2019–20 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Sex:	none
Year:	2019–20
Prev Year:	2018–19
Next Year:	2020–21
Team:	Texas Southern Tigers
Conference:	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	SWAC
Record:	16–16
Conf Record:	12–6
Head Coach:	Johnny Jones
Hc Year:	2nd
Asst Coach1:	Randy Peele
Asst Coach2:	Shyrone Chatman
Asst Coach3:	JD Williams
Asst Coach4:	Brandon Chambers
Stadium:	Health and Physical Education Arena

The 2019–20 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by second-year head coach Johnny Jones, played their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 12–6 in SWAC play to finish in third place. They defeated Grambling State in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament. They were set to face Southern in the semifinals until the remainder of the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2018–19 season 24–14 overall, 14–4 in SWAC play, to finish in three-way tie for 3rd place. In the SWAC tournament, they defeated Southern in the quarterfinals,^[1] Alabama State in the semifinals.,^[2] advancing to the championship game, where they lost to Prairie View A&M.^[3] They were invited to the CIT, where they defeated New Orleans in the first round,^[4] Texas–Rio Grande Valley in the second round,^[5] Louisiana–Monroe in the quarterfinals,^[6] before falling to Green Bay in the semifinals.^[7]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| SWAC regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| SWAC tournament|-|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|March 13, 2020
8:30 pm, ESPN3| style="text-align:center"| (3)| vs. (2) Southern
Semifinals| colspan=2 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[8] | style="text-align:center"|Bartow Arena
Birmingham, AL|-Source^[9]

Notes and References

1. News:
   1. SWACMBB Quarterfinals Recaps: March 12
   . Southwestern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2019. en.
2. News:
   1. SWACMBB Semifinal Recaps
   . Southwestern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2019. en.
3. News: Prairie View A&M prevails over Texas Southern in thrilling #SWACMBB Final. Southwestern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2019. en.
4. News: Tigers open CIT with 95-89 overtime win at New Orleans. Texas Southern Tigers. December 15, 2019. en.
5. News: Tigers advance after taking down UTRGV on the road. Southwestern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2019. en.
6. News: Tigers defeat Louisiana–Monroe 108-102 in triple overtime to advance to CIT semifinals. Southwestern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2019. en.
7. News: Tigers' historic run through CIT ends at Green Bay. Texas Southern Tigers. December 15, 2019. en.
8. Web site: SWAC Cancels Remainder of 2020 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.
9. News: 2019-2020 Men's Basketball Schedule. Texas Southern Tigers. December 15, 2019. en.