HBCU teams are often underdogs in the NCAA Tournament. However, that doesn’t mean they’re lacking in talent. In fact, HBCU teams are responsible for some of the biggest upsets in NCAA history.
Furthermore, we’ve witnessed some of the greates ...
Posted Tuesday, March 21st 2023 at 12:37PM
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There were no tears in Kenneth Blakeney’s eyes after Howard University suffered a first round loss to Kansas University.
No doubt, Howard’s 96-68 loss to the top seed stung even though it was expected by most. But Blakeney found a silver lini ...
Posted Friday, March 17th 2023 at 11:15AM
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman University head football coach Raymond Woodie Jr. announces today (March 15, 2023) his full 2023 coaching and support staff, featuring three returning staff members and 13 new hires.
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Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 12:02PM
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During his first season as head basketball coach at Howard University, in 2019-2020, Kenny Blakeney tried to tune out all the noise. That task, however, proved near impossible. His team slogged through a 4-29 season. ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 10:52AM
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HBCU baseball is back in Ohio as Wilberforce baseball program is back in full swing after being inactive for nearly 80 years.
“It’s been nearly seven years in the making,” Wilberforce University’s head baseball coach Roosevelt Barnes tol ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 1:51PM
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A one-time HBCU baseball player made history on the international stage.
José De León threw 5 2/3 innings of hitless and scoreless baseball to go along with 10 strikeouts as part of a perfect game by Puerto Rico against Israel on Monday night.
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Posted Tuesday, March 14th 2023 at 12:18PM
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Jackson State head women's basketball coach Tomekia Reed responds passionately to a question asking why the Tigers' have such a low NET ranking.
Reed said she is proud her team is in the top 100 in the NET and said her team should be considere ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 12:29PM
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North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis isn’t checking for the NIT, but down the road in Durham, North Carolina Central head coach LeVelle Moton is all for it.
Davis, the second-year head coach at his alma mater, declined the opportunity to play ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 9:46AM
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The Jackson State went into the halftime break trailing Prairie View A&M 28-16, but rallied from the deficit to tie the game at 54-54, force overtime and eventually take down the Panthers 62-60 at Bartow Arena Thursday.
The Tigers (14-18) had two ...
Posted Friday, March 10th 2023 at 9:24AM
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There's nothing like some spring football.
March 7 will be day one for the Florida A&M Rattlers as they enter the spring schedule which is allowed 15 practices by the NCAA. April 15's Orange and Green Spring Game accounts for one of the practi ...
Posted Tuesday, March 7th 2023 at 11:28AM
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Evans II feels honored to be at this week’s NFL’s annual scouting combine.
The former Arkansas-Pine Bluff offensive lineman just believes more players from historically Black colleges and universities deserve to be i ...
Posted Monday, March 6th 2023 at 2:13PM
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It is tournament time at the NAIA level and there will be a heavy HBCU presence in the field.
Three HBCUs — Langston, Xavier and Tougaloo — all made the tournament.
The highest seed in the field is Langston, which enters as a No. 2 seed in ...
Posted Friday, March 3rd 2023 at 3:26PM
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By the time you read this, Antoine Davis could be the leading scorer in NCAA Division I history.
The Detroit-Mercy senior forward scored 38 points in Detroit Mercy’s 81-68 Horizon League Tournament win on Tuesday. That means he was just 26 point ...
Posted Thursday, March 2nd 2023 at 11:13AM
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