Larry Wright, the product of a single-parent home in the poorest part of southside Monroe, never let his humble beginnings slow him down. He helped teams win basketball championships in high school and college, then titles in the National Basketball Association and overseas. That fiery determination will be recognized with Wright’s induction on July 16 [...]
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NCAA pairings didn’t do MEAC’s Cinderella any favors this year
If there was ever a No. 16-seed that was ready to shock the world, it should have been MEAC champion Hampton. Back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006, the Pirates are battle tested. And, trust, it was a battle to get into that bracket. Hampton finished second in the MEAC regular [...]
Grambling men are an emerging threat in the SWAC
Grambling’s regular-season records under second-year coach Bobby Washington Jr. haven’t been anything to write home about but you’ve got to give him credit for getting his team ready come March. A year after shocking top-seeded Jackson State in the Southwestern Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament, Grambling (12-22) topped the Mississippi Tigers again to reach its [...]
Texas Southern should have seen this coming at the SWAC men’s tournament
Arkansas-Pine Bluff was up by five points over the favored Texas Southern men late in the second half on Wednesday, before the Tigers rose to rally for a 50-45 win in the Southwestern Athletic Conference basketball tournament at Garland, Texas. After a series of near misses, and then a bad late-season stumble, they should have [...]
A stunner, and an old favorite in the MEAC men’s basketball tournament
In a thrilling finish at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament, No. 6-seeded Norfolk State stunned third-seed Coppin State 55-53 when guard Rob Hampton dropped in a driving layup with two seconds left. The Spartans had been down 51-44 before starting that late run. The loss could signal the end of a long tenure [...]
Texas Southern is SWAC men’s basketball tournament favorite in more ways than one
When Texas Southern recruits, it recruits big. When it loses, it also loses big. The Tigers have had no trouble this season with the tightly contested battles, but a glance of the SWAC men’s basketball stats shows that Texas Southern’s two league stumbles are by double digits. Message going into this week’s Southwestern Athletic Conference [...]
Alabama State gets SWAC tournament wake-up call with in-state rival
Just when you get ready to crown Alabama State, they go and lose to Grambling — slumping into the SWAC men’s basketball tournament. Luckily, there is an old friend in the form of in-state league rival Alabama A&M to wake up the Hornets. Alabama State, which opens Southwestern Athletic Conference postseason play on March 10, [...]
Close-knit Bethune-Cookman brings impressive road record into postseason
Regular-season MEAC men’s basketball champion Bethune-Cookman has a couple of things working in its favor, going into the postseason: A strong sense of interconnectivity, and a tough-minded attitude about playing on the road. It’s perhaps no surprise that Bethune-Cookman, fresh off its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title since joining the league, has a close-knit bond. [...]
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