Texas Southern Tigers basketball

Texas Southern Tigers
Texas Southern Tigers
	2024–25 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team
University	Texas Southern University
Head coach	Johnny Jones (7th season)
Conference	SWAC
Location	Houston, Texas
Arena	Health and Physical Education Arena ; (capacity: 8,100)
Nickname	Tigers
Colors	Maroon and gray;
NCAA tournament appearances
	1990, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference tournament champions
	1990, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference regular season champions
	1957, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017

Last updated October 10, 2024

The Texas Southern Tigers basketball team is the basketball team that represents Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, United States. The team currently competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Their current head coach is Johnny Jones, who took over after Mike Davis took the Detroit Mercy head coaching job on June 5, 2018.^[2]^[3] Texas Southern has appeared in the NCAA tournament 11 times, and most recently in 2023. The Tigers play their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena.

Notable win

The Texas Southern Tigers defeated perennial power and nationally ranked Michigan State Spartans on December 20, 2014 in East Lansing, Michigan. The Tigers won in overtime with a score of 71–64. TSU is the first HBCU team to beat a team that went on to reach the Final Four that same season.^[4]

Basketball rivalries

Prairie View A&M basketball rivalry

The Texas Southern-Prairie View A&M rivalry is the highest attended and most anticipated basketball series in the SWAC. In February 2015, the game at Texas Southern University had an attendance of 7,500+.^[5]

Southern University basketball rivalry

Since the 1990s, Texas Southern and Southern have been top contenders for the SWAC Championship every year. As a result, matchups between the schools are heavily anticipated and competitive.

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Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Tigers have appeared in eleven NCAA Tournaments, the most in the conference. Their combined record is 3–11, tying them with Alcorn State for the most wins by a SWAC school in the tournament.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1990	#14	First Round	#3 Georgetown	L 52–70
1994	#15	First Round	#2 Duke	L 70–82
1995	#15	First Round	#2 Arkansas	L 78–79
2003	#16	Opening Round	#16 UNC Asheville	L 84–92^OT
2014	#16	First Four	#16 Cal Poly	L 69–81
2015	#15	First Round	#2 Arizona	L 72–93
2017	#16	First Round	#1 North Carolina	L 64–103
2018	#16	First Four First Round	#16 North Carolina Central #1 Xavier	W 64–46 L 83–102
2021	#16	First Four First Round	#16 Mount St. Mary's #1 Michigan	W 60–52 L 66–82
2022	#16	First Four First Round	#16 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi #1 Kansas	W 76–67 L 56–83
2023	#16	First Four	#16 Fairleigh Dickinson	L 61–84

NIT results

The Tigers have appeared in two National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Their combined record is 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2011	First Round	Colorado	L 74–88
2016	First Round	Valparaiso	L 73–84

CIT results

The Tigers have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT), two times. Their record is 3–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2019	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	New Orleans UT–Rio Grande Valley Louisiana–Monroe Green Bay	W 95–89^OT W 94–85 W 108–102^3OT L 86–87^OT
2024	First Round	Tarleton	L 71–82

NAIA tournament results

The Tigers have appeared in the NAIA Tournament seven times. Their combined record is 18–6. They were NAIA National Champions in 1977.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1955	First Round Second Round	Adrian Gustavus Adolphus	W 102–83 L 55–67
1956	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Hastings Rockhust Midwestern State Wheaton McNeese State	W 108–61 W 64–61 W 85–82 W 82–73 L 55–60
1957	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	New Haven State Ball State Pacific Lutheran	W 67–66 W 97–72 L 72–91
1958	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National 3rd Place Game	Oklahoma Baptist Drury Coe Tennessee State Georgetown (KY)	W 79–68 W 91–61 W 98–78 L 85–101 W 121–109
1971	First Round	Fairmont State	L 78–79
1976	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	West Florida Fairmont State Coppin State	W 81–59 W 82–75 L 77–88
1977	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Central State Wisconsin Parkside East Texas State Grand Valley State Campbell	W 89–65 W 82–80 W 87–68 W 69–62 W 71–44

Notable players

Jeremy Combs (born 1995), basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim
Marvin Jones (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

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The 2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represents Texas Southern University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first-year head coach Johnny Jones, play their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

The 2019–20 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by second-year head coach Johnny Jones, played their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 12–6 in SWAC play to finish in third place. They defeated Grambling State in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament. They were set to face Southern in the semifinals until the remainder of the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020–21 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by third-year head coach Johnny Jones and played their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas, as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 17-9, 11-3 in SWAC Play to finish in 3rd place. They defeated Alcorn State, Jackson State, and Prairie View A&M to be champions of the SWAC tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Mount St Mary’s in the First Four before losing in the first round to Michigan.

Robert Earl Moreland was an American college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of the Texas Southern Tigers from 1975 to 2001, and as interim head coach during the 2007–08 season. Moreland has the most wins as a coach in Tigers history with 406. Moreland led the Tigers to a NAIA championship in 1977 and was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Coach of the Year five times.

The 2021–22 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers are led by fourth-year head coach Johnny Jones and played their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas, as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 19–13, 13–5 in SWAC play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed, they defeated Jackson State, Grambling State, and Alcorn State to win the SWAC tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 16 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the First Four before losing in the first round to eventual national champion Kansas.

References

↑ TSU Graphic Standards (PDF). September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
↑ "Detroit Mercy to hire Mike Davis as head coach". CollegeBasketballTalk. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
↑ Miller, Brody (June 25, 2018). "Former LSU basketball coach Johnny Jones to be Texas Southern's new coach". The Times-Picayune . New Orleans, LA . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
↑ "Texas Southern stuns No. 22 Michigan State in OT". USA Today . Archived from the original on 2023-04-22.
↑ "Texas Southern - Men's Basketball vs Prairie View A&M; on 2/7/2015". tsuball.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06.

External links

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[1] TSU Graphic Standards (PDF). September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.

[2] "Detroit Mercy to hire Mike Davis as head coach". CollegeBasketballTalk. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-13.

[3] Miller, Brody (June 25, 2018). "Former LSU basketball coach Johnny Jones to be Texas Southern's new coach". The Times-Picayune . New Orleans, LA . Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[4] "Texas Southern stuns No. 22 Michigan State in OT". USA Today . Archived from the original on 2023-04-22.

[5] "Texas Southern - Men's Basketball vs Prairie View A&M; on 2/7/2015". tsuball.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06.

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