Houston, TX–The Texas Southern University Women’s basketball program is projected to have one of the top HBCU recruiting classes of 2009 according to Allstar Girls Report (ASGR). New ranks show TSU second among black college NCAA Division I programs. The 143 national ranking (out of all 305 ranked NCAA Division I schools) also [...]
President Melvin N. Johnson has named John A. Cooper as head coach for Tigers Men’s basketball program at Tennessee State University .
Cooper comes to Tennessee State from Auburn University where he served as Associate Head Men’s Basketball coach with Jeff Lebo. Cooper has over fifteen years of basketball coaching experience having coached at Oregon , [...]
Grambling, LA — The Grambling State Tigers football team, 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference and Black College National Champions, will wrap up spring drills when they hold their annual Spring Black and Gold football game Saturday, March 28th.
The Black and Gold game will give Tigers fans a first glimpse into what to expect from their defending [...]
Tennessee State University head football coach James Webster has announced the Tigers’ spring practice schedule. TSU football will conduct fifteen spring practice sessions culminating in the Spring Game on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 2:00p.
Webster will be looking to replace twenty-three seniors from the 2008 team. Offensively, the Tigers will look to replace eight starters. [...]
The Final HBCU Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, and next opponent:
Name——————-Record–1PV-Points-PWR–Next Game-(Final)
1. +%-Morgan State—-(23-12)-(6)—94—-1—(Season Complete)
2. *-Alabama State—-(22-10)-(4)—90—-2—(Season Complete)
3. Jackson State——(18-15)——-73—-3—(Season Complete)
4. S. C. State——–(17-14)——-68—-4—(Season Complete)
5. Prairie View A & M-(17-16)——-62—-5—(Season Complete)
The Final HBCU Women’s Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, and next opponent:
Name———————Record–1PV-Points-PWR–Next Game–(Final)
1. +%-N. C. A & T State-(26-7)–(5)-94—-2—-(Season Complete)
2. *-Prairie View A & M-(23-11)-(3)-92—-1—-(Season Complete)
3. Tennessee State——(18-13)—–73—-3—-(Season Complete)
4. Morgan State———(17-13)—–64—-4—-(Season Complete)
5. Southern————-(16-14)—–55—-5—-(Season Complete)
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The season came to an end for the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers as the top-seeded Oklahoma Sooners handed them a 76-47 loss in the first round of the Oklahoma City Regional in the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the campus of the University of Iowa.
Prairie View [...]
Alcorn State, MS—After receiving input and overwhelming support from Alcorn State University (ASU) senior football players, ASU President Dr. George E. Ross today announced that Earnest E. Collins, Jr. has accepted a one-year contract to serve as Head Football Coach.
“Coach Collins is providing our student-athletes with much needed consistency and stability during this transitional period,” [...]
Albuquerque, NM – The Southern University women’s basketball team fell to the Lobos of the University of New Mexico Lobos 72-44 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. The contest was played at The Pit on the campus of New Mexico.
Southern (16-14, 11-7 SWAC) was lead by senior Deidra Jackson and sophomore [...]
DAYTON, Ohio – Alabama State entered the opening round game of the NCAA Tournament with hopes of winning its first Division I postseason contest, posting the first NCAA win for a Southwestern Athletic School since 1993 and extending its season until at least Friday. But the Hornets were unable to capture the magic that had [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The 2009 SWAC Men’s and Women’s West Tennis Roundup will take place this weekend, March 20-21. Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA will host the two day event.
The Roundup will see action from four SWAC western division teams, including Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Grambling State, Prairie View A&M and Southern University. The [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Fresh off their second SWAC Tournament Championship title in school history, the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers was tabbed the Oklahoma City Region’s 16th seed and will take on top-seeded Oklahoma in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Sunday, March 22 at the Carver-Hawkeye in Iowa City, [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama State Hornets and the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers each won both the regular season and tournament titles in SWAC Basketball this season and have earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Alabama State will take on Ohio Valley Conference tournament champion Morehead State in the Opening Round Game in Dayton, [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The Southern women’s basketball team has been selected to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament, the selection committee announced Monday night.
The Jaguars finished 16-13 overall and in second place in SWAC play to league and conference tournament champion Prairie View A&M. Southern will play at New Mexico Wednesday; time of game to be announced [...]
BALTIMORE, Md. — Morgan State (23-11), the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champs, was made the 15th seed in the South Region and will play No. 2 Oklahoma (27-5) on Thursday, March 18 in Kansas City, Missouri. Tip time will be 30 minutes following the Michigan vs. Clemson contest which will begin at 7:10 p.m., EST.
The No. [...]
BIRMINGHAM – When Lewis Jackson took over the Alabama State basketball program before the start of the 2005-06 season, he was intent on reinstating the up-tempo style of basketball the Hornets played in their heyday under the late James Oliver.
That style was on display Saturday night during a two-minute scoring binge that turned the tide [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference men’s regular season and tournament champion Alabama State will take on Ohio Valley champion Morehead State in the NCAA Opening Round Tournament game Tuesday, March 17 in Dayton, OH.
The Hornets (22-10) went 16-2 during the regular season in winning their second straight SWAC title. This past weekend, Alabama State [...]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A 24-4 second half run broke open a tight contest as the Prairie View A&M University Lady Panther basketball team captured their second-ever NCAA Tournament bid and SWAC Tournament Championship in three seasons after a 74-49 victory over Southern University on Saturday afternoon at Fair Park Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
The top-seeded Lady [...]
Alabama State head coach Lewis Jackson told his team over and over not to look past their semifinal opponents and toward the SWAC championship game. For their part, Arkansas-Pine Bluff tried to take full advantage as they sought to upset top seeded and regular season champion Hornets.
However, behind Andrew Hayles’ 16 points, ASU escaped with [...]
Prairie View wins, sets up 1-2 final
Prairie View A&M won its 18th consecutive game, defeating UAPB in the second women’s seminfinal.
Prairie View will face Southern in a matchup of the top two teams in SWAC Women’s Basketball. The teams split their two meetings this season, each winning at home. Southern was the last team to [...]
Tigers to play for tourney title for third straight year
With 3:11 remaining in the first half, the upstart Prairie View Panthers held a seven point lead over Jackson State in the semifinals of the SWAC tournament. To make matters worse, three JSU starters were in foul trouble and Grant Maxey’s 11 points were the [...]
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