2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2018–19
Team:Texas Southern Tigers
Conference:Southwestern Athletic Conference
Short Conf:SWAC
Record:24–14
Conf Record:14–4
Head Coach:Johnny Jones
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Randy Peele
Asst Coach2:Kenneth Mangrum
Asst Coach3:Shyrone Chatman
Stadium:Health and Physical Education Arena
Bowl:CIT
Bowl Result:semifinals

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).

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017–18 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 Detroit, which was made official on June 13.[1] [2] On June 25, the school hired Nevada associate head coach and former North Texas and LSU head coach Johnny Jones for the job.[3]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Detroit Mercy to hire Mike Davis as head coach. 2018-06-06. CollegeBasketballTalk. 2018-06-13. en-US.
  2. News: Mike Davis hired by Detroit Mercy; press conference Thursday. The Detroit News. Tony. Paul. June 13, 2018. June 13, 2018.
  3. News: Former LSU basketball coach Johnny Jones to be Texas Southern's new coach. The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA. Brody. Miller. June 25, 2018. June 25, 2018.