{"id":178842,"date":"2025-08-27T04:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/178842\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T04:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:43:10","slug":"smu-texas-am-set-to-face-off-in-arlington-in-nonconference-mens-basketball-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/178842\/","title":{"rendered":"SMU, Texas A&M set to face off in Arlington in nonconference men\u2019s basketball bout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arlington will host a big-time nonconference matchup between two Texas men\u2019s basketball programs in December.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, SMU men\u2019s basketball<\/a> announced that it would face Texas A&M on Dec. 7 at UT-Arlington\u2019s College Park Center. With that matchup confirmed, SMU will face four SEC teams as part of its nonconference slate.<\/p>\n

SMU is also scheduled to face Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and LSU in the early portion of its 2025-26 schedule. The Mustangs will officially play 13 nonconference games this season after starting the campaign with an exhibition matchup against Oklahoma State on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n

The SMU-A&M bout is officially being called the Hoop Hype XL College Basketball Showcase.<\/a> This isn\u2019t the first time the Mustangs and Aggies have faced off. SMU has a slight edge in the all-time series, leading A&M 53-52.<\/p>\n

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SMU and A&M last faced off in 2023, with the Aggies securing a 79-66 victory at Moody Coliseum.<\/a> Here\u2019s a look at SMU\u2019s full nonconference schedule for 2025-26:<\/p>\nDateOpponentLocation<\/tr>\n\nOct. 25<\/td>\nOklahoma State (exhibition game)<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 3<\/td>\nTarleton State<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 6<\/td>\nTexas A&M Corpus Christi<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 11<\/td>\nMurray State<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 15<\/td>\nButler<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 18<\/td>\nUAPB<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 21<\/td>\nArkansas State<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 24<\/td>\nRadford<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov. 28<\/td>\nat Mississippi State<\/td>\nStarkville, Mississippi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDec. 3<\/td>\nat Vanderbilt<\/td>\nNashville, Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDec. 7<\/td>\nTexas A&M<\/td>\nArlington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDec. 13<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\nNew Orleans, Louisiana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDec. 21<\/td>\nCentral Arkansas<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDec. 28<\/td>\nCal State Fullerton<\/td>\nMoody Coliseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Find more college sports coverage from <\/b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arlington will host a big-time nonconference matchup between two Texas men\u2019s basketball programs in December. On Tuesday, SMU…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":178843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,10768,10857,1317,1337,1338,14971,62,13877,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-178842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brief","10":"tag-colleges","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaabasketball","14":"tag-smu-mustangs","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-texas-am-aggies","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115098905427578537","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}