Tennessee State Tigers men‘s basketball
| Tennessee State Tigers | |||
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| University | Tennessee State University | ||
| Head coach | Dana Ford (4th season) | ||
| Conference | Ohio Valley | ||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||
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Gentry Complex (Capacity: 10,500) |
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| Nickname | Tigers | ||
| Colors | Reflex Blue and White |
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| NCAA Tournament champions | |||
| 1957†, 1958†, 1959† | |||
| NCAA Tournament runner-up | |||
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
| 1960†, 1970*, 1972*, 1973*, 1975* | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1967*, 1970*, 1971*, 1972*, 1973*, 1974*, 1975*, 1993, 1994 *at Division II level † at NAIA DI Level |
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The Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represents Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I's Ohio Valley Conference. They play their home games at the Gentry Complex. On March 11, 2014, TSU relieved coach Travis Williams of his duties and began a nationwide search for a new head coach.
While they were a member of the NAIA, they were three time national champions (1957, 1958, 1959). TSU was the first team to win three consecutive NAIA basketball championships. A feat only repeated once as of 2017, by Kentucky State (1970, 1971, 1972) The National Championship in 1957 made TSU the first historically black college to win a national championship. The team was coached by Harold Hunter from 1959 to 1968. Hunter still holds the record as the second-winningest men's basketball coach in Tennessee State's history. Hunter had succeeded outgoing coach John McLendon, who left in 1958.
Seventeen former Tennessee State Tigers have played in the NBA, the best known are Robert Covington, Dick Barnett, John Barnhill, Truck Robinson, Anthony Mason and Carlos Rogers.
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