The Jaguars finished the 2016 – 17 season 15 – 18 , 10 – 8 in SWAC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place . As the 3-seed in the SWAC Tournament they defeated Jackson State before losing in the semifinals to Alcorn State . On March 31 , head coach Roman Banks , who had been serving as Southern 's interim Athletic Director for almost two years , was promoted to full time Athletic Director and stepped down as basketball coach . He finished his coaching career at Southern with a six year record of 114 – 85 . Assistant coach Morris Scott was named interim head coach
SWAC Tournament
2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Southern Jaguars basketball team