# 2022–23 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team

The 2022–23 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fifth-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 14-20, 7-11, in SWAC Play to finish in 8th place. They defeated Alcorn State, Alabama A&M, and Grambling State to become champions of the SWAC Tournament for a third straight year. They received the SWAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson in the First Four.
With a record of 14–20, Texas Southern entered the NCAA Tournament with one of the worst regular season records ever, with a winning percentage of 41.18%. It also had the most losses by an automatic bid in the history of the tournament.

## Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2021–22 season 19–13, 13–5 in SWAC play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed, they defeated No. 7 seed Jackson State, Grambling State and top-seeded Alcorn State to win the SWAC tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. They were given the No. 16 seed in the Midwest Region, where they would defeat Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the First Four, before falling to top-seeded and eventual national champion Kansas in the First Round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 9:00 pm, WCC | | at San Francisco | L 77–90 | 0–1 | 21 – Henry | 4 – Gilliam | 2 – Barnes | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,730) San Francisco, CA |
| November 10, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at No. 25 Texas Tech | L 54–78 | 0–2 | 12 – Mortle | 12 – Walker III | 2 – Tied | United Supermarkets Arena (13,835) Lubbock, TX |
| November 13, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Arizona State Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series | W 67–66 $^{OT}$ | 1–2 | 22 – Henry | 9 – Nicholas | 4 – Henry | H&PE Arena (3,184) Houston, TX |
| November 15, 2022* 7:00 pm, YouTube | | Oral Roberts Cougar Classic | L 64–82 | 1–3 | 19 – Barnes | 10 – Carter | 5 – Henry | H&PE Arena (2,109) Houston, TX |
| November 16, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at No. 3 Houston Cougar Classic | L 48–83 | 1–4 | 15 – Mortle | 7 – Barnes | 1 – Tied | Fertitta Center (7,322) Houston, TX |
| November 18, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at No. 13 Auburn | L 56–72 | 1–5 | 13 – Nicholas | 13 – Nicholas | 2 – Tied | Neville Arena (9,121) Auburn, AL |
| November 20, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Samford | L 63–78 | 1–6 | 30 – Barnes | 7 – Nicholas | 3 – Barnes | Pete Hanna Center (2,333) Homewood, AL |
| November 28, 2022* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at No. 9 Kansas | L 55–87 | 1–7 | 22 – Barnes | 6 – Mortle | 3 – Nicholas | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| December 11, 2022* 3:00 p.m., YouTube | | North American | W 95–47 | 2–7 | 20 – Farooq | 12 – Nicholas | 6 – Marin | H&PE Arena (210) Houston, TX |
| December 17, 2022* 8:30 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. North Carolina A&T HBCU Challenge | L 66–67 $^{OT}$ | 2–8 | 21 – Nicholas | 18 – Nicholas | 5 – Henry | MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, NV |
| December 18, 2022* 3:30 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Hampton Chris Paul's HBCU Challenge | W 82–77 | 3–8 | 19 – Farooq | 8 – Farooq | 4 – Granger | MGM Grand Garden Arena (2,029) Las Vegas, NV |
| December 22, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Wichita State | L 56–65 | 3–9 | 16 – Barnes | 12 – Nicholas | 4 – Barnes | Charles Koch Arena (6,468) Wichita, KS |
| December 29, 2022* 7:00 pm, YouTube | | Huston–Tillotson | W 92–54 | 4–9 | 28 – Nicholas | 15 – Nicholas | 3 – Tied | H&PE Arena (170) Houston, TX |
| SWAC regular season |||||||||
| January 2, 2023 7:30 pm, YouTube | | Southern | L 76–77 $^{OT}$ | 4–10 (0–1) | 34 – Mortle | 9 – Nicholas | 3 – Tied | H&PE Arena (2,741) Houston, TX |
| January 4, 2023 7:30 pm, YouTube | | Grambling State | L 72–85 | 4–11 (0–2) | 20 – Mortle | 6 – Marin | 4 – Marin | H&PE Arena (2,219) Houston, TX |
| January 7, 2023 3:30 pm, HBCU Go | | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 66–70 | 4–12 (0–3) | 22 – Barnes | 12 – Farooq | 3 – Tied | H. O. Clemmons Arena (1,341) Pine Bluff, AR |
| January 9, 2023 7:30 pm | | at Mississippi Valley State | L 67–71 | 4–13 (0–4) | 18 – Barnes | 6 – Tied | 3 – Farooq | Harrison HPER Complex (1,908) Itta Bena, MS |
| January 14, 2023 5:00 pm, YouTube | | Alcorn State | L 74–79 $^{OT}$ | 4–14 (0–5) | 20 – Barnes | 9 – Craig | 4 – Barnes | H&PE Arena (1,840) Houston, TX |
| January 16, 2023 7:30 pm, HBCU Go | | Jackson State | W 84–82 | 5–14 (1–5) | 28 – Walker III | 5 – Mortle | 8 – Barnes | H&PE Arena (3,152) Houston, TX |
| January 21, 2023 7:00 pm | | at Alabama A&M | W 70–59 | 6–14 (2–5) | 17 – Barnes | 12 – Nicholas | 3 – Mortle | Alabama A&M Events Center (1,954) Huntsville, AL |
| January 23, 2023 7:30 pm | | at Alabama State | W 71–65 | 7–14 (3–5) | 21 – Farooq | 9 – Farooq | 2 – Walker III | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,022) Montgomery, AL |
| January 28, 2023 8:00 pm, YouTube | | Prairie View A&M | L 74–89 $^{2OT}$ | 7–15 (3–6) | 19 – Barnes | 9 – Walker III | 3 – Henry | H&PE Arena (7,371) Houston, TX |
| February 4, 2023 5:00 pm, YouTube | | Florida A&M | L 69–76 | 7–16 (3–7) | 26 – Walker III | 11 – Nicholas | 3 – Tied | H&PE Arena (3,892) Houston, TX |
| February 6, 2023 7:30 pm, ESPNU | | Bethune–Cookman | W 69–62 | 8–16 (4–7) | 21 – Walker III | 10 – Nicholas | 6 – Henry | H&PE Arena (2,912) Houston, TX |
| February 11, 2023 5:30 pm | | at Grambling State | L 46–65 | 8–17 (4–8) | 10 – Henry | 8 – Granger | 2 – Tied | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (1,642) Grambling, LA |
| February 13, 2023 7:30 pm, HBCU Go | | at Southern | W 79–68 | 9–17 (5–8) | 29 – Granger | 16 – Nicholas | 5 – Henry | F. G. Clark Center (4,458) Baton Rouge, LA |
| February 18, 2023 5:00 pm, YouTube | | Mississippi Valley State | W 80–62 | 10–17 (6–8) | 19 – Henry | 8 – Nicholas | 6 – Farooq | H&PE Arena (1,133) Houston, TX |
| February 20, 2023 7:30 pm, YouTube | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 64–59 | 11–17 (7–8) | 19 – Walker III | 9 – Granger | 3 – Henry | H&PE Arena (2,031) Houston, TX |
| February 25, 2023 5:00 pm, HBCU Go | | at Jackson State | L 69–71 | 11–18 (7–9) | 16 – Nicholas | 14 – Nicholas | 3 – Walker III | Williams Assembly Center (2,121) Jackson, MS |
| February 27, 2023 7:30 pm | | at Alcorn State | L 81–89 | 11–19 (7–10) | 41 – Henry | 9 – Walker III | 4 – Barnes | Davey Whitney Complex (956) Lorman, MS |
| March 4, 2023 3:00 pm, HBCU Go | | at Prairie View A&M | L 74–78 | 11–20 (7–11) | 19 – Henry | 12 – Nicholas | 3 – Tied | William Nicks Building (3,282) Prairie View, TX |
| SWAC tournament |||||||||
| March 8, 2023 8:30 pm, ESPN+ | (8) | vs. (1) Alcorn State Quarterfinals | W 66–62 | 12–20 | 19 – Barnes | 10 – Nicholas | 3 – Tied | Bartow Arena (807) Birmingham, AL |
| March 10, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | (8) | vs. (5) Alabama A&M Semifinals | W 74–61 | 13–20 | 26 – Henry | 10 – Barnes | 4 – Granger | Bartow Arena (645) Birmingham, AL |
| March 11, 2023 4:30 pm, ESPNU | (8) | vs. (2) Grambling State Championship | W 61–58 | 14–20 | 19 – Henry | 8 – Barnes | 4 – Walker III | Bartow Arena (1,478) Birmingham, AL |
| NCAA tournament |||||||||
| March 15, 2023* 5:40 pm, TruTV | (16 E) | vs. (16 E) Fairleigh Dickinson First Four | L 61–84 | 14–21 | 22 – Walker III | 8 – Nicholas | 3 – Tied | UD Arena (12,431) Dayton, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central. |||||||||
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