College Basketball - Ohio Valley Conference

Tennessee State Tigers

Location: Nashville, TN
University Founded: 1912
Enrollment: Tennessee St. Tigers

11,748
Nickname: Tigers
Mascot:
Tiger
School Colors: Blue and white
Joined the OVC: 1986
Varsity Teams: 11
U. President:
Melvin N. Johnson
Director of Athletics:
Teresa L. Phillips
Basketball Head Coach:
Cy Alexander
Conference Titles:
Reg. Season: 1993
Tournament: 1993, '94
Basketball Arena:
Gentry Center
Current Capacity: 10,500
First Yearof Basketball: 1922

The men’s basketball team is known as the Tigers and they are part of the OVC in the NCAA Division I.

The Tigers managed to win a regular season conference title in 1993 plus two post season tournaments in the mid 1990’s.

Amongst some of the most accomplished Tigers’ basketball players we can mention are: NBA Lloyd Neal and NBA Anthony Mason.

TSU Tigers’ head coach is Cy Alexander who has been part of the athletics program since 2003 along with his assistants Ed Pipes, Mark Pittman, Lonnie Williams and Brandon Lockridge.

Coach Alexander has all the weapons to put the Tigers on top this 2008-09 season, he has some of the league's best playmakers to fill in any position.

Tennessee State 2009/10 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
13-Nov	Siena	L 85-69
20-Nov	at Northern Illinois	L 85-57
22-Nov	at Northwestern	L 69-62
24-Nov	at Iowa State	L 84-53
27-Nov	vs. Kennesaw State*	W 73-67
28-Nov	vs. Liberty*	L 63-60
30-Nov	at Belmont	L 69-60
3-Dec	Eastern Illinois	L 83-81
5-Dec	Southeast Missouri State	L 74-66
8-Dec	at Detroit	W 70-69
15-Dec	Alabama A&M	W 80-77
19-Dec	at Vanderbilt	L 84-71
30-Dec	at Alabama	L 77-65
2-Jan	at Eastern Kentucky	L 79-71
4-Jan	at Morehead State	L 72-66
7-Jan	Murray State	L 80-59
9-Jan	Tennessee-Martin	W 73-59
12-Jan	at Iowa	L 67-62
16-Jan	at Austin Peay	L 79-77
21-Jan	at Jacksonville State	L 85-67
23-Jan	at Tennessee Tech	L 61-56
28-Jan	Morehead State	8:30 PM ET
30-Jan	Eastern Kentucky	8:30 PM ET
2-Feb	Jacksonville State	8:00 PM ET
4-Feb	at Murray State	8:30 PM ET
6-Feb	at Tennessee-Martin	7:00 PM ET
13-Feb	Austin Peay	8:30 PM ET
15-Feb	Tennessee Tech	7:30 PM ET
25-Feb	at Southeast Missouri State	8:30 PM ET
27-Feb	at Eastern Illinois	8:30 PM ET

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