TSU banking on difficult road games this season

"I want all the good players to know that if you come here, we can beat anybody. We can do anything right here if they just come here and give us a chance to coach them and teach them and develop them." Coach Mike Davis

HOUSTON, Texas -- Texas Southern athletic director Charles McClelland was caught off-guard and shocked when he saw the 2014-15 basketball schedule Tigers coach Mike Davis presented him.

McClelland was expecting a few more winnable games. And several more at the school's H&PE Arena.

Instead, McClelland was looking at names such as Indiana, Tennessee, Baylor, Florida and Gonzaga. And when he looked again, there was Michigan State, Auburn, Kansas State and New Mexico State. All on the road.

Of TSU's first 15 games, only one was at home, Nov. 28. On Saturday, the Tigers play at Prairie View.

"When I saw coach Davis' schedule and I did not see a gimme on his schedule, we sat down and talked," McClelland said. "And he said, 'Charles, I think we're going to have a team that we can get some of these games.' "

Davis was right. The Tigers defeated ...

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