After having a great season and making the NCAA tournament. The Texas Southern Tigers basketball team will be taking their talents to Beijing, China to play some exhibition games. <\/p>\n
HOUSTON- The Texas Southern Tigers basketball team will travel to Beijing, China from June 19th to June
\n30th to participate in a series of exhibition games set to be played abroad against Chinese basketball organizations.<\/p>\n“This is a great opportunity for our basketball team,” said TSU head coach Mike Davis. “It will be without a doubt a once in a lifetime opportunity for many of our student-athletes and we’re happy to be able to participate and showcase our brand of basketball on a global stage.”<\/p>\n
The Tigers scheduled trip marks yet another impressive milestone for the team this season as TSU won the conference tournament and earned an NCAA berth to conclude the 2014-15 campaign.<\/p>\n
It marked the second time in TSU history that the team won back-to-back tournament titles, as Texas Southern won titles in 1994 and 1995.<\/p>\n
“Anytime you get the chance to expose student-athletes to new cultures and ways of life it’s a good thing,” said Davis. “We had a very hardworking group of young men on our team last year and they deserve to be able to make a trip of this magnitude and represent our university internationally.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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