The 2020–21 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represented
Tennessee State University in the
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020 and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5.
Season ...
. The Tigers, led by third-year head coach
Brian Collins, played their home games at the
Gentry Complex in
Nashville, Tennessee as members of the
Ohio Valley Conference.
Previous season
The
Tigers finished the
2019–20 season 18–15, 9–9 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated
Morehead State
Morehead State University (MSU) is a public university in Morehead, Kentucky. The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, a two-year residential ea ...
in the first round of the
OVC tournament, before losing in the quarterfinals to
Eastern Kentucky. They accepted an invitation to participate in the
2020 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The 2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. This was the first CIT contested since 2019. The 2020 and 2021 CITs were cancelled due to the COVID-1 ...
and were set to host a first-round game. However, the CIT was cancelled amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Sources
References
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