Tag: CAA

CBS Sports Classic airs pair of HBCU hardwood rivalries on December 28

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Courtesy of CBS Sports CBS Sports will present two HBCU rivalry games in the CBS Sports Classic: HBCU Showcase, a men’s college basketball doubleheader highlighting the HBCU experience. The action begins on Saturday, December 28with North Carolina A&T hosting North Carolina Central at 2:00 PM, ET and is followed by Howardvisiting Hampton at 4:00 PM, ET.  The games, which will be hosted by the teams from the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA), will be played on campus – North Carolina A&T’s Corbett Sports Center and the Hampton University Convocation Center – and will capture the passion, tradition and rich history of…

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Hampton hoops to face VUL Sunday

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title image via Chris Brown-Breezyshots Courtesy of Hampton Athletics (Dec. 1, 2023) … Hampton University men’s basketball team continue their stretch of four home non-conference games against Virginia Univeristy of Lynchburg. The Pirates will be facing the Dragons for the first time in program history.  A Look at Your Pirates Hampton in their last time out fell to UMBC in a close contest 80-76. Neither side would be able to build a double-digit lead. The Pirates once again had an off-shooting night from beyond the arc going 2-16. However, HU…

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North Carolina A&T gets upset win over USC Upstate

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Title image via Kevin L. Dorsey Courtesy of North Carolina A&T Athletics 3 Winner N.C. A&T 9-23 2 USC Upstate 27-10 Team R H E N.C. A&T 3 9 0 USC Upstate 2 5 0 W: Barkhimer, Joey (2-6) L: KELLY, ALYSSA (17-5) SPARTANBURG, SC –  The North Carolina A&T softball team used a three-run blast off the bat of freshman left fielder Sierra Baldwin to earn an upset win over one of the best teams in the Big South Conference, USC Upstate, 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader played at Upstate’s Cyrill Stadium. The Aggies lost…

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Bryant’s 29 helps push Norfolk State past Hampton in Battle of the Bay

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Courtesy of Alex Lehmbeck, Asst. SID, Norfolk State University 83  Norfolk St. 16-7,5-2 MEAC 71 Hampton 6-18,3-8 CAA Team 1 2 F Norfolk St. 35  48  83 Hampton 36  35  71 NEWARK, N.J. – Rivalry games bring a chance for players to elevate their game in high pressure moments, and Norfolk State guard Joe Bryant Jr. has seized those opportunities this season. After willing the Spartans to victory in December’s Battle of the Bay against Hampton, Bryant led his team to a sweep of the Pirates on Saturday with a season-high 29 points. Bryant was…

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Vincent Brown announced as North Carolina A&T football coach

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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T Athletics EAST GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T Director of Athletics Earl M. Hilton III announced Friday that he has appointed Vincent Brown to lead the Aggies football program as its new head coach. Brown becomes the 22nd head coach in program history. A&T will hold an introductory press conference for coach Brown at 1 p.m., Monday, January 9, at Deese Ballroom inside the campus Student Center.   A native of Atlanta, Ga., who became a 1988 second-round draft pick of the New England Patriots and a three-time…

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North Carolina A&T’s Duncan Powell named CAA Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Week

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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T Athletics EAST GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T interim head men’s basketball coach Phillip Shumpert had some advice for his 6-foot-8, 225-pound power forward Duncan Powell. Take your skill set and strength and create offense in the post before taking the 3-point shot.  Powell took the advice, which proved beneficial enough to make A&T men’s basketball history. The Colonial Athletic Association released its weekly honors on Monday and named Powell rookie of the week.  The honor makes Powell the first player in program history to earn a CAA weekly honor.…

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North Carolina A&T women’s hoops get first CAA win

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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T Athletics 50 ELON 67  NCAT Team 1 2 3 4 F ELON 15  9  13  13  50 NCAT 16  12  14  25  67 A&T’s win evens the all-time series with Elon at eight games apiece. EAST GREENSBORO – What an excellent beginning to a new era in conference affiliation for the North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team Friday night. The Aggies overcame a slow start to earn their first-ever Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) win, 67-50, over the Elon Phoenix at Corbett Sports Center.  In the process,…

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