The 2016–17 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Tigers, led by fifth 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 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 be champions of the SWAC tournament. They earned the SWAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2015–16 season 18–15, 16–2 in SWAC play to win the regular season SWAC championship. They defeated

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in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Southern. As regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the

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where they lost to Valparaiso in the first round.

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. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schoo ...

Texas Southern Tigers basketball The Texas Southern Tigers basketball team is the basketball team that represents Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas, United States. The team currently competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Their current head c ...