• TSU men's basketball starts postseason play and seeks its 10th SWAC Tournament title on Wednesday afternoon against Jackson State at 2 p.m. inside Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
• TSU finished second in the SWAC and clinched the second seed as they'll face #7 JSU for the second straight year. TSU won last year's postseason semifinal meeting in OT.
• Head coach Johnny Jones hit a career milestone late in 2021 with his 350th career win after the SWAC Tournament semifinal win on March 12. He just achieved his 360th win at Prairie View A&M on Jan. 29
• Jones is 11-1 lifetime against JSU as he has faced JSU as head coach at Memphis, North Texas and TSU. He's 6-1 against JSU as TSU's head coach.
• This marks the fourth year for TSU head coach Johnny Jones. TSU returned to the NCAA Tournament after the 2020-21 season and won its second NCAA Tournament contest in school history. Jones went 24-14 in his inaugural year as head coach with three Power 5 conference wins. TSU fell in the finals of the 2019 SWAC Tournament and advanced to the semifinals of the CIT in 2019. In 2019-20, the Tigers made it back to the semifinals of the SWAC Tournament after a third-place regular season finish but saw the season end abruptly due to COVID-19.
• This time of the year is TSU's time to shine. TSU has not lost in the first round of SWAC Tournament play since 2009 and has played in the title game the past four of five years as 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19.
• TSU faced off against teams from seven conferences in 2021-22. TSU squared off against teams from the Pac-12 (2), WCC (2), Mountain West, ACC, Conference USA, SEC and WAC.
• TSU will face JSU in postseason play for the second straight year and third time since 2009 as all games were in Birmingham, Ala. The series is split between both teams as JSU won in 2009 and TSU won in OT in 2021.
• Since 2007, TSU is 20-12 against JSU and has won 12 of the past 14 dating back to 2015. TSU has won six of the past seven against JSU.
• Jones is 48-33 all-time in the month of March and 18-5 at TSU.
• TSU was picked to finish first by the Southwestern Athletic Conference and finished second overall but surprisingly had no player earn All-SWAC honors.
