Feb. 8, 2008

DALLAS (SMU) --- The SMU men's basketball home game on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. will be on KTXA 21. The home game against UAB will now be show instead of the game at Houston on Feb. 16. This will allow fans that can't get to Moody Coliseum to watch the game in which SMU great Jon Koncak's will be honored during a halftime ceremony and have his jersey raised to the rafters of Moody Coliseum.

REMAINING SMU TV SCHEDULE Feb. 9 vs. Rice 7 p.m. (KTXA21) Feb. 23 vs. UAB 7 p.m. (KTXA21) Mar. 1 vs. UTEP 7 p.m. (KTXA 21) Mar. 5 vs. No. 1 Memphis 7 p.m. (CSTV)

JON KONCAK Koncak wore number 53 from 1981-85 and is one of two consensus All-Americans from SMU men's basketball, earning the honor during the 1984-85 season. He led the Mustangs to two NCAA Tournaments in 1984 and 1985, advancing to the second round each year. Koncak led the team in scoring his final three years while compiling a 67-29 record in that span. The Mustangs spent the entire 1984-85 season in the Associated Press top-25, reaching as high as No. 2 at the end of January. He was a member of the gold-medal winning 1984 U.S. Olympic team. Koncak was a first-round selection of the Atlanta Hawks in the 1985 NBA draft and went on to a 12-year NBA career, spending the first 10 seasons with the Hawks. Koncak holds SMU career rankings of first in rebounds (1169), first in blocks (278), third in scoring (1784 points), and second in field-goal percentage (.559).

Koncak is the second player to be so honored by SMU men's basketball, joining Jim Krebs. Krebs wore number 32 from 1954-57 and was an All-American in 1956-57. Krebs helped lead the Mustangs to three straight Southwest Conference titles and the 1956 NCAA Final Four.