HOUSTON, Texas -- THE FIRST WORD: More than a decade removed from coaching in a national championship game, Mike Davis is content with being the furthest thing from it now."I love it here, I love Houston," Davis said of his new home, entering his third season as the head coach of Texas Southern.
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Davis' challenge is getting a similar buy-in from his recruits given that Texas Southern plays in one of college basketball's worst conferences — with the SWAC's tournament winner almost an automatic for a play-in game in the NCAAs. That was the case last year, when Davis piloted the Tigers to the Dance before they fell to Cal Poly in the tournament's "first four." Nevertheless, Texas Southern reached the NCAA tournament, largely due to the play of West Virginia transfer Aaric Murray, who was the SWAC Player of the Year after averaging 21.2 points and 7.7 rebounds a game.
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