SMU announces 2024-25 non-conference schedule
DALLAS (SMU) – The non-conference schedule for the 2024-25 SMU Men’s Basketball Team is set, Head Coach Andy Enfield announced Thursday. The Mustangs’ inaugural season in the ACC will see SMU play an 11-game non-conference schedule that includes seven teams that made the postseason in 2023-24.
Head coach Andy Enfield took the helm of the SMU program following 11 seasons at USC, where he led the Trojans to five of the last eight NCAA Tournaments, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2021.
A home matchup with Mississippi State, a neutral-site game in DFW versus LSU, a road game at Butler highlight and two games in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational highlight the non-conference slate.
The Mustangs visit Butler on Nov. 15, starting a home-and-home that includes a game at Moody Coliseum in 2025-26. Mississippi State visits Moody Coliseum a week later on Nov. 22, which is also the start of a home-and-home where SMU visits Starkville in 2025-26. The Acrisure Holiday Invitational is Nov. 26-27 in Palm Springs, California, with Washington State, Fresno State and Cal Baptist. SMU faces LSU at a neutral site in DFW on Dec. 14, beginning a two-game neutral-site series that includes a game in New Orleans in 2025-26.
Mississippi State, Washington State and Longwood made NCAA tournament appearances last season while Butler and LSU were in the NIT. Tarleton State and Alabama A&M also earned CIT bids while UNC Greensboro was a 21-win team last season.
SMU’s inaugural season in the ACC includes home games with Cal, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Pitt, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia and Wake Forest.
The Mustangs’ road-only ACC opponents this season are Boston College, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, N.C. State, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech. The men’s basketball program will also travel to Stanford, Cal and Virginia.
Day Date Opponent Location
Mon. Nov. 4 Tarleton State Moody Coliseum
Thu. Nov. 7 Florida A&M Moody Coliseum
Mon. Nov. 11 UNC Greensboro Moody Coliseum
Fri. Nov. 15 at Butler Indianapolis, Ind.
Mon. Nov. 18 Prairie View A&M Moody Coliseum
Fri. Nov. 22 Mississippi State Moody Coliseum
Tue. Nov. 26 vs. Cal Baptist Palm Springs, Calif.
Wed. Nov. 27 vs. Washington St. / Fresno St. Palm Springs, Calif.
Tue. Dec. 3 Alabama State Moody Coliseum
Sat. Dec. 14 vs. LSU Dickie’s Arena
Sat. Dec. 28 Longwood Moody Coliseum
SMU press release.
