The 2017–18 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Tigers, led by sixth-year head coach Mike Davis, played their home games at the

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 16–20, 12–6 in SWAC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. Due to Grambling State's Academic Progress Rate violations and subsequent postseason ineligibility, they received the No. 3 seed in the SWAC tournament where they defeated Alabama State, Prairie View A&M and Arkansas–Pine Bluff to become SWAC Tournament champions. They received the SWAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated North Carolina Central in the First Four before losing in the first round to Xavier. On June 5, 2018, head coach Mike Davis announced he would step down as head coach to become the head coach at

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, which was made official on June 13. On June 25, the school hired

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associate head coach and former

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and

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head coach Johnny Jones for the job.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2016–17 season 23–12, 16–2 in SWAC play to win the regular season SWAC championship. They defeated Alabama State, Grambling State, and

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to win the SWAC tournament. As a result, they received the SWAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 16 seed in the East region. There they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Texas Southern Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the USA with nearly 10,000 ...

Texas Southern Tigers basketball 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 ...