1968–69 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1968–69 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	12–12 (8–6 SWC)
Head coach	Bob Prewitt (2nd season)
Home arena	Moody Coliseum
Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1968–69 men's college basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	23	Gene Phillips	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Houston, Texas

Head coach

Bob Prewitt

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 2*	at No. 13 Vanderbilt	L 94–97	0–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 3*	at Georgia Tech	L 59–87	0–2	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
December 7*	at No. 17 Western Kentucky	L 79–92	0–3	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
December 9*	at Southern Illinois	W 81–70	1–3	The SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois
December 11*	Louisville	L 73–79	1–4	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 23*	Yale	W 82–76	2–4	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 27*	Ole Miss	W 94–70	3–4	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 28*	Drake	L 81–86	3–5	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 4	at TCU	W 81–78	4–5 (1–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
January 7	at Baylor	L 67–69	4–6 (1–1)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 11	Texas	W 68–62	5–6 (2–1)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 14	Texas A&M	L 75–76 ^OT	5–7 (2–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 18	at Rice	W 101–80	6–7 (3–2)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 20*	at Oklahoma City	L 74–96	6–8 (3–2)	State Fair Arena Oklahoma City, OK
January 25*	Oklahoma City	W 103–84	7–8 (3–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 1	Texas Tech	W 87–77	8–8 (4–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 8	Arkansas	W 84–69	9–8 (5–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 11	at Texas Tech	W 84–65	10–8 (6–2)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 15	at Arkansas	W 76–68	11–8 (7–2)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 18	TCU	L 84–87 ^OT	11–9 (7–3)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 22	Baylor	L 78–90 ^OT	11–10 (7–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 25	at Texas	W 71–69	12–10 (8–4)	Gregory Gym Austin, Texas
March 1	at Texas A&M	L 98–119	12–11 (8–5)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
March 4	Rice	L 90–96	12–12 (8–6)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "1968–69 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "SMU Basketball - Results" (PDF). SidearmSports. Southern Methodist University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.