SMU Mustangs

The SMU Mustangs bring big-city Dallas energy to the Atlantic Coast Conference, playing their home games at the intimate Moody Coliseum on the SMU campus. Known for a golden mid-1950s run that produced the program's only Final Four, the Mustangs have since built a reputation as a scrappy mid-major turned high-major program on the rise. SMU's move to the ACC in 2024 marked a new chapter for a proud, if often underappreciated, Texas basketball tradition. Fans show up expecting hard-nosed defense and a program hungry to prove it belongs among college basketball's elite conferences.

SMU basketball dates back to 1916, with the program's high point arriving in 1955-56 season when All-American Jim Krebs led the Mustangs to their only Final Four appearance. From 1955-58, SMU won four consecutive Southwest Conference championships and reached three Sweet Sixteens. After decades in the Southwest and later Conference USA and American Athletic Conference, SMU won back-to-back conference titles in 2014-15 and 2016-17 under Larry Brown before joining the ACC in 2024, opening a new era for the program.