The SIAC has named its 2009 all-conference basketball teams. The players of the year are Shantrell Moss of Clark-Atlanta University, and Kenney Boyd of Morehouse College. Moss averaged just over 24 points per game this season, good for fourth in the nation best in the SIAC. She led the Lady Panthers to a 24-3 overall [...]
Interesting article in today’s Birmingham news featuring Tuskegee basketball coach Leon Douglas, who freely and intimately gives his opinion on what the new basketball coach at his alma mater – the University of Alabama – should be bringing to the table. “I think they should be looking to someone committed to that university, who has [...]
We’ve previously discussed the perspective that conference tournaments are hurting the MEAC and SWAC more than they are helping, but now it’s time to analyze what is currently in place. The MEAC and SWAC both have tournaments, they both have dominant teams in Morgan State and Alabama State. And here’s five reasons why they both [...]
The Yard is a collection of daily news headlines throughout black college sports. Hampton men’s basketball scores a big win over North Carolina A&T. (News & Record) Did the City of Charlotte turn a cold shoulder to visiting fans during the CIAA Basketball Tournament? (Creative Loafing) Central State fires women’s basketball coach (Onnidan)
If you want to read about the life and times of a black college sports information director, check out BlueDeathValley.com’s in-depth interview with North Carolina A&T’s Brian Holloway.
The Yard is a daily collection of news headlines throughout black college sports. Shannon Sharpe and Savannah State University. Reunited. (Savannah Now) Jackson State and Southern go West Side Story in the stands at the SWAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. (SWAC.org) Grambling and Alabama State won the titles, by the way. (2TheAdvocate.com) Hampton basketball [...]
About the only thing Johnson C. Smith University didn’t take from the CIAA Basketball Tournament was the identity of Mr. CIAA’s tailor. The Golden Bulls won the women’s championship, the men’s championship, a number of individual accolades, and the hearts of basketball fans everywhere.
After thousands of posts (half of which I inadvertently deleted and can’t bring back), hundreds of emails and a few prayers, I have decided to begin a fundraising campaign for the HBCU Sports Blog and its subsidiaries and soon-to-be projects. If you are a loyal reader, or listener to the weekly radio show, I sincerely [...]
