All-American leads SMU to Final Four

Jim Krebs rewrote the Southwest Conference record book on Feb. 6, 1956 by scoring 50 points to power the SMU Mustangs past the Texas Longhorns 109-96. Elmore “Doc” Hayes was hired in 1947 to breathe new life into the listless basketball program at Southern Methodist University. The pitiful Ponies had won a grand total of two SWC titles in 28 tries, the last exactly a decade earlier. The new…