Houston–SMU men's basketball rivalry

Houston–SMU men's basketball rivalry
	Houston Cougars SMU Mustangs
Sport	Basketball
First meeting	March 16, 1956; SMU 89 – Houston 74
Latest meeting	February 16, 2023; Houston 80 – SMU 65
Next meeting	TBD
Statistics
Meetings total	92
All-time series	Houston leads, 58–34
Largest victory	Houston, 95–55 (February 13, 1978)
Longest win streak	Houston, 9 (February 11, 2006–February 13, 2010)
Current win streak	Houston, 3 (February 27, 2022–present)

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Locations of Houston and SMU

The Houston–SMU men's basketball rivalry is a college rivalry between the University of Houston Cougars and Southern Methodist University Mustangs. When Houston joined the Southwest Conference in 1972, the two schools were conference mates until the conference dissolved in 1996. After a brief hiatus, SMU would join Conference USA in 2005 and the rivalry would continue when both schools moved to the American Athletic Conference in the midst of 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment. Later, with Houston's move to the Big 12 Conference as a result of 2021–22 NCAA conference realignment, the future of the rivalry was put in doubt.

Series history

Men's Basketball Comparison
	Houston	SMU
First Season	1945	1916
NCAA Final Fours	6	1
NCAA Tournament Appearances	24	12
Conference Championships	11	16
Conference tournament Championships	8	3
Consensus 1st Team All-Americans	5	1
Conference Player of the Year	6	11

Houston and SMU would meet three times in the NCAA Tournament before playing in a regular season game, first in 1972. Throughout their shared time in the Southwest Conference, the Cougars and Mustangs would meet seven times in the Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament, with SMU leading 4–3 in their meetings then. The teams have also been conference mates in Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference, meeting once each in the tournaments for each conference. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, Houston led the all-time series 58–34.

Notable games

March 16, 1956: In the teams' first ever meeting, they first played at Allen Fieldhouse in the 1956 NCAA Sweet Sixteen. All–American Jim Krebs would score 27 points to lead the No. 7 Mustangs to victory 89–74 and an eventual Final Four.^[1]

March 13, 1965: In the teams' second meeting, Houston and SMU met to play in the 1965 NCAA Regional third place Game. Behind the 27 points of Carroll Hooser, the Mustangs would again pull out a win against the Cougars, 89–87.^[2]

March 18, 1967: In the third meeting in the NCAA Tournament, a Final Four was on the line as the teams met in the 1967 NCAA Elite Eight. This time, fortune would favor the Cougars. Led by 31 points from Elvin Hayes, Houston would gain their first series win by a score of 83–75.^[3]

January 16, 1982: In the first year of Phi Slama Jama, SMU visited No. 10 Houston and upset the Cougars 67–66. Houston would go onto the 1982 Final Four, while SMU had a 6–21 record.

March 12, 1983: After beating the Mustangs twice in the regular season, Houston would meet SMU once again in the 1983 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament semifinals. Houston would maintain their streak against SMU, winning 75–59. Houston would win the Conference tournament and make an NCAA run before finally losing to North Carolina State in the 1983 NCAA Finals.

March 3, 1985: The days of Phi Slama Jama behind them, the tables turned in favor of SMU with the Mustangs beating No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 5 North Carolina during the 1984-85 season. The No. 13 Mustangs headed to Houston for the final regular season game, only to be handed a 79–76 upset loss.

February 1, 2016: No. 12 SMU seemed to be heading in the right direction under the leadership of coach Larry Brown, visiting the Cougars with a 19–1 record on the season and having beaten the Cougars already on the season. Coach Kelvin Sampson would earn his first win against SMU, when the Cougars pulled the upset to win 71–68. It was the Cougars' biggest victory since January 1996, when they defeated No. 3 Memphis.^[4]

Game results

Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.

Houston victories	SMU victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	March 16, 1956^A	Allen Fieldhouse	#7 SMU	89–74
2	March 13, 1965^B	Ahearn Field House	SMU	89–87
3	March 18, 1967^C	Allen Fieldhouse	#7 Houston	83–75
4	December 29, 1972	Hofheinz Pavilion	#13 Houston	115–102
5	January 26, 1976	Moody Coliseum	SMU	87–75
6	February 24, 1976	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	100–98
7	January 29, 1977	Moody Coliseum	Houston	103–102
8	February 10, 1977	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	115–83
9	January 23, 1978	Moody Coliseum	SMU	76–75
10	February 13, 1978	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	95–55
11	January 22, 1979	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	82–78
12	February 12, 1979	Moody Coliseum	Houston	101–94
13	February 24, 1979^D	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	74–67
14	January 12, 1980	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	96–81
15	February 2, 1980	Moody Coliseum	Houston	71–70
16	January 13, 1981	Moody Coliseum	SMU	72–70
17	February 3, 1981	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	96–81
18	January 16, 1982	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	67–66
19	February 6, 1982	Moody Coliseum	Houston	73–71
20	January 8, 1983	Hofheinz Pavilion	#19 Houston	105–71
21	February 9, 1983	Moody Coliseum	#6 Houston	85–68
22	March 12, 1983^E	Reunion Arena	#1 Houston	75–59
23	January 4, 1984	Moody Coliseum	#7 Houston	60–59
24	February 4, 1984	Hofheinz Pavilion	#6 Houston	76–57
25	January 30, 1985	Moody Coliseum	#4 SMU	85–78
26	March 3, 1985	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	79–76
27	March 8, 1985^F	Reunion Arena	#20 SMU	84–72
28	January 25, 1986	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	71–66
29	February 26, 1986	Moody Coliseum	SMU	78–71
30	January 21, 1987	Moody Coliseum	Houston	75–65
31	February 22, 1987	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	79–73
32	January 19, 1988	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	69–65
33	February 20, 1988	Moody Coliseum	SMU	87–84
34	March 12, 1988^G	Reunion Arena	SMU	98–76
35	January 21, 1989	Moody Coliseum	Houston	84–83
36	February 22, 1989	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	88–85
37	January 24, 1990	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	64–47
38	February 24, 1990	Moody Coliseum	Houston	71–63
39	January 26, 1991	Moody Coliseum	SMU	81–75
40	February 27, 1991	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	85–58
41	March 8, 1991^H	Reunion Arena	SMU	65–62
42	February 5, 1992	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	67–50
43	March 7, 1992	Moody Coliseum	Houston	69–62
44	March 13, 1992^I	Reunion Arena	Houston	73–62
45	January 23, 1993	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	85–75
46	January 30, 1993	Moody Coliseum	SMU	70–60
47	January 26, 1994	Moody Coliseum	SMU	70–64

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
48	February 24, 1994	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	89–80
49	January 28, 1995	Moody Coliseum	Houston	73–71
50	March 4, 1995	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	79–74
51	January 8, 1996	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	63–62
52	February 28, 1996	Moody Coliseum	Houston	62–59
53	March 7, 1996^J	Reunion Arena	SMU	62–57
54	November 27, 1999	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	94–80
55	December 17, 2000	Moody Coliseum	SMU	94–69
56	February 11, 2006	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	69–57
57	January 13, 2007	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	82–67
58	February 7, 2007	Moody Coliseum	Houston	64–49
59	January 16, 2008	Moody Coliseum	Houston	99–71
60	February 16, 2008	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	69–47
61	February 11, 2009	Moody Coliseum	Houston	69–56
62	March 7, 2009	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	89–77
63	March 11, 2009^K	FedExForum	Houston	85–76
64	February 13, 2010	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	66–60
65	February 27, 2010	Moody Coliseum	SMU	94–83
66	January 15, 2011	Moody Coliseum	Houston	70–68
67	February 16, 2011	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	65–51
68	January 18, 2012	Moody Coliseum	SMU	70–54
69	February 25, 2012	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	62–59
70	January 9, 2013	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	78–67
71	February 2, 2013	Moody Coliseum	Houston	84–80 ^OT
72	January 26, 2014	Hofheinz Pavilion	SMU	75–68
73	February 19, 2014	Moody Coliseum	SMU	68–64
74	March 13, 2014^L	FedExForum	Houston	68–64
75	January 24, 2015	Moody Coliseum	SMU	80–59
76	February 12, 2015	Hofheinz Pavilion	#25 SMU	75–69
77	January 19, 2016	Moody Coliseum	#8 SMU	77–73
78	February 1, 2016	Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	71–68
79	January 21, 2017	Moody Coliseum	SMU	85–64
80	February 18, 2017	Hofheinz Pavilion	#19 SMU	76–66
81	February 2, 2018	H&PE Arena	Houston	67–58
82	February 28, 2018	Moody Coliseum	#25 Houston	69–56
83	January 16, 2019	Moody Coliseum	#21 Houston	69–58
84	March 7, 2019	Fertitta Center	#12 Houston	90–79
85	January 15, 2020	Fertitta Center	Houston	71–62
86	February 15, 2020	Moody Coliseum	SMU	73–72 ^OT
87	January 3, 2021	Moody Coliseum	#5 Houston	74–60
88	January 31, 2021	Fertitta Center	#6 Houston	70–48
89	February 9, 2022	Moody Coliseum	SMU	85–83
90	February 27, 2022	Fertitta Center	#14 Houston	75–61
91	January 5, 2023	Fertitta Center	#2 Houston	87–53
92	February 16, 2023	Moody Coliseum	#2 Houston	80–65
Series: Houston leads 58–34

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Notes

Wins by location

City	Houston	SMU
University Park / Dallas, TX	22	22
Houston, TX	33	10
Lawrence, KS	1	1
Manhattan, KS	0	1
Memphis, TN	2	0

Wins by venue

Venue	Houston	SMU
Ahearn Field House	0	1
Allen Fieldhouse	1	1
FedExForum	2	0
Hofheinz Pavilion Fertitta Center	32	10
H&PE Arena	1	0
Moody Coliseum	20	18
Reunion Arena	2	4

References

↑ "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 16, 1956". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
↑ "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 13, 1965". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
↑ "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 18, 1967". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
↑ Bill Nichols. "Nichols: Raucous crowd wills Houston to overcome 11-point deficit, upset No. 12 SMU". Dallas News. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
↑ "Matchup Finder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

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[1] "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 16, 1956". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[2] "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 13, 1965". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[3] "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 18, 1967". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[4] Bill Nichols. "Nichols: Raucous crowd wills Houston to overcome 11-point deficit, upset No. 12 SMU". Dallas News. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[5] "Matchup Finder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

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Houston Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Fertitta Center (1969–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice SMU
Culture & lore	Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Venues	Various sites (1916–1927) Old Gym (1927–1942) Perkins Gymnasium (1942–1956) Moody Coliseum (1956–present)
Rivalries	Houston
Culture & lore	Peruna
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Big 12 Conference men's basketball rivalries
Conference	Cincinnati–West Virginia Kansas–Kansas State Oklahoma–Oklahoma State
Non-conference	BYU–Gonzaga BYU–Utah Cincinnati–Louisville Cincinnati–Memphis Cincinnati–Xavier Houston–Rice Houston–SMU Iowa Big Four Iowa–Iowa State Kansas–Missouri Marshall–West Virginia Pittsburgh–West Virginia South Florida–UCF Texas–Texas A&M