{"id":105759,"date":"2025-12-31T03:13:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105759\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T03:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:13:29","slug":"smu-to-face-texas-a-completes-non-conference-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105759\/","title":{"rendered":"SMU To Face Texas A&M In Arlington Dec. 7; Completes Non-Conference Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n DALLAS (SMU) \u2013 SMU Men’s Basketball will face Texas A&M in the Hoop Hype XL matchup on Dec. 7 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The game versus the Aggies completes the non-conference schedule for the Mustangs.
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\nTexas A&M is the fourth SEC team on SMU’s non-conference schedule for 2025-26. The Mustangs visit Mississippi State Nov. 28 and then Vanderbilt in the ACC\/SEC Challenge on Dec. 3. The Aggies are next on Dec. 7 followed by the Compete 4 Cause Classic versus LSU in New Orleans on Dec. 13.
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\nThe Mustangs have nine home games before ACC play, including a return game with Butler on Nov. 15. The season opens at Moody Coliseum against Tarleton State on Nov. 3. SMU will host Oklahoma State in an exhibition on Oct. 25.
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\nSMU’s 18-game ACC schedule includes home and away games with Florida State and Louisville. The Mustangs will also host Boston College, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The road-only contests are Cal, Clemson, Duke, Pitt, Stanford, Syracuse and Wake Forest. The Mustangs won’t face Georgia Tech. The 2026 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament will take place March 10-14 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
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\nIn Head Coach Andy Enfield<\/a>‘s first season on the Hilltop, the Mustangs went 24-11 overall and earned a No. 1 seed in the NIT. SMU finished 13-7 in the program’s inaugural season in the ACC to tie for fourth, recording a 7-3 road record in league play. The Mustangs also won the Acrisure Holiday Invitational. SMU signed the nation’s fourth-ranked high school recruiting class,\u00a0which is the best in program history.\u00a0
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\nTickets for the game versus Texas A&M go on sale Aug. 27<\/a>. Tickets for the LSU game on Dec. 13 are available HERE<\/a>. For season-ticket information, click HERE<\/a>, contact 214-SMU-GAME or email\u00a0tickets@smu.edu<\/a>.
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\n\t\t\tSat.
\n\t\t\tOct. 25
\n\t\t\tOklahoma State (exh.)
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tMon.
\n\t\t\tNov. 3
\n\t\t\tTarleton State
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tThu.
\n\t\t\tNov. 6
\n\t\t\tTexas A&M Corpus Christi
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tTue.
\n\t\t\tNov. 11
\n\t\t\tMurray State
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tSat.
\n\t\t\tNov. 15
\n\t\t\tButler
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tTue.
\n\t\t\tNov. 18
\n\t\t\tUAPB
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tFri.
\n\t\t\tNov. 21
\n\t\t\tArkansas State
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tMon.
\n\t\t\tNov. 24
\n\t\t\tRadford
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tNov. 28
\n\t\t\tat Mississippi State
\n\t\t\tStarkville, Miss.
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\n\t\t\tACC\/SEC Challenge
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\n\t\t\tWed.
\n\t\t\tDec. 3
\n\t\t\tat Vanderbilt
\n\t\t\tNashville, Tenn.
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\n\t\t\tHoop Hype XL (College Park Center)
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\n\t\t\tSun.
\n\t\t\tDec. 7
\n\t\t\tvs Texas A&M
\n\t\t\tArlington, Texas
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\n\t\t\tCompete 4 Cause Classic (Smoothie King Center)
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\n\t\t\tSat.
\n\t\t\tDec. 13
\n\t\t\tvs LSU
\n\t\t\tNew Orleans, La.
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\n\t\t\tSun.
\n\t\t\tDec. 21
\n\t\t\tCentral Arkansas
\n\t\t\tMoody Coliseum
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\n\t\t\tSun.
\n\t\t\tDec. 28
\n\t\t\tCal State Fullerton
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