Category: Men's BasketballBy Kenn Rashad on Mar 21, 2008 at 12:20 am (CT) | 0 Comments
Reported by Beth Harris
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mississippi Valley State probably wishes the ball had stayed stuck behind the backboard. Freshman Kevin Love scored 20 points and dislodged the trapped ball as top-seeded UCLA cruised to 70-29 victory against the overmatched Delta Devils in the NCAA tournament on Thursday night.
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By Official Release on Mar 18, 2008 at 11:26 pm (CT) | 0 Comments
James Harden had 25 points and a season-best 13 rebounds, and Arizona State defeated Alabama State 64-53 in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night.Harden’s fellow freshman Ty Abbott added 15 points on five first-half 3-pointers.
Eric Boateng had eight points and a career-best 10 rebounds for Arizona State in front of a homecourt […]
By Official Release on Mar 18, 2008 at 12:30 am (CT) | 0 Comments
The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils - winners of the 2008 SWAC Basketball Tournament - will travel to Anaheim, Calif., to face the Bruins of UCLA. The game is set for March 20 with the tip time still to be determined.
The Delta Devils earned their bid to the “Big Dance” with a […]
By Official Release on Mar 16, 2008 at 10:58 pm (CT) | 0 Comments
The 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-(3-17-08/3-23-08)
1. Miss. valley State–(17-15)-(3)–90—-6—(NCAA Tournament)
2. Morgan State——–(22-10)-(4)–89—-1—(NIT Tournament)
3. Alabama State——-(20-10)-(3)–87—-2—(NIT Tournament)
4. Hampton————-(18-12)——61—-3—(Season Complete)
5. Norfolk State——-(16-15)——58—-5—(Season Complete)
6. Coppin State——–(16-20)——42—-NR–(NCAA Tournament)
7. Florida A & M——-(15-17)——31—-10–(Season Complete)
8. Tennessee State—–(15-17)——24—-4—(Season Complete)
9. Alabama A & M——-(14-15)——19—-7—(Season Complete)
10. Savannah […]
By Official Release on Mar 16, 2008 at 6:41 am (CT) | 1 Comment
The Delta Devils win fourth SWAC title
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama. – Carl Lucas made two clutch free throw with one second remaining in regulation to lift the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils to a 59-58 victory over the Jackson State Tigers in the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship game.
Chris Watson was the only Delta Devil to […]
By Official Release on Mar 15, 2008 at 7:58 am (CT) | 0 Comments
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - - Grant Maxey tallied 23 points and eight rebounds while Darrion Griffin added 21 points, six rebounds and three assists as Jackson State advanced to the SWAC tournament championship as the Tigers downed the top-seeded Alabama State Hornets 77-72 in overtime Friday night at Fair Park Arena. After a first half that […]
By Fiyah on Mar 13, 2008 at 11:47 pm (CT) | 0 Comments
Day 2 of the SWAC Basketball Tournament saw the higher seeds go down in defeat in the womens and mens brackets. It all started wih the first game of the day in the womens bracket as Mississipii Valley State beat out Alabama A&M 67-61. Mississippi Valley out rebounded AAMU 37-26 and took […]
By Fiyah on Mar 13, 2008 at 8:15 am (CT) | 0 Comments
After the first day of Swac tournament play four teams are going home.
On the Womens side of the bracket the top 2 teams played and there was no upset happening on this side of the bracket. Prairie View A&M showed Alabama State why they were the top seed and defending champion with a impressive 74-57 victory. Jackson State […]
