2015 – 16 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Tigers , led by fourth year head coach Mike Davis , played their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference . They finished the season 18 – 15 , 16 – 2 in SWAC play to win the regular season SWAC championship . They defeated Alabama A&M in the quarterfinals of the SWAC Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Southern . As regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Valparaiso in the first round
SWAC Tournament
2016 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team