1968–69 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

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

Roster

1968–69 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team
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	Rank#	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.