Jackson State Tigers men's basketball
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The Jackson State Tigers Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Jackson State University
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...

 in Jackson
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...

, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

. The school's team currently competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States...

. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2007
2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball season...

. The Tigers are currently coached by Tevester Anderson
Tevester Anderson
Tevester Anderson is the head men's basketball coach at Jackson State University. He previously held the same position at Murray State University....

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NCAA Tournament Results

The Tigers have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

. Their combined record is 0–3.
Year Round Opponent Result/Score
1997
1997 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1997 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1997, and ended with the championship game on March 31 in Indianapolis, Indiana...

 
First Round Kansas L 78–64
2000
2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana...

 
First Round Arizona L 71–47
2007
2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball season...

 
First Round Florida L 112–69

Tigers in the NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

  • Cleveland Buckner
    Cleveland Buckner
    Cleveland Buckner is a retired American basketball player. A forward-center, he played collegiately for the Jackson State University and was selected by the New York Knicks in the 6th round of the 1961 NBA Draft.He played 68 games for the Knicks in the NBA from 1961 to 1963.-External links:...

  • A. W. Holt
  • Lindsey Hunter
    Lindsey Hunter
    Lindsey Benson Hunter, Jr. is a former American professional basketball player. He was a point guard in the National Basketball Association from 1993 to 2010, spending most of his career with Detroit Pistons...

  • McCoy Ingram
  • Ryan Lorthridge
    Ryan Lorthridge
    Ryan Lorthridge is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'4½" point guard-shooting guard. He played college basketball at Jackson State University.-Pro career:...

  • Ed Manning
    Ed Manning
    Edward R. Manning was an American professional basketball player and college and NBA assistant coach. He was the father of former NBA player Danny Manning....

  • Audie Norris
    Audie Norris
    Audie James Norris is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'9" 230 lb center and played collegiately at Jackson State University from 1978 to 1982. He played for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers from 1982 to 1985...

  • Sylvester Norris
  • Gene Short
    Gene Short
    Eugene "Gene" Short is a former American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 200 lb small forward and attended Jackson State University....

  • Purvis Short
    Purvis Short
    Purvis Short is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s...

  • Henry Ward
  • Cornell Warner
    Cornell Warner
    Cornell Warner is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward/center from Jackson State University, Warner played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Buffalo Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Lakers...

  • Dwayne Whitfield
    Dwayne Whitfield
    Dwayne Whitfield is an American professional basketball player. A 6'9" and 240 lb power forward, played college basketball at Jackson State University and had a brief stint in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors....


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