The 2023–24 Jackson State Tigers basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Tigers, led by second-year head coach

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, played their home games at the Williams Assembly Center in

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, as members of the

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(SWAC). They finished the season 15–17, 11–7 in SWAC play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the SWAC tournament, they lost to

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in the quarterfinals.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2022–23 season 14–19, 12–6 in SWAC play, to finish 3rd. As the No. 3 seed, they defeated No. 6 seed

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in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament before falling to No. 2 seeded Grambling State in the semifinals.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Jackson State Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research ac ...

Jackson State Tigers basketball The Jackson State Tigers basketball team is the college basketball, men's basketball team that represents Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. The team competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The team last pla ...

2020s in Jackson, Mississippi