Category: Sports

There will be no “Cinderella Story” for the No. 15 seed Norfolk State University (NSU) Spartans. After shocking No. 2 seed Missouri on March 16, the Spartans fell back down to reality, losing to No. 7 seed Florida, 84-50, on March 18 in the West region of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament at […]

Georgetown’s players had heard just about every college basketball analyst pick Belmont University to stage an upset of the third-seeded Hoyas. On March 16, the team proved those analysts wrong in a complete 74-59 win over the Bruins. “Our guys would turn on the TV and it seemed like most of the world was picking […]

The Howard University (HU) women’s basketball team dropped a 59-56 decision to the University of Virginia (UVA) in first-round action at the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Lady Bison will end the 2011-12 campaign with a 24-9 overall mark tying the program’s record for most wins in a single season. The game also marks […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kyle O’Quinn had 26 points and 14 rebounds, making several big plays in the closing minutes to help No. 15 seed Norfolk State stun second-seeded Missouri 86-84 on Friday in the West Regional. Pendarvis Williams and Chris McEachin each added 20 points for the MEAC champion Spartans (26-9), who made their […]

Congratulations, Norfolk State! You’ve officially screwed up everyone’s bracket. Norfolk State forward Kyle O’Quinn scored a double-double of 26 points and 14 rebounds as the No. 15 seed Spartans eliminated No.2 seed Missouri, 86-84, on Friday March 16 in the West Regional first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champs escaped after […]

Nobody around the AFRO offices knows more about college basketball than staff writer and Georgetown basketball beat reporter George Barnette. You ever wondered how many minutes the eighth player in rotation off of Georgetown’s bench averages? Yea, me neither. But I’m sure George would have an answer for you. That’s why he’s the one the […]

Hampton University women’s basketball team, fresh off its third straight conference tournament championship, will square off against Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 17 at 1:40 p.m. at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va. The game will be televised live on ESPN2. The Lady Pirates (26-4 overall record), […]

Norfolk State has earned the No. 15 seed in the West Region and will face No. 2 seed Missouri in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday March 16 in Omaha, Neb. The game will be televised live on TNT and will tip-off at approximately 4:40 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT), or 30 […]

The timing may have been slightly different – last year the two met in the first round of the NCAA Division II Tournament – but the ending was the same: Shaw downing nationally ranked Edinboro on their way to an NCAA Atlantic Region title. This year, the two met in the regional finals, but the […]

Winston-Salem State guard Kimani Hunt led his team with 15 points and nine rebounds, but the Rams fell short, 57-54, to West Virginia Wesleyan in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Tournament on March 10 in West Liberty, WV. WV Wesleyan made two clutch free-throws to go up by three points with just […]

Three years under head coach David Six, three titles. The Hampton University women’s basketball team won its third straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament title—and the resulting automatic NCAA bid—with a 54-53 nail-biting win over Howard on March 10 at the Joel Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Lady Pirates (26-4) are the first women’s […]

Led by a deep, veteran roster and an incomparable big man, the Norfolk State University (NSU) men’s basketball team is going to the Big Dance for the first time. Senior center Kyle O’Quinn scored 18 points to lead three Spartans in double figures as No. 2 NSU claimed its first MEAC title and NCAA tournament […]