Texas Southern Men’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 5, 2023 · CSM Staff
 

Texas Southern Tigers

SWAC (14-20, 7-11)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/13 Arizona State (67-66), 3/11 vs Grambling (61-58)
Bad Losses: 1/9 at MVSU (67-71), 2/4 Florida A&M (69-76)
Coach: Johnny Jones
 
Probable Starters:
Davon Barnes, Sophomore, Forward, 13.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Joirdon Karl Nicholas, Senior, Forward, 10.7 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 1.0 bpg
John Walker III, Senior, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.0 pg
Kolby Granger, Freshman, Guard, 5.0 ppg, 1.0 apg
PJ Henry, Senior, Guard, 12.7 ppg, 2.1 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Chris Craig, Junior, Guard, 3.0 ppg
Zytarious Mortle, Freshman, Guard, 7.9 ppg
Kehlin Farooq, Sophomore, Guard, 4.9 ppg, 1.1 apg
Jordan Gilliam, Senior, Guard, 2.6 ppg, 1.4 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.7 (221st in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 72.7 (253, 9)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.0 (270, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.2 (136, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.8 (346, 12)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 28.2 (351, 12)
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.3 (330, 10)
Rebound Margin: 1.7 (153, 2)
Assists Per Game: 11.7 (290, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.6 (326, 6)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2022 NCAA First Four win over Texas A&M CC
2022 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Kansas
2021 NCAA First Round win over Mount St. Mary’s
2021 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Michigan
2019 CIT First Round win over New Orleans
2019 CIT Second Round win over UTRGV
2019 CIT Quarterfinal win over Louisiana-Monroe
2019 CIT Semifinal loss to Green Bay
2018 NCAA Opening Round win over North Carolina Central
2018 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Xavier
2017 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina
2016 NIT First Round loss to Valparaiso
2015 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Arizona
2014 NCAA Opening Round loss to Cal Poly’
2011 NIT First Round loss to Colorado
2003 NCAA Opening Round loss to UNC-Asheville
1995 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Arkansas
1994 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Duke
1990 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Georgetown
 
*all team stats through 3/5