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Gene Phillips

  • Induction
    2011
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball (1968-71)
  • Basketball player at SMU between 1968 and 1971
  • Ranks second in program history with 1,932 career points
  • Phillips averaged 26.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game during his three-season career on the Hilltop
  • The three-time SWC Player of the Year was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1971 NBA Draft and played two seasons with the ABA's Dallas Chaparrals
  • Inducted into Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2013
  • HOF SMU class of 2011


Gene Phillips' delivers his acceptance speech (55:15)

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