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1955-56 SMU Mustangs Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-4 (12-0, 1st in SWC MBB)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Doc Hayes

PS/G: 78.5 (50th of 175)

PA/G: 67.4 (36th of 175)

SRS: 13.45 (11th of 166)

SOS: 3.83 (39th of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West First Round (68-67) versus Texas Tech
Won West Regional Semifinal (89-74) versus Houston
Won West Regional Final (84-63) versus Oklahoma City
Lost National Semifinal (86-68) versus San Francisco
Lost National Third Place (90-81) versus Temple

SWC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1955-56 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/5	Final
SMU	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	18	17	15	12	12	9	8	7

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	REG	@	Iowa (4)	Big Ten	14.61	L	62	80		0	1	L 1	Iowa Field House
2	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	REG	@	Minnesota (20)	Big Ten	8.07	W	82	81		1	1	W 1	Williams Arena
3	Mon, Dec 12, 1955	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.06	W	75	62		2	1	W 2	Wisconsin Field House
4	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	REG		Kansas (18)	Big 7	8.09	W	81	61		3	1	W 3	Perkins Gym
5	Wed, Dec 21, 1955	REG	@	Kansas	Big 7	8.09	L	58	62		3	2	L 1	Allen Fieldhouse
6	Thu, Dec 22, 1955	REG	@	Wichita State	MVC	8.99	W	85	67		4	2	W 1	Levitt Arena
7	Wed, Dec 28, 1955	REG	N	Arkansas	SWC	5.52	W	67	62		5	2	W 2
8	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	REG	N	Southern California	PCC	6.14	W	70	64		6	2	W 3
9	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	REG	@	Rice (17)	SWC	8.27	W	76	73		7	2	W 4	Rice Gymnasium
10	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	REG		Rice (18)	SWC	8.27	W	87	65		8	2	W 5	Perkins Gym
11	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	REG	@	Texas	SWC	1.32	W	66	63		9	2	W 6	Gregory Gymnasium
12	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	REG		Texas A&M	SWC	-10.62	W	97	68		10	2	W 7	Perkins Gym
13	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	REG		TCU	SWC	-11.04	W	105	64		11	2	W 8	Perkins Gym
14	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	REG	@	Baylor	SWC	-3.23	W	92	72		12	2	W 9
15	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	REG	@	Arkansas	SWC	5.52	W	58	53		13	2	W 10	Arkansas Fieldhouse
16	Tue, Feb 7, 1956	REG		Texas	SWC	1.32	W	109	96		14	2	W 11	Perkins Gym
17	Wed, Feb 15, 1956	REG	@	TCU	SWC	-11.04	W	26	22		15	2	W 12
18	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	REG	@	Texas A&M	SWC	-10.62	W	92	80		16	2	W 13	G. Rollie White Coliseum
19	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	REG		Baylor	SWC	-3.23	W	89	64		17	2	W 14	Perkins Gym
20	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	REG		Arkansas	SWC	5.52	W	80	72		18	2	W 15	Perkins Gym
21	Tue, Feb 28, 1956	REG		Rice	SWC	8.27	W	89	75		19	2	W 16	Perkins Gym
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Tue, Mar 13, 1956	NCAA	N	Texas Tech	BIAA	0.89	W	68	67		20	2	W 17	Charles Koch Arena
23	Fri, Mar 16, 1956	NCAA	N	Houston	MVC	11.27	W	89	74		21	2	W 18	Allen Fieldhouse
24	Sat, Mar 17, 1956	NCAA	N	Oklahoma City (11)	Ind	7.71	W	84	63		22	2	W 19	Allen Fieldhouse
25	Thu, Mar 22, 1956	NCAA	N	San Francisco (1)	CBA	18.03	L	68	86		22	3	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
26	Fri, Mar 23, 1956	NCAA	N	Temple (15)	Ind	9.41	L	81	90		22	4	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena