If you’re not gonna play in Texas, it’s probably because your historically Black college or university needs the money from buy games in men’s college basketball to support its athletic program. I think that’s how the lyrics go?
Anyway, that’s the situation Texas Southern is in as it makes the trek to Gainesville for the second time in seven years to face the Florida Gators (6 p.m., SEC Network+ streaming) on Monday night. When the Tigers last did this, in 2014, I wrote at some length about it, and about how the Tigers playing through a gauntlet of these so-called guarantee games might not prevent them from making the NCAA Tournament even if they went 1-12 in non-conference play.