Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship – Quarterfinal
No. 2 SMU (22-7, 13-4 American) vs No. 7 Wichita State (15-12, 6-9 American) / No. 10 Tulsa (10-19, 4-14 American)
Dickies Arena – Fort Worth, Texas
March 11, 2022 – 6 p.m. CT
TV: ESPNU
Radio: KAAM 770 AM | Audio Streaming: SMU App (Google Play | Apple App Store)
Gameday Central | SMU AAC Championship Program



IRVING, Texas (SMU/American Athletic Conference) – Kendric Davis was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Marcus Weathers was selected All-AAC Second Team, the league announced on Wednesday. Davis was the only unanimous All-AAC First-Team honoree.

Davis is averaging 19.5 points (1st AAC), 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 steals (15th AAC), 4.6 assists (3rd AAC) with a 1.7 assist/turnover ratio (9th AAC) and hitting 45.2% on FGs (3rd AAC), 85.9% on FTs (3rd AAC) and 37.3% 3FGs with 2.4 3FGs per game (7th AAC).
 
Davis has been on the 2021-22 Naismith Trophy Midseason Team, Wooden Award Watch List, Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List and Lute Olson National Player of the Year Watch List. He was named the AAC Player of the Week three times this season and made the AAC Weekly Honor Roll seven other times. This is his third straight All-AAC season. He also made the All-AAC First Team in 2020-21 and third team in 2019-20.

Weathers has an AAC-best seven double-doubles this season. He is averaging 12.5 points (16th AAC), 7.5 rebounds (2nd AAC) and 0.7 blocks while hitting 51.2% from the field, 71.6% on free throws (13th AAC) and is 21-of-55 on threes (38.2%). He was named AAC Player of the Week twice this season. He is also all-conference for the third straight season after earning All-A-10 honors at Duquesne in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

SMU has the most AAC Player of the Year awards (4) and All-AAC selections (19) in the league. Davis joins Nic Moore (2014-15, 2015-16) and Semi Ojeleye (2016-17) as Mustangs to win AAC Player of the Year. Weathers is the 13^th Mustang to earn All-AAC honors. Davis' Player of the Year selection is the 13^th in program history. He is also the 20^th Mustang with multiple first-team all-conference honors.

The Mustangs are 22-7 overall, have won 19 of their last 23 overall and finished the regular season with a perfect 16-0 mark at Moody Coliseum. SMU went 13-4 in American Athletic Conference play to finish in second. The No. 2 seed Mustangs will play No. 7 seed Wichita State or No. 10 seed Tulsa in the Air Force Reserve AAC Championship quarterfinal round on Friday at 6 p.m. at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. For tickets and other game information, visit SMUMustangs.com/gameday.



SMU American Athletic Conference Players of the Year
2014-15 Nic Moore
2015-16 Nic Moore
2016-17 Semi Ojeleye
2021-22 Kendric Davis

American Athletic Conference Players of the Year
4 - SMU
2 - Cincinnati
1 - Connecticut, Houston, Memphis, Wichita State



All-Time All-American Athletic Conference Honors
19 - SMU
17 - Houston
14 - Cincinnati
12 – Memphis

Mustangs Selected All-American Athletic Conference
Sterling Brown (2016-17 Second Team)
Kendric Davis (2019-20 Third Team, 2020-21 First Team, 2021-22 First Team)
Feron Hunt (2020-21 Third Team)
Tyson Jolly (2019-20 Third Team)
Markus Kennedy (2013-14 Second Team, 2014-15 Second Team)
Jahmal McMurray (2018-19 Second Team)
Isiaha Mike (2019-20 Third Team)
Shake Milton (2016-17 Second Team, 2017-18 Second Team)
Ben Moore (2016-17 Second Team)
Nic Moore (2013-14 First Team, 2014-15 First Team, 2015-16 First Team)
Yanick Moreira (2014-15 Second Team)
Semi Ojeleye (2016-17 First Team)
Marcus Weathers (2021-22 Second Team)



SMU Conference Players Of The Year
Rick Herrscher: 1957-58
Denny Holman: 1966-67
Gene Phillips: 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71
Ira Terrell: 1975-76
Mike Wilson: 1992-93
Jeryl Sasser: 1998-99
Quinton Ross: 2002-03
Nic Moore: 2014-15, 2015-16
Semi Ojeleye: 2016-17
Kendric Davis: 2021-22
 
SMU Multi-Time All-Conference First-Team
Walter Allison (1926-27, 1927-28)
Bill Skeeters (1929-30, 1930-31)
J.D. Norton (1936-37, 1937-38)
Billy Dewell (1936-37, 1937-38, 1938-39)
Jack Brown (1949-50, 1950-51)
Jim Krebs (1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57)
Bobby Mills (1955-56, 1956-57)
Larry Showalter (1955-56, 1956-57)
Rick Herrscher (1956-57, 1957-58)
Max Williams (1958-59, 1959-60)
Jan Loudermilk (1960-61, 1961-62)
Carroll Hooser (1964-65, 1965-66)
Charles Beasley (1965-66, 1966-67)
Bill Voight (1967-68, 1968-69)
Gene Phillips (1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71)
Ira Terrell (1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75)
Jon Koncak (1983-84, 1984-85)
Jeryl Sasser (1998-99, 1999-00)
Nic Moore (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16)
Kendric Davis (2020-21, 2021-22)



2021-22 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Honors
 
Player of the Year
Kendric Davis, Sr., G, SMU
 
Coach of the Year
Kelvin Sampson, Houston
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Dexter Dennis, Jr., G, Wichita State
 
Freshman of the Year
Jalen Duren, C, Memphis*
 
Sixth Man of the Year
Ricky Council IV, Fr., G, Wichita State
 
Most Improved Player of the Year
Kevin Cross, So., F, Tulane
 
Sportsmanship Award
Darien Jackson, Sr., G, Tulsa
 
All-Conference First Team
Josh Carlton, Gr., F, Houston
Fabian White Jr, Gr., F, Houston
Jalen Duren, Fr., C, Memphis
Kendric Davis, Sr., G, SMU*
Jalen Cook, Fr., G, Tulane
 
All-Conference Second Team
Tristen Newton, So., G, East Carolina
Kyler Edwards, Sr., G, Houston
DeAndre Williams, Sr., F, Memphis
Marcus Weathers, Sr., F, SMU
Damian Dunn, So., G, Temple
Jaylen Forbes, So., G, Tulane
 
All-Conference Third Team
Darin Green Jr, Jr., G, UCF
David DeJulius, Sr., G, Cincinnati
Jamal Shead, So., G, Houston
Kevin Cross, So., F, Tulane
Tyson Etienne, So., G, Wichita State
 
All-Freshman Team
Darius Johnson, G, UCF
Jalen Duren, C, Memphis *
Josh Minott, F, Memphis
Zach Hicks, G, Temple
Jahlil White, G, Temple
 
* denotes unanimous selection