| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Texas Southern Tigers |
| Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | SWAC |
| Record: | 19–13 |
| Conf Record: | 13–5 |
| Head Coach: | Johnny Jones |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Randy Peele |
| Asst Coach2: | Shyrone Chatman |
| Asst Coach3: | Josh White |
| Stadium: | Health and Physical Education Arena |
| Champion: | SWAC tournament champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2021–22 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers are led by fourth-year head coach Johnny Jones and played their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas, as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 19–13, 13–5 in SWAC play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed, they defeated Jackson State, Grambling State, and Alcorn State to win the SWAC tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 16 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the First Four before losing in the first round to eventual national champion Kansas.
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Tigers finished the 2020–21 season 17–9 overall, 10–3 in SWAC play, to finish third place in the conference.[1] The Tigers defeated Alcorn State, Jackson State, and Prairie View A&M to win the SWAC tournament, their ninth SWAC championship.[2] As a result, the Tigers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 16 seed in the East region. There they lost to No. 1-seeded Michigan in the first round.[3]
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 6'9" | 220 | Springfield, Massachusetts | Transferred to Central Michigan | |||
| G | 6'5" | 215 | Fort Worth, Texas | Entered transfer portal | |||
| G | 6'1" | 155 | (Redshirt) | Houston, Texas | Entered transfer portal[4] | ||
| G | 5'11" | 170 | Houston, Texas | ||||
| G | 6'3" | 175 | Roeland Park, Kansas | Transferred to SMU[5] |
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 6'10" | 225 | Dallas, Texas | UT Arlington | |||
| G | 6'5" | 180 | Houston, Texas | Hampton | |||
| F | 6'9" | 240 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Houston[6] | |||
| G | 5'10" | 175 | Houston, Texas | Hartford | |||
| G | 6'5" | 205 | Bryan, Texas | McNeese State |
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