LORMAN, Mississippi — The Southern men’s basketball team learned Saturday that it will be able to compete in the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament.Then the Jaguars left little doubt that they will be the team to beat when tournament play starts March 11 in Houston.
Southern clinched the regular-season title outright when it defeated Alcorn State 67-54 in the Davey Whitney Complex. The Jaguars (18-11 and 14-2) can’t be caught even with two league games remaining at home against Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. The Braves are 11-17 and 8-8.
The regular-season title and berth in the conference tournament took some of the sting out of an NCAA postseason ban due to inadequate reporting of date relating to student-athletes’ Academic Progress Rates. Southern learned Thursday that the ban will not be lifted in time for this year’s
NCAA Tournament regardless of what happens in the SWAC Tournament.
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