75–83 |
1984 | First Round Second Round | Miami (OH) Georgetown | W 83–69 L 36–37 |
1985 | First Round Second Round | Old Dominion Loyola–Chicago | W 85–68 L 57–70 |
1988 | First Round Second Round | Notre Dame Duke | W 83–75 L 79–94 |
1993 | First Round | BYU | L 71–80 |
2015 | First Round | UCLA | L 59–60 |
NIT results
The Mustangs have appeared in three National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 4–3.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1986 | First Round | Oklahoma State | L 63–67 |
2000 | First Round | Missouri State | L 64–77 |
2014 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals | UC Irvine LSU California Clemson Minnesota | W 68–54 W 80–67 W 67–65 W 65–59 L 63–65 |
CIT results
The Mustangs have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 3–1.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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2011 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals | Oral Roberts Jacksonville Northern Iowa Santa Clara | W 64–57 OT W 63–62 W 57–50 L 55–72 |
NCIT results
The Mustangs appeared in one of the only two ever National Commissioners Invitational Tournaments. Their record is 0–1.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1974 | Quarterfinals | USC | L 70–82 |
Mustangs in professional basketball
The SMU Mustangs have had 21 Draft Selections, including some of the more prominent Mustang players that have played in the NBA:
Mustangs in the FIBA Hall of Fame
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA
Awards
- Nic Moore – 2015, 2016
WAC Player of the Year
- Quinton Ross- 2003
- Jeryl Sasser- 1999
SWC Player of the Year
- Mike Wilson- 1993
- Ira Terrell- 1976
- Gene Phillips- 1969, 1970, 1971
- Denny Holman- 1967
- Rick Herrscher- 1958
AAC Tournament MVP
- Markus Kennedy – 2015
All-Americans
SMU has had 11 All-Americans: 2015-16 Nic Moore (Jr.) (AP Honrable Mention); 2014-15 Nic Moore (Jr.) (AP Honrable Mention); 2002-03 Quinton Ross (Sr.); 1984-85 Jon Koncak (Sr.) (2nd team - Consensus); 1975-76 Ira Terrell (Sr.); 1970-71 Gene Phillips (Sr.); 1969-70 Gene Phillips (Jr.); 1959-60 Max Williams (Sr.); 1956-57 Jim Krebs (Sr.) (1st team - Consensus); 1955-56 Jim Krebs (Jr.); 1934-35 Whitey Baccus (Sr.)
AP POLL
SMU Basketball team has been ranked a total of 71 weeks so far.[5]
Season-by- season results
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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2001–02 | Mike Dement | 15 -14 | |||||||
2002–03 | Mike Dement | 17 -13 | |||||||
2003–04 | Mike Dement | 12-18 | |||||||
: | (.772) | (.976) | |||||||
[[]] (Conference USA) (2005–2013) | |||||||||
2004–05 | Jimmy Tubbs | 14–14 | |||||||
2005–06 | Jimmy Tubbs | 13-16 | |||||||
Jimmy Tubbs: | (.474) | (.406) | |||||||
2006–07 | Matt Doherty | 14 -17 | |||||||
2007–08 | Matt Doherty | 10-20 | |||||||
2008–09 | Matt Doherty | 9-21 | |||||||
2009–10 | Matt Doherty | 14-17 | |||||||
2010–11 | Matt Doherty | 20–15 | |||||||
2011–12 | Matt Doherty | 13–19 | |||||||
Matt Doherty: | 80–109(.423) | 57–23(.713) | |||||||
2012–13 | Larry Brown | 15–17 | 5–11 | 6th | |||||
Larry Brown (American Athletic Conference) (2013–present) | |||||||||
2013–14 | Larry Brown | 27–10 | 12–6 | 4th | NIT Runner-up | ||||
2014–15 | Larry Brown | 27–7 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA Tournament Round of 64 | ||||
2015–16 | Larry Brown | 25-5 | 13-5 | 2nd | |||||
Larry Brown: | 94–39(.707) | 45–25(.643) | |||||||
2016–17 | Tim Jankovich | 4-1 | |||||||
Tim Jankovich : | (.800) | (–) | |||||||
Total: | 1288–1188(.520) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Source.[6]
References
- ↑ "SMU Licensing". Retrieved 2016-08-20.
- ↑ "Southern Methodist". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- ↑ "SMU, Brown disciplined by NCAA for violations". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- ↑ "NCAA bans SMU from postseason, suspends Larry Brown for rules violations". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern-methodist/
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern-methodist/