# 2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team

The 2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first-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 (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. On June 25, the school hired Nevada associate head coach and former North Texas and LSU head coach Johnny Jones for the job.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 8:30 p.m., FSSW | | at Baylor | W 72–69 | 1–0 | Ferrell Center (4,327) Waco, TX |
| November 10, 2018* 9:00 p.m., ATTSW | | at No. 3 Gonzaga Maui on the Mainland | L 67–104 | 1–1 | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| November 12, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Iowa State Maui on the Mainland | L 73–85 | 1–2 | Hilton Coliseum (13,787) Ames, IA |
| November 14, 2018* 9:00 p.m. | | at San Diego State Maui on the Mainland | L 64–103 | 1–3 | Viejas Arena (10,507) San Diego, CA |
| November 18, 2018* 12:00 p.m. | | at Evansville Maui on the Mainland | L 63–85 | 1–4 | Ford Center (4,578) Evansville, IN |
| November 26, 2018* 8:00 p.m., P12N | | at No. 18 Oregon | W 89–84 | 2–4 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,926) Eugene, OR |
| November 29, 2018* 7:30 p.m. | | Huston–Tillotson | W 81–76 | 3–4 | H&PE Arena (2,389) Houston, TX |
| December 1, 2018* 8:30 p.m., P12N | | at Arizona State | L 71–83 | 3–5 | Wells Fargo Arena (10,085) Tempe, AZ |
| December 3, 2018* 6:00 p.m., SECN | | at Georgia | L 75–92 | 3–6 | Stegeman Coliseum (6,801) Athens, GA |
| December 8, 2018* 7:30 p.m. | | Concordia | W 107–70 | 4–6 | H&PE Arena (1,303) Houston, TX |
| December 17, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Tulane | L 70–77 | 4–7 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,050) New Orleans, LA |
| December 19, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Lamar | L 72–80 | 4–8 | Montagne Center (1,846) Beaumont, TX |
| December 29, 2018* 2:30 p.m., SECN | | at Texas A&M | W 88–73 | 5–8 | Reed Arena College Station, TX |
| SWAC regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2019 5:30 p.m. | | at Alcorn State | W 87–70 | 6–8 (1–0) | Davey Whitney Complex (306) Lorman, MS |
| January 7, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | at Southern | W 77–67 | 7–8 (2–0) | F. G. Clark Center (2,750) Baton Rouge, LA |
| January 12, 2019 5:00 p.m. | | at Prairie View A&M | L 73–79 | 7–9 (2–1) | William Nicks Building (2,750) Prairie View, TX |
| January 19, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Grambling State | L 87–88 | 7–10 (2–2) | H&PE Arena (2,791) Houston, TX |
| January 21, 2019 5:30 p.m. | | Jackson State | W 75–65 | 8–10 (3–2) | H&PE Arena (2,227) Houston, TX |
| January 26, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 86–90 | 8–11 (3–3) | K. L. Johnson Complex (2,478) Pine Bluff, AR |
| January 28, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | at Mississippi Valley State | W 65–62 | 9–11 (4–3) | Harrison HPER Complex (1,229) Itta Bena, MS |
| February 2, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Alabama State | W 83–59 | 10–11 (5–3) | H&PE Arena (874) Houston, TX |
| February 4, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Alabama A&M | W 84–74 | 11–11 (6–3) | H&PE Arena (752) Houston, TX |
| February 9, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Prairie View A&M | W 95–90 | 12–11 (7–3) | H&PE Arena (6,357) Houston, TX |
| February 16, 2019 5:00 p.m. | | at Grambling State | W 86–65 | 13–11 (8–3) | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (1,619) Grambling, LA |
| February 18, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | at Jackson State | W 77–65 | 14–11 (9–3) | Williams Assembly Center (952) Jackson, MS |
| February 23, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 94–74 | 15–11 (10–3) | H&PE Arena (1,582) Houston, TX |
| February 25, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Mississippi Valley State | W 92–80 | 16–11 (11–3) | H&PE Arena (647) Houston, TX |
| March 2, 2019 5:00 p.m. | | at Alabama State | W 78–68 | 17–11 (12–3) | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,908) Montgomery, AL |
| March 4, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | at Alabama A&M | W 66–61 | 18–11 (13–3) | Elmore Gymnasium (672) Normal, AL |
| March 7, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Alcorn State | W 99–72 | 19–11 (14–3) | H&PE Arena (849) Houston, TX |
| March 9, 2019 7:30 p.m. | | Southern | L 77–87 | 19–12 (14–4) | H&PE Arena (1,261) Houston, TX |
| SWAC tournament ||||||
| March 12, 2019 7:30 p.m. | (2) | (7) Southern Quarterfinals | W 80–70 | 20–12 | H&PE Arena (1,463) Houston, TX |
| March 15, 2019 8:30 p.m., ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (6) Alabama State Semifinals | W 80–66 | 21–12 | Bill Harris Arena (1,276) Birmingham, AL |
| March 16, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | (2) | vs. (1) Prairie View A&M Championship game | L 86–92 | 21–13 | Bill Harris Arena Birmingham, AL |
| CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ||||||
| March 20, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at New Orleans First round | W 95–89 $^{OT}$ | 22–13 | Lakefront Arena (612) New Orleans, LA |
| March 25, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at UTRGV Second round | W 94–85 | 23–13 | UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,216) Edinburg, TX |
| March 28, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at Louisiana–Monroe Quarterfinals | W 108–102 $^{3OT}$ | 24–13 | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (6,004) Monroe, LA |
| Apr 2, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at Green Bay Semifinals | L 86–87 $^{OT}$ | 24–14 | Kress Events Center (2,269) Green Bay, WI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||