2017-18 SMU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • PAGE PB 2017-18 SMU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • PAGE 79 WELCOME TO SMU SMU FACTS A nationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting schools (in the humanities and sciences; business; the performing, visual, and communication arts; engineering; education and human development; law; and theology), SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research located in the heart of . SMU’s 11,000 students benefit from small classes, leadership opportunities, international study and innovative programs. G Students come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and approximately 90 foreign countries, and represent diverse economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. G SMU itself is a gateway to the global community, offering access to nearly 150 education abroad programs in 50 countries as well as a unique campus in Northern New Mexico on the site of a historic fort and 13th-century Indian pueblo. G SMU's Cox School of Business and Meadows School of the Arts are listed in Parade Magazine's 2010 College A-List. G The University's 10 libraries house the largest private collection of research materials in the Southwest. nationally ranked private university with G The internationally acclaimed houses one of the finest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. seven degree-granting schools, SMU G As part of SMU's focus on leadership, the Tate Distinguished Lecture Series is a distinguished center for teaching and Hart Global Leaders Forum bring national and world leaders to campus A for lectures and interaction with students. and research located near the heart of G SMU is one of the few universities to have a voting student member of its Board of Trustees. Nearly 200 campus organizations provide other opportunities for Dallas. SMU’s 11,000 students benefit from involvement. small classes, leadership opportunities, G Founded in 1911 by what is now The United Methodist Church, SMU opened in 1915 with support from Dallas leaders. The University is nonsectarian in its international study and innovative programs. teaching and committed to freedom of inquiry. SMU is celebrating the centennial of its founding in 1911 and its opening in 1915. As SMU enters a second century of achievement, it is recognized as a university of increasing national prominence. PROMINENT ALUMNI SMU prepares students for leadership in their professions and in their communities. G First Lady Laura Bush The University’s location near the heart of Dallas – a thriving center of commerce and G Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio O. Garza Jr. culture – offers students enriching experiences on campus and beyond. Relationships G U.S. House of Representatives members John Culberson, Ralph Hall, Sam in the Dallas area provide a platform for launching careers throughout the world. Johnson, Eddie Bernice Johnson and Lamar Smith The University offers a strong foundation in the humanities and sciences and G Karen Hughes, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs through seven schools. Public Affairs The learning environment includes opportunities for research, community service, G Harriet Miers, former Counsel to the President internships, mentoring and study abroad. G Nobel Prize-winning physicist James Cronin SMU was founded by what is now The United Methodist Church, in partnership with G Computer memory pioneer Robert Dennard civic leaders, and was shaped by the entrepreneurial spirit of the region. The University G Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to academic freedom and open inquiry. G Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley G Emmy Award-winning actor Powers Boothe G Filmmaker-artist-author William Joyce G The late television producer Aaron Spelling G Tony Award winning actor Scott Waara G Robert H. Dedman Jr., chair, ClubCorp International G David Dillon, chairman and CEO of the Kroger supermarket chain G James R. Gibbs, chair, president and CEO, Frontier Oil Corporation G Ray L. Hunt, chair and CEO, Hunt Oil Company G Kenneth R. Morris, co-founder, PeopleSoft G Melissa Reiff, president, Container Store G Angela Braly, president and CEO, WellPoint, Inc. G Helmut R. Sohmen, chair, World-Wide Shipping Group, Hong Kong G Olympic gold medal swimmers Lars Frolander, Steve Lundquist, and Ryan Berube; and gold medal track and field athlete Kevin Robinzine G The late , founder of the G The late Doak Walker, recipient of football’s Heisman Trophy G The late Payne Stewart, championship golfer G Pro Football Hall of Fame members Raymond Berry, Eric Dickerson, Forrest Gregg, Lamar Hunt and Doak Walker G Jerry LeVias, National College Football Hall of Fame and NFL Rookie of the Year

2017-18 SMU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • PAGE 80 SMU & DALLAS t SMU you can impact the world every day. Our intellectually rigorous campus Aoffers an inventory of the possible by drawing on the resources of its location in Dallas, a larger-than-life, culturally rich city. As a magnet of opportunity, Dallas is among the leading centers in the nation for business, innovation, culture and service. BUSINESS Business runs deep in Dallas’ DNA, from its founding in 1841 as a center of commerce in the region to its present stature as a global hub for finance, banking, technology, ENTREPRENEURSHIP health care and other industries. Dallas is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and innovative approaches to the business of living. This is the city of Southwest Airlines, which invented a whole new style of SMU and Dallas offer world-class preparation for a successful career. The Princeton travel. This is where TI engineers developed the idea of an integrated circuit that would Review ranks SMU No. 8 for best career services. Dallas’ position as an international become the microchip and change the way humans live, work and play. business and cultural center has enhanced SMU’s ability to attract and retain top faculty and students, making SMU a nationally prominent university with a global reach. Our The can-do spirit of Dallas helps fuel SMU’s intellectual environment to drive cutting- students have the skills and the preparation to pursue their passion and change the edge research, with far-reaching benefits for our world. It’s one reason why SMU is world from any corner of the globe. one of the fewer than 100 universities classified as “high research activity” institutions by the Carnegie Foundation. Dallas has nearly 20 Fortune 500 companies. SMU students in every discipline have access to networks of professional connections in Dallas’ business-friendly environment through 4,400 internships in the region as well as work-study opportunities. Most of our COMMUNITY students graduate with professional experience from internships or co-ops. Many among SMU community service ranges from student volunteerism and programs advancing the 44,000 SMU graduates who live and work in the D-FW area are entrepreneurs, K-12 education to pro bono legal services and partnerships with area churches and executives and civic leaders who mentor SMU students. arts organizations. Each year, more than 2,500 students contribute 200,000-plus hours of community service.

ARTS As an SMU student, you learn in a close-knit community with small classes while being Dallas, the nation’s fifth-largest media market, is home to the largest urban arts district surrounded by the excitement that comes with a city on the move. Tap into the energy in the United States. The Dallas Arts District comprises the city’s leading visual and of the Dallas-Fort Worth region, the nation’s fourth-largest metropolitan area and home performing arts institutions; world-class museums; and a luminous cluster of performing to about 6.5 million people. Dallas is on track to become the third- largest metropolitan arts spaces, including the Winspear Opera House – called America’s finest opera house area, increasing the wealth of opportunities for a successful career after college. by Opera magazine.

World-class resources in Dallas abound, like SMU’s Meadows Museum. This esteemed cultural landmark is the repository of one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside Spain.

Each year SMU presents 400-plus music, dance, opera and theatre performances, critically acclaimed by Dallas media as among the region’s best and giving students a unique cache of artistic experience.

Is it possible to quantify the “cool” factor? Forbes can, and it puts Dallas at No. 4 in its list of America’s Coolest Cities. Dallas beats a slew of East Coast and West Coast favorites, including Boston, San Diego, Seattle and San Francisco.

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PRESIDENT FACULTY ATHLETIC REPRESENTATIVE

As president of SMU since 1995, R. Gerald Turner is leading an era of unprecedented Paul Rogers, the Marilyn Jeanne Johnson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, professor of progress, including a major gifts campaign that raised $1.15 billion, surpassing its goal law, and the former dean of the SMU School of Law, is the University’s faculty athletic three months ahead of schedule. SMU is now among 34 private universities to conduct a representative and helps represent the University with the American Athletic Conference campaign to raise $1 billion or more in resources, and its donors have made substantial and the NCAA. Rogers currently serves on the NCAA’s Football Oversight Committee, investments in new student scholarships, endowed faculty positions, academic programs its Football Competition Committee and its Football Postseason Subcommittee. He and initiatives and capital projects. To continue building an ever-greater university and is also a member of the National Football Foundation’s Awards Committee. He is a create a foundation for even more ambitious efforts in the decades to come, in June former president of the Southwest Conference and also previously served on the NCAA 2017 SMU launched Pony Power: Strengthening the Stampede, a three-year drive Division I Amateurism Cabinet, the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet and the to increase annual giving for current use and enhance every part of the University. Executive Committee of the Division I-A Faculty Athletics Representative Association. SMU’s progress in the last 20 years includes a near tripling of student applications, more In 1988 Rogers was the principal drafter of the Manual of Governance for SMU Athletics than a 165-point increase in average SAT scores, an increase in minority enrollment and became the first chair of the SMU Athletics Council, which provides oversight of to 27 percent and a more than tripling of the University endowment. SMU consistently the SMU athletics and recommends academic and administrative policies governing ranks in the top one-fourth of the best national universities as listed in U.S. News & student-athletes. He continues as a member of the council. World Report. Working with the SMU Board of Trustees, President Turner led efforts to attract the George W. Bush Presidential Center, which opened on the SMU campus Rogers served as dean of the School of Law from 1988-97. Earlier he served as associ- in May 2013. ate dean for academic affairs from 1982-86. He has co-authored a leading casebook on antitrust law, now in its fourth edition, and has written numerous articles on antitrust, Beyond the campus, President Turner has served on the boards of the American Council regulated industries, contracts, commercial law, sports law and legal history. Prior to on Education and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and joining the SMU law faculty in 1980, he served on the law faculty at Loyola University of he co-chaired the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. In , he serves Chicago. He previously practiced law in Pennsylvania. Rogers has two degrees (B.A., on the boards of the Methodist Hospital Foundation, the Salvation Army of Dallas and J.D.) from The University of Texas at Austin and an LL.M. from Columbia University. two publicly traded companies. An avid baseball historian, he has published five books and many articles dealing with the history of baseball. Before joining SMU, President Turner was the chancellor of the University of Mississippi and served in administrative and teaching positions at the University of Oklahoma and He serves on the board of the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation in Ft. Worth and is former Pepperdine University. A native of New Boston, Texas, he earned a B.S. in psychology president of the board of directors of Dispute Mediation Services and a former trustee from Abilene Christian University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the of the Dallas Bar Foundation. Rogers is a fellow of the Dallas Bar, Texas Bar and the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife, Gail, have two married daughters and American Bar Foundations. An elected member of the American Law Institute, he also five grandchildren. served as chair of the Ethics Oversight Committee for Dallas 2012 and is president of the Ernie Banks-Bobby Bragan Chapter (Dallas-Fort Worth) of the Society of American Baseball Research. In 2006 Rogers was named an Honorary Letterman by the SMU Lettermen’s Association. He received the Tom Tunks Distinguished University Service Award in 2016 and the “M” Award in 2017. Rogers has three daughters, four grandsons and a granddaughter.

2017-18 SMU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • PAGE 82 Hart has served on the NACDA Executive Committee, the NCAA Division I Championship/Sports Management Cabinet, the FCS Athletics Directors Association RICK HART Executive Committee and as a faculty member for the D1-A Athletics Directors' Institute. Hart is an active speaker, and has made presentations at the Career in Sports Seminar, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS the NACDA Leadership Institute, the Texas High School Athletic Directors’ Association AD_RICKHART and the Dallas Women’s Club, to name a few. Hart came to SMU after six years as Director of Athletics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Hart served seven years at the University of Oklahoma in various athletics administrative capacities, ending as the Senior Associate Athletics Director Rick Hart was named SMU's Director of Athletics on July 16, 2012. in 2006. Hart has also worked in athletics for the University of North Carolina and East During Hart’s five years on the Hilltop, SMU student-athletes have excelled in the Carolina University and has served with the U.S. Olympic Committee. classroom, as 269 of SMU’s 413 student-athletes currently hold cumulative GPAs of A graduate of UNC, Hart earned a bachelor's degree in physical education, health and 3.0 or higher – over 65% of the student-athlete population. sport science. Hart and his wife, Allison, also a graduate of North Carolina, are proud SMU has also excelled athletically, winning 17 conference team championships and parents of Trevor and Caroline (Carly). consistently finishing among the leaders in the American Athletic Conference, with A third-generation athletics administrator, Hart's father, Dave, served as Director of eight sports finishing in the top two of their respective conference in 2016-17. Eleven Athletics at the University of Tennessee, Florida State and East Carolina, and his late of SMU’s 17 teams were then represented in post-season competition. SMU student- grandfather, Dave Sr., served in a variety of roles within collegiate athletics including athletes won 20 individual conference championships and earned 81 All-Conference stints as a Coach, Athletics Director and Conference Commissioner. honors last season alone. SMU has also connected with the community, with Mustang student-athletes logging over 2,000 community service hours in the 2016-2017 academic year, exceeding the equivalent of an entire year's worth of work. The community has responded to SMU as well, increasing attendance at events and donations to the department. In 2016, SMU averaged 23,712 over six home football games, which is the most since Ford Stadium opened in 2000. Men’s basketball surpassed 100,000 in attendance for the fourth straight season in 2016-17, while women’s basketball saw a 109% increase KURT POTTKOTTER in average attendance. Due to the generosity of alumni and friends, the Mustang Club annual fund raised DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS $5.2M during the 2016-17 campaign, the third-largest fundraising year in the history KURTPOTTKOTTER of the Mustang Club, with all five of the successful years coming during Hart’s tenure. The increased revenues have been reinvested in the student-athlete experience. SMU now provides full cost of attendance for student-athletes and greater access to meals and snacks following NCAA legislation changes, and has added staff related to student- Kurt Pottkotter joined the SMU Athletics staff as Senior Associate A.D. for Development athlete development, in September 2013 and transitioned to Deputy A.D. in January 2017. including a nutritionist and additional strength Pottkotter now serves as sport liaison for football while assisting with the day-to-day and conditioning coaches. operations of the department. He is also responsible for capital projects and developing and managing the major gifts and annual giving fundraising and program strategies During Hart’s time, and activities for donors and prospective donors who have an affinity for athletics SMU has renovated initiatives. He also serves as Sport Administrator for the SMU's men's and women's and expanded Moody tennis programs. Coliseum and opened the new Miller Event Pottkotter led SMU Athletics fundraising efforts to the conclusion of the University’s Center and SMU Tennis $1.15 Billion Second Century Campaign. Before joining SMU Athletics, he successfully Complex. Construction led SMU's National Major Giving program, building momentum and increasing major of the Robson-Lindley gift commitments from key regional markets. In addition to his major gift experience Aquatics Center and at SMU and with the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State, Pottkotter has served Barr-McMillion Natatorium SMU as Assistant Director of Development for the Cox School and Assistant Director of will be completed in the Annual Giving. He earned a Master's degree in sports administration at Ohio University fall of 2017, with the and supported Athletics giving efforts at Boston College early in his career. grand opening slated for Homecoming weekend. Pottkotter and his wife, Amy, are the proud parents of Joshua, Audrey and Katherine. The SMU Golf facility at Trinity Forest is nearing completion and both the men’s and women’s teams will host tournaments there in the upcoming year. SMU has also announced a facility master plan that will address future needs and includes an indoor performance center and soccer stadium.

Hart also developed and installed the Strategic Plan for SMU Athletics titled, "The SMU Advantage." The SMU Advantage consists of a departmental vision, mission, values and goals and operates on a principle of S.P.I.R.I.T. (Service, Passion, Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Teamwork), with a focus on the student-athlete and aligning the Athletics Department with the educational mission of the University.

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RICK HART KURT POTTKOTTER Director of Athletics Deputy Director of Athletics

KYLE CONDER BRAD SUTTON Senior Associate A.D./Compliance Senior Associate A.D./External Affairs

KRIS HARRIS SUSAN VOLLMERHAUSEN Associate A.D./Event Management & Facilities Operations Assistant A.D./Student Services

MONIQUE HOLLAND Executive Senior Associate A.D./Administration & SWA

SMU HEAD COACHES

CATHY CASEY TRAVIS MAYS Cross Country // Track & Field Women's Basketball

STEVE COLLINS CHAD MORRIS Women's Swimming Football

KIM CUPINI CARL NEUFELD Rowing Men's Tennis

JASON ENLOE CHRIS PETRUCELLI Men's Golf Women's Soccer

CAROL GWIN LISA SEIFERT Equestrian Volleyball

KATI GYULAI DARIAN SCHMIDT Women's Tennis Diving

KEVIN HUDSON EDDIE SINNOTT Men's Soccer Men's Swimming

TIM JANKOVICH JEANNE SUTHERLAND Men's Basketball Women's Golf

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The American Athletic Conference consists of 13 prestigious drafts in football, basketball, baseball and soccer. The American institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of has had two first-round picks in football in each of three of the last Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, four seasons, while the conference produced four first-round picks, the University of , the University of Memphis, the U.S. Naval including the top three selections, in the 2016 WNBA Draft. Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University, the The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships University of Tulsa, and Wichita State University (as of July 1, 2017). with ESPN and CBS Sports which provide the conference with outstanding national exposure on the two industry leaders in sports Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or both in the competitive arena and the classroom. The American has national cable platforms. The first two American Athletic Conference taken its place at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics, with a Football Championships were televised by ABC as part of collection of national team and individual championships and football Championship Saturday. and men’s and women’s basketball postseason victories that place The American among the elite Division I FBS conferences. In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference- controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted The league has produced four NCAA championship teams – UConn for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014, The entire postseason tournament is televised, including the 2015 and 2016 – in addition to two New Year’s Six bowl champions, American Athletic Conference student-athletes have distinguished championship game, which is on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of five NCAA individual championships, and one Rhodes Scholar. themselves in all facets of intercollegiate athletics. Temple linebacker the American’s women’s basketball games are carried on national Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to Tyler Matakevich won the Bednarik Award and the Nagurski Trophy cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3, while the conference has the College World Series, reached the semifinal and final rounds of as the nation’s top defensive player in 2015, while Navy quarterback a multi-year agreement with CBS Sports Network for coverage of the NIT, qualified for the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Keenan Reynolds finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. UConn select baseball games. Championship and registered top-10 finishes at the NCAA Cross basketball standout Breanna Stewart finished her career as the most Country and Outdoor Track and Field championships. decorated player in college basketball history as she was chosen American Athletic Conference teams have access to the pinnacle of as the consensus national player of the year for the third time and college football’s postseason structure. An American representative The American Athletic Conference was one of six finalists for the became the first player be named four times as the Most Outstanding would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is 2016 Sports Business Journal Sports League of the Year award, Player at the Final Four. Reynolds and Stewart were selected as the among the top four teams in the CFP selection committee’s final along with Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, winners of the 2016 AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s ranking. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in a New the National Basketball Association and the PGA Tour. top amateur athletes, marking only the second time in the 86-year Year’s Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference history of the award that multiple winners were chosen. USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference In football, Temple and Navy were ranked in the final College Football and the Sun Belt Conference. Playoff poll of the 2016 season, marking the second straight season Additionally, SMU’s Avery Acker was chosen as the Division I that The American finished with at least two ranked teams. Seven women’s volleyball Academic All-America of the Year in 2015, while Additionally, The American holds primary or secondary partnerships teams from The American played in bowl games, while three teams Navy offensive guard E.K. Binns and East Carolina wide receiver with 12 bowls for the current six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual (USF, Temple, Tulsa) finished with at least 10 wins. Zay Jones have both been named as finalists for the 2016 Campbell matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing Trophy, which is presented by the National Football Foundation to the desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and The American has had a combined 15 teams play in bowl games in top scholar-athlete in college football. Tulsa cross country standout their fans. the last two seasons, highlighted by Houston’s win against Florida Kirk Smith was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar in the fall of 2016, while State in the 2015-16 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Houston’s finish at two student-athletes from The American earned NCAA Postgraduate The American Athletic Conference serves its membership from a No. 8 nationally in 2015 gave The American a top-10 team in the Scholarships in the conference’s first three years. state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of final national polls for the second time in three seasons after UCF the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak finished No. 10 in the 2013 rankings after the Knights’ Fiesta Bowl American Athletic Conference alumni have made their mark in station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – win against Baylor. Additionally, Memphis, Navy, USF and Temple professional sports as well. UCF quarterback Blake Bortles was gives the conference easy access to its member schools. The have all finished in the top 25 of either the CFP, Associated Press or selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 conference headquarters also serves as the home of the American USA Today polls as members of The American. NFL Draft. More recently, a number of American Athletic Conference Digital Network, which provides live coverage of all 21 conference athletes have been selected in the first round of the professional entry championships. Individual teams in The American have enjoyed unprecedented success since the conference’s formation. Houston went 13-1 in the 2015 football season, setting a school record for wins, while Navy THE MEMBERSHIP won a program-record 11 games in its first season in the conference, also in 2015. The 2014 season saw Memphis finish with 10 wins in football for the first time since 1938, while Temple enjoyed its first 10-win season in 2015.

Beyond the gridiron, The American sent four teams to the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, and the league had the best men’s basketball postseason record of any conference in 2014. Since the UCF CINCINNATI CONNECTICUT EAST CAROLINA HOUSTON conference’s formation in 2013-14, teams from The American have registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer, men’s golf, and men’s track and field. Student-athletes from The American won three NCAA individual titles in track and field in 2016-17 as Cincinnati’s Annette Echikunwoke won the indoor weight throw, Tulsa’s Marc Scott won the outdoor 10,000-meter title, and Houston won the crown in the outdoor 4x100-meter relay. MEMPHIS NAVY USF SMU Under The American’s banner, SMU advanced to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the first time since 1993. The UConn women’s basketball team won its NCAA-record ninth, 10th and 11th national championships and broke its own NCAA record with a 111- game winning streak that spanned three seasons. UCF, East Carolina and Houston have all achieved top-10 rankings in baseball in the past three years. Tulsa placed sixth at the 2016 NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championship, while USF finished the 2014-15 season at No. 8 in the final men’s golf national ranking. TEMPLE TULANE TULSA WICHITA STATE

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THE HOME OF SMU BASKETBALL HISTORY In December of 2013, a renovation of Moody Coliseum was completed to the arena When Moody Coliseum opened in 1956, it was one of the largest structures of its kind. that has been the home of SMU basketball since December of 1956. On Jan. 4, 2014, It has been home to exciting athletic events, academic ceremonies, concerts and SMU men's and women's basketball debuted the state-of-the-art facility to a nationally- performances - an SMU asset shared with the Dallas community. televised audience as the men hosted Connecticut and the women hosted South Florida. SMU men's basketball moved into Moody in time for the 1956-57 season, filling the The renovation and expansion of Moody Coliseum provided many new and improved arena with fans after the team's first and only NCAA Final Four appearance at the features, including the Richard & Nancy Rogers Lobby at the main west entrance, 1956 tournament. expanded concourses with raised ceilings, club seats, loge boxes, private suites, group suites, new event space, offices, team locker rooms and meeting space. In the decade that followed Moody's opening, SMU, led by legendary coach E.O. "Doc" Hayes, won six Southwest Conference championships and made six NCAA Tournament "Moody Magic" has become a popular term regarding SMU's play at the Coliseum. From appearances. In the 1984-85 season, SMU again rose to national prominence, staying 1956 through 2013, SMU men's basketball was 510-261 (.661) in Moody Coliseum as in the Associated Press Top Ten for most of the season and earning a spot in the NCAA the Mustangs captured nine conference titles. tournament.

From 1976 through 2013, women's basketball was 332-197 (.628) with five combined Women's basketball came to Moody Coliseum in 1976. The Lady Mustangs won the conference regular season and tournament titles. Western Athletic Conference title there in 1999 and the Conference USA title in 2008. Women's basketball clinched the C-USA championship again on March 3, 2012, in the final event in Moody Coliseum before renovation began. Women's volleyball began in Moody in 1996. In 2010, Mustang volleyball set a school record with 25 wins, including an 11-2 mark at home in Moody Coliseum. Legend has it that "Moody Magic" contributes to consistent wins at home for Mustang teams.

Each May and December the coliseum is transformed to host SMU Commencement as well as graduation ceremonies for thousands of area high school students. SMU Commencement speakers have included former First Lady and SMU graduate Laura Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, journalists Jim Lehrer and Bill Moyers and Oscar-winning actress and SMU graduate Kathy Bates. Four U.S. presidents have spoken at Moody Coliseum: Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. Poet T.S. Eliot also spoke to audiences there. Other events such as installation of United Methodist Church bishops and Highland Park United Methodist Church Easter services have taken place at Moody.

2017-18 SMU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • PAGE 86 Moody Coliseum also has been the venue for entertainers such as the Kingston Trio, houses at Moody and national television audiences. The tournament was moved to the Rolling Stones, John Denver, Three Dog Night, the Grateful Dead, Queen, U2 Reunion Arena in 1980, but Moody continued to host exhibitions between stars such and Pearl Jam. as Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras into the 1990s. The Virginia Slims of Dallas Tennis Championships and the Rolex Intercollegiate Indoor Tennis Tournament also were held Dallas' first professional basketball team, the Chaparrals, played most of its home games at Moody Coliseum. at Moody from 1967-73 before the team moved to San Antonio and was renamed the Spurs. From 1971 to 1979, Moody hosted one of the biggest tennis championships of the Younger athletes also have polished their skills there. Cheerleading, basketball and year, the World Championship Tennis Finals, a season-ending eight-player tournament volleyball camps, Boy Scout conferences and fundraising dance marathons have taken to decide the champion of the men's professional tennis circuit. All-time greats such place at Moody Coliseum through the years. as Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Rod Laver dueled before packed

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The SMU Crum Basketball Center is a dedicated, state-of-the-art space where the SMU ABOUT THE CENTER men's and women's basketball programs practice and train. The SMU Crum Basketball G $13-million, 43,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art practice facility Center includes separate full-size practice courts for each program, locker rooms and G Home for men's and women's intercollegiate basketball programs lounges, training and rehabilitation areas, coaches' offices, meeting areas and film G Separate full-size practice court for each program with multiple goals editing rooms. The facility opened on Feb. 21, 2008. G Players' locker rooms and lounges, a fully-equipped training and rehabilitation room with in-ground hydrotherapy pools, a state-of-the-art strength and conditioning room, an on-site laundry facility, coaches' offices and conference facilities for both programs, coaches' locker rooms and film editing rooms G Direct connection to Moody Coliseum event level via tunnel ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW CENTER G State-of-the-art space for basketball programs to practice and train G Maximum availability for student-athletes and coaches G No schedule conflicts with summer camps G Practice scheduling flexibility greatly reduces class scheduling conflicts G New Moody Coliseum playing surface G Strengthens competitive recruiting against conference and regional peers with basketball practice facilities

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