Category: SWAC

Florida A&M nearly doubled up by Oregon, 80-45

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Courtesy of Florida A&M Athletics 45 Florida A&M 0-1,0-0 SWAC 80  Oregon 1-0,0-0 Pac-12 Team 1 2 F Florida A&M 25  20  45 Oregon 36  44  80 EUGENE, Or. | The Rattlers could not get their offense clicking in their 2022-23 season debut at Oregon, losing 80-45. The Rattlers managed to take the lead at the beginning of the game, 5-4, a minute and a half into the game, but a three-pointer from the Ducks put the Rattlers behind, and they were not able to regain the lead. The Rattlers fell down 16 with…

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Grambling defeats UNT-Dallas 82-57

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Courtesy of Brian Howard, Grambling State Athletics 57 UNTD 82  GRAM Team 1 2 F UNTD 32  25  57 GRAM 40  42  82 GRAMBLING, La. | Carte’Are Gordon registered a double-double of 18 points and 14 rebounds as the Grambling State University men’s basketball team opened the season with an 82-57 victory over UNT-Dallas on Monday night at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. UNT-Dallas (1-1) raced out to a 11-4 advantage and stretched the margin to 13-5 after a bucket by Jules Moore with just over 16 minutes left in the…

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PAC-12/SWAC Legacy Series Games debut this week

Brandon King

Courtesy of the Sothwestern Athletic Conference BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its television and streaming schedule of Men’s and Women’s Basketball games that are slated to air on ESPN+ and the Pac-12 Network this upcoming season in conjunction with the league’s partnership with the Pac-12. The SWAC and the Pac-12 and will debut the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022-23 season. The first-of-its-kind pact between Autonomy 5 and HBCU leagues was announced last September with its…

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Take a look at the “FAMU” LeBron XIX Low PE

Brandon King

Basketball season will soon tip-off on the highest of seven hills and these lebron XIX lows will be amongst the fleet of footwear the Rattlers will take to the hardwood. There are two colour ways- one white based and the other green based. Both sport a Rattler logo on the left tongue with smaller orange Swooshes on the medial forefoot. Both pair features React midsole and heel Max Air units. As these are PEs a retail release seems highly unlikely. The Florida A&M University men’s basketball team tips off their…

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Bethune-Cookman Basketball holds practice at Orlando Magic’s facility

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Courtesy of Bethune Cookman Athletics ORLANDO, Fla. – Being at the Orlando Magic’s practice facility gave Bethune-Cookman Head Coach Reggie Theusmore than a sense of coming full circle. Taking his Wildcats for a practice in a facility adjacent to the National Basketball team’s main floor in the Amway Center was a show of how things have progressed for him and the league since he played for Orlando in the team’s 1988-89 expansion season. Theus and that team practiced in a recreational center blocks away from the also now demolished Amway Arena. “It…

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Tickets for Jackson State basketball now available

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Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics JACKSON, Miss. – Season tickets for the 2022-23 Jackson State University basketball season are on sale now. The three-time defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champion JSU women’s basketball team will host Texas on December 14 as part of its 10-game regular season schedule that includes nine conference doubleheaders beginning January 7 vs. Alabama St. The Jackson State men’s team will have a nine-game regular season home schedule beginning January 7 against Alabama St. Season tickets are $75 for general admission, $90 for reserved seats, and $225 for courtside seating.…

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Texas Southern defeats Alcorn for first time in over a decade

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Courtesy of Texas Southern Athletics 34  TSU 27 ALC Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F TSU 7 7 10 10 34 ALC 6 7 7 7 27 LORMAN, Miss. – TSU used all three phases of football to earn its first win over Alcorn State since 2011 and first in Spinks-Casem Stadium since 2010 as they spoiled another homecoming by a 34-27 margin. Punt returner Chaunzavia Lewis set the Tigers up early as he picked up a punt near his own endzone and found a seam for a 49-yard return to the…

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SWAC unveils ESPN Men’s Basketball Schedule

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC Announces Men’s and Women’s Basketball HBCU GO Schedules BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its upcoming HBCU GO broadcast schedule for the 2022-23 Men’s and Women’s Basketball seasons. The slate of games which will be broadcast in doubleheader format (Women’s/Men’s) are highlighted by several highly anticipated conference match-ups throughout the course of the season. Each league member institution is slated to make appearances on the HBCU GO linear and digital platform. SWAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball games carried on HBCU GO will be…

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October 22, 2022 SWAC Football Schedule

Brandon King

Saturday is a 6-game slate of SWAC Football, here is the the times and where this weekend’s gridiron action can be seen. Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference: Saturday, October 22 Texas Southern at Alcorn State– 2:00 pm (ESPN+) Campbell at Jackson State– 2:00 pm (ESPN+) Bethune-Cookman at Mississippi Valley State– 3:00 pm (HBCU GO) Prairie View A&M at Lamar– 4:00 pm (ESPN+) Virginia-Lynchburg at Southern– 4:00 pm (Jaguar Sports Network) All times listed Central Standard Time (CST)

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SWAC unveils ESPN Men’s Basketball Schedule

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference: BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its upcoming ESPN television schedule for the 2022-23 Men’s Basketball season. Alcorn State and Prairie View A&M will tip-off the league’s ESPN lineup on Monday, January 16th (ESPNU). Jackson State will travel to face Southern on Monday, January 30th (ESPNU). Bethune-Cookman will square off against Texas Southern on Monday, February 6th (ESPNU), while Southern and Grambling State will face each other at the NBA HBCU Classic on February 18th (ESPN2). Florida A&M and Alabama A&M will close out the regular season portion of nationally televised…

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