Men’s Basketball Announces 2021 Non-Conference Schedule

The Texas Southern men’s basketball program announced its 2021-22 non-conference schedule which features an 11-game slate across nine conferences and a home-and-home series against the University of Cincinnati.

TSU will spend its first three games on the West Coast as the 2021-22 season kicks off in Eugene, Ore. on Nov. 9 against Oregon of the Pac-12. The Tigers are well-acclimated with the Ducks as this will mark the fifth contest in Eugene since 2010. Three days later, TSU will travel to Moraga, Calif. to face off against Saint Mary’s from the West Coast Conference for the second straight year.

On Nov. 15, TSU travels to the state of Washington for the fifth consecutive year to face its second Pac-12 opponent in the University of Washington for the first time since 2008 in Seattle. Two days later, TSU heads to the state of Colorado as they’ll face Air Force of the Mountain West Conference for the first time since 2008. The Tigers will head east to the state of North Carolina on Nov. 21 for its first-ever meeting against North Carolina State of the ACC. Three days later on Nov. 24, the team heads west once again to face BYU for the second consecutive year in Provo, Utah.

After a seven-day break, Texas Southern opens the month of December five hours away in Ruston, La. against Louisiana Tech of Conference USA as the teams will meet for the first time since 2000. Five days later, TSU will square off against its lone SEC opponent of the season as they’ll head to Gainesville, Fla. for the first time since 2014 to meet the University of Florida. TSU will have an eight-day layoff for finals before returning to action against UTRGV of the WAC on Dec. 14 as it’ll mark a rematch of the 2021 contest which saw TSU win in the final second.

Texas Southern travels to the University of Cincinnati of the American Athletic Conference on Dec. 18. The contest against UC will be a historic one as it’ll mark the first of a home-and-home series between the teams as UC will return the trip to the H&PE Arena in 2022. TSU will have time to regroup after the UC trip as they’ll have an 11-day layoff before its 2021 non-conference finale at TCU of the Big 12 on Dec. 29.

TSU will announce its 2022 SWAC slate Thursday afternoon.