'This is huge for us,' head coach Johnny Jones said. This will be the third straight year that the team will be on its way to the NCAA tournament.
The Texas Southern University Tigers are headed to Dayton, Ohio! The team learned on Sunday that they'd face Fairleigh Dickinson in one of the First Four games of the March Madness NCAA tournament.
Walking into Kulture, a restaurant owned by Texas Southern University alum Marcus Davis, the team carried the SWAC Championship trophy in hand.They reflected a team that's ready to play a lot more basketball. John Walker III said, "Let's win it all!"We went through a lot this season to get here. To be here on Selection Sunday is a blessing, man. I don't care who we play, "Jourdain Karl Nicholas.
A win secures the 16-seed in the East and pits TSU over top-seeded Purdue in the first round. A deep, bracket-busting run in the tournament would bring the Tigers back home to the Final Four in Houston.
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