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Former Prairie View A&M Basketball Standouts Sign Professional Baketball Contracts

Former Prairie View A&M Basketball Standouts Sign Professional Baketball Contracts

PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS – Three former members of the Prairie View A&M men’s basketball team have moved on to the next level by signing professional contracts to play overseas. Signing to play abroad is the trio of forwards Darnell Hugee, Dorian McDaniel and point guard Chris Jones. Hugee inked with Saint Vallier Basketball Drome of [...]

Prairie View A&M Men’s Basketball Names Ansar Al-Ameen Assistant Coach

Prairie View A&M Men’s Basketball Names Ansar Al-Ameen Assistant Coach

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – The Prairie View A&M men’s basketball program recently added Ansar Al-Ameen to the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Al-Ameen joins the Panthers after spending the past two seasons at Texas Southern University. Al-Ameen replaces associate head coach Talvin Hester who has accepted a position on the staff at San Jose [...]

SWAC Presidents and Chancellors Select Garland, Texas for Basketball Tournament Site

SWAC Presidents and Chancellors Select Garland, Texas for Basketball Tournament Site

Three-year deal has the SWAC crowning its basketball champions in Dallas metro thru 2013 Birmingham, Ala. – The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted Tuesday to approve the bid submitted to the league office by The Special Events Center in Garland, Texas to host the SWAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament [...]

Mississippi Valley State Ranked in Top 100 in Recruiting Class of 2010-2011

Mississippi Valley State Ranked in Top 100 in Recruiting Class of 2010-2011

The Mississippi Valley State men’s basketball program continues to find success in the recruiting field. The Delta Devils program has been ranked in the top 100 in the nation in recruiting for the second consecutive season. HoopScoopOnline.com ranks men’s basketball recruiting across the nation while providing national news and reports. The site has ranked the [...]

Bobby Washington

Washington Named Grambling State Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Grambling, LA—Almost seven months after taking over the interim helm of the program, Bobby Washington has been named the tenth head men’s basketball coach at Grambling State University as announced by GSU Athletic Director Lin Dawson.  In his inaugural campaign Washington returned Grambling to the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament for the first time in two years [...]

TSPNSports/Cavil’s Classic Cuts HBCU Men’s Division I Basketball Poll (3-29-2010)

TSPNSports/Cavil’s Classic Cuts HBCU Men’s Division I Basketball Poll (3-29-2010)

The Final HBCU Men’s Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, last opponent and next opponent: Name——————————–Record-–1PV-Points–PWR–Next Game-(Season Complete) 1. %-@-Morgan State——(27-10)-(10)–98–—–1-—(Season Complete) 2. #-Jackson State——-(19-13)———86—–2-—(Season Complete) 3. &-Arkansas P. B.—-(18-16)–——76——-3-—(Season Complete) 4. S. C. State————–(18-14)———–62–—–4-—(Season Complete) 5. Delaware State—-—-(17-12)———59-——5-—(Season Complete) 6. Alabama State———(16-15)——-—-40-——6-–(Season Complete) [...]

TSPNSports/Cavil’s Classic Cuts HBCU Men’s Division I Basketball Poll (3-22-2010)

TSPNSports/Cavil’s Classic Cuts HBCU Men’s Division I Basketball Poll (3-22-2010)

The HBCU Men’s Major Division Basketball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, last opponent and next opponent: Name——————————–Record-–1PV-Points–PWR–Next Game-(3-21-10/3-28-10) 1. %-@-Morgan State——(27-10)-(10)–97–—–1-—(Lost to West Virginia in NCAA Tournament (77-50), Season Complete) 2. #-Jackson State——-(19-13)———88—–2-—(Lost to Mississippi State in NIT Tournament (81-67), Season Complete) 3. &-Arkansas P. B.—-(18-16)–——75——-4-—(Beat [...]

SWAC Announces Basketball Player  Suspensions

SWAC Announces Basketball Player Suspensions

BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference has suspended Alabama A&M women’s basketball player Chelsea Marshall and Jackson State men’s basketball player Phillip Williams one game each for unsportsmanlike conduct. Both Alabama A&M University and Jackson State University have also been fined $500. Marshall was ejected for fighting in the first half of the Bulldogs’ Farmers [...]

Tigers fall 81-67 to Bulldogs in NIT opener

Tigers fall 81-67 to Bulldogs in NIT opener

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Despite a game high 32 point effort from SWAC Player of the Year Garrison Johnson the Jackson State Tigers fell 81-67 to the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the opening round of the National Invitational Tournament Tuesday night at the Humphrey Coliseum. Johnson scored a career high 32 points in the final game [...]

UAPB defeats Winthrop in NCAA Tournament Men’s Opening Round Game

UAPB defeats Winthrop in NCAA Tournament Men’s Opening Round Game

DAYTON, OH – Allen Smith scored 14 points and Tyree Glass added 10 as the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff defeated Winthrop 61-44 in the 2010 NCAA Tournament Opening Round Game. The Golden Lions advance to play Duke Friday at 6:25 p.m. CT in Jacksonville, FL. The win by the Golden Lions was the first by [...]

2010 SWAC Tournament All-Tournament Teams Announced

2010 SWAC Tournament All-Tournament Teams Announced

WOMEN Gabrielle Rosigi, Texas Southern Katrich Williams, Alabama A&M Shanice Merritt, Alabama State Hannah Kador, Southern Ashley Augerson, Southern MVP: Hannah Kador, Southern MEN Garrison Johnson, Jackson State Tramayne Moorer, Alabama State Junior Treasure, Texas Southern Deandre Hall, Texas Southern Allen Smith, Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff MVP: Allen Smith, UAPB

SWAC Tournament Men’s Final: #2 Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 50, Texas Southern 36

SWAC Tournament Men’s Final: #2 Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 50, Texas Southern 36

Tavaris Washington 14 points and tournament MVP Allen Smith added 11 as the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff defeated Texas Southern 50-36 in the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament Men’s Championship. #2 seed UAPB (17-15) qualifies for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Texas Southern, the #5 seed, finished 17-16. The [...]

SWAC Tournament Men’s Semifinal: #5 Texas Southern 60, #8 Grambling State 57

SWAC Tournament Men’s Semifinal: #5 Texas Southern 60, #8 Grambling State 57

Travele Jones’ blocked shot as time expired preserved Texas Southern’s 60-57 victory over Grambling State in the men’s semifinal of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament. Texas Southern (17-15) advances to the tournament final vs. #2 University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Grambling State, the #8 seed which upset top-seeded Jackson State Wednesday night, ends its season [...]

SWAC Tournament Men’s Semifinal: #2 UAPB 46, #3 Alabama St. 44

SWAC Tournament Men’s Semifinal: #2 UAPB 46, #3 Alabama St. 44

Terrance Calvin’s baseline jumper with one second to play gave #2 seed Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff a 46-44 victory over #3 seed Alabama State in a men’s semifinal of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament. UAPB (16-15) advances to the SWAC Tournament final for the first time since 2006 where it will face the Texas Southern [...]

SWAC TOURNAMENT MEN: #5 Texas Southern 66, #4 Prairie View A&M 49

SWAC TOURNAMENT MEN: #5 Texas Southern 66, #4 Prairie View A&M 49

Deandre Hall scored 19 points and Junior Treasure and David Burrell each added 11 as #5 Texas Southern defeated #4 Prairie View A&M 66-49 in a men’s quarterfinal game of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament. Texas Southern (16-15) will take on upset-minded #8 seed Grambling State at 8 p.m. Friday. Prairie View A&M’s season [...]

SWAC Tournament Men: #3 Alabama St. 56, #6 Alabama A&M 45

SWAC Tournament Men: #3 Alabama St. 56, #6 Alabama A&M 45

Tramayne Moorer’s game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds led Alabama State to a 56-45 win over Alabama A&M in a men’s quarterfinal at the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament. The Hornets (15-14) advance to Friday’s semifinal vs. #2 Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Alabama A&M’s season ends as 11-15. Alabama State never trailed in the game and [...]

SWAC Tournament Men: #8 Grambling State 65, #1 Jackson State 57

SWAC Tournament Men: #8 Grambling State 65, #1 Jackson State 57

Grambling State pulled off the shocker of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Tournament by knocking off the top-seeded Jackson State Tigers 65-57 in a men’s quarterfinal game. The G-Men (7-20) ended a seven-game losing streak in become the first 8th-seeded men’s team to beat the #1 seed in the SWAC Tournament since Alcorn State beat Mississippi [...]

SWAC Tournament Men: #2 UAPB 69, #7 Miss. Valley St. 66

SWAC Tournament Men: #2 UAPB 69, #7 Miss. Valley St. 66

Allen Smith scored 16 points and George Davis added 10 off the bench as #2 seed Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff outlasted Mississippi Valley State 69-66 in a men’s quarterfinal of the 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament. UAPB (15-15) advances to Friday’s semifinal against the Alabama State – Alabama A&M winner. Mississippi Valley State (9-23) missed [...]

SWAC to Video Stream First Two Days Of Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament

SWAC to Video Stream First Two Days Of Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament

Entire quarterfinal round to be streamed live free of charge BOSSIER CITY, LA – The Southwestern Athletic Conference will video stream the first two days of the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament live free of charge at www.swac.org. All eight quarterfinal games (four women’s, four men’s) will be streamed live on the official Conference website. [...]

2009-10 Men’s Basketball ALL-SWAC Team Announced

2009-10 Men’s Basketball ALL-SWAC Team Announced

Jackson State’s Johnson, Prairie View A&M’s Hugee lead awardees BOSSIER CITY, LA – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2009-10 Men’s Basketball All-Conference Honors with Jackson State’s Garrison Johnson voted as the Player of the Year, and Prairie View A&M’s Darnell Hugee was voted the Defensive Player of the Year. Honors were voted on by [...]