FOR THE WEEK Of APRIL 1 - 7, 2014

MEN'S FINAL TOP TEN

1. North Carolina Central (28-6) - Eagles, led by head coach LeVelle Moton and regular season Player of the Year and Tournament MVP, senior guard Jeremy Ingram's 20.8 points per game, won first-ever MEAC regular season and tournament titles, winning championship over Morgan State (71-62) to earn first NCAA Tournament berth. Got #13 seed, highest ever for a Div. I black college team. Eagles lost to 4th-seed Iowa State (93-75) in NCAA East Regional second round. Moton 2. Tuskegee (21-12) - Golden Tigers under head coach Leon Douglas won SIAC West Division title and then tournament championship over East Division champ Fort Valley State (88-80, OT) before sweeping to NCAA Div. II South Regional title as 8th seed routing 3rd-seed Delta State (80-59) in championship game to earn school's first-ever Elite Eight berth. Lost to No. 1 Metro State (106-87) in national quarterfinals. Golden Tigers featured four double-figure scorers led by seniors Richard Dixon (16.9 ppg.) and Javier McKinney (14.7 ppg.). 3. Livingstone (21-8) - Led by high-scoring senior guards Mark Thomas (21.4 ppg.) and Jody Hill (18.8 ppg.), the Blue Bears won the CIAA South Division and then took its first CIAA Tournament title ever 83-68 over Winston-Salem State. Fell just short in first round of Div. II Atlantic Regional to East Stroudsburg (99-98). 4. Texas Southern (19-15) - Six-ten senior center Aaric Murray (21.6 ppg., 7.5 rpg.) won regular season and tournament MVP honors and led Mike Davis's Tigers to SWAC Tournament title over Prairie View (78-73). Fell to Cal Poly in NCAA First Four, 81-69 despite 38 points from Murray. 5. FORT VALLEY STATE (23-9) - Wildcats won the SIAC East regular season title and took Tuskegee to the wire before losing 88-80 in overtime in tournament title game. League MVP Brandon Davey averaged 18.9 ppg. and 8.7 rpg. 6. Morgan State (15-16) - Finished tied for third in MEAC regular season with Norfolk State but made it to fifth MEAC title game in seven years before falling to N. C. Central (71-62). Led by senior guard Justin Black's 18.9 ppg. and center Ian Chiles (15.6 ppg., 7.5 rpg.). 7. Southern (19-12) - Jaguars took SWAC regular season title before school APR issues barred them from postseason but conference allowed them to play in tournament. Bowed out in tournament quarterfinals to Prairie View (64-46). Led by Calvin Godfrey's 12.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. 8. Winston-Salem State (18-11) - Rams finished second in CIAA South and made it to tournament title game before bowing to Livingstone (83-68). Led by Marquez Jones's 20.4 ppg. and Wykevin Bazemore's 9.4 rebounds per game. 9. Norfolk State (19-15) - Spartans tied for third in MEAC regular season and then lost in tournament semifinals to NC Central (56-45). Earned CIT berth and lost at Eastern Michigan (58-54). Led by senior swingman Malcolm Hawkins (15.5 ppg.). 10. HAMPTON (18-15) - Finished second in MEAC regular season but was upset by Coppin State in quarterfinals of league tournament (83-77). Earned CBI postseason berth but fell at Penn State, 69-65. Duvaughn Maxwell's 14.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

WOMEN'S FINAL TOP TEN

1. HAMPTON (28-5) - David Six led the Lady Pirates to undefeated MEAC regular season (16-0) and fifth straight tournament championship, this one over Coppin State (50-47). They got 12th seed, the highest ever for a black college team in the NCAA Tournament into the Stanford Region where they faced 5th-seed Michigan State. Fell to Spartans 91-61 in first round. Seniors Alyssa Bennett (17.7 ppg.) and Nicole Hamilton (13.1 ppg.) and freshman Malia Tate-DeFreitas (18.1 ppg.) were the key players. Six 2. ALBANY STATE (21-7) - Won SIAC East Division regular season title but fell to division's second seed Benedict in overtime in tournament championship game (67-64). Got win in quarterfinal round of Div. II South Regional over Delta State (49-45) before falling in semifinals to Nova Southeastern (96-69). Artisha Holton's 13.9 points and 9.6 rebounds per game led the Lady Rams. 3. SHAW (21-9) - As South's second-seed, Jacques Curtis's Lady Bears won its third straight CIAA tournament title over South top seed Fayetteville State (73-70). Lady Bears fell to Gannon (76-70) in first round of Atlantic Regional. Lady Bears top player was center Verdine Warner who averaged a double-double (13.6 ppg., 10.7 rpg.). 4. VIRGINIA STATE (25-3) - Lady Trojans won CIAA North Division with perfect 10-0 mark but lost in tournament semifinals to Shaw for second time in the season, 60-59. Lost to Bloomsburg (75-57) in first round of NCAA Div. II Atlantic Regional. CIAA Player of the Year was senior center Lamesha Deal who averaged 14.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. 5. SOUTHERN (20-8) - Won SWAC regular season title but fell to Prairie View (7243) in semifinals of league tournament. Barred from advancing beyond SWAC tournament because of APR issues. Led by Kendra Coleman's 17.4 points per game. 6. FAYETTEVILLE STATE (21-7) - Won CIAA South Division title but fell to Shaw in tournament finals (73-70). Led by senior guard Amber Calvin's 16.4 points per game and Deja Middleton's 11.9 rebounds per contest. 7. COPPIN STATE (17-14) - Lady Eagles finished third in MEAC regular season made it to championship game before falling to Hampton (50-47). Derek Brown's troops led by Kyra Coleman's17.1 points per contest. 8. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (14-18) - FInished thrid in the SWAC regular season but won third straight tournament title, the first under new head coach Dawn Brown, over Texas Southern (63-58). Ran into top seed UConn in first round of NCAA Tournament, falling 87-44. Top scorer was Jeanette Jackson's 18.8 points per game. 9. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (24-7) - In Tarrell Robinson's second year, finished second in MEAC regular season but lost in tourney semifinals to Coppin State (5755). Earned WNIT bid losing to South Florida in first round (56-50). Paced by Tracy King's 13.0 points per game. 10. TEXAS SOUTHERN (20-13) - Finished second behind Southern in SWAC regular season and then lost to Prairie View in SWAC tourney finals (63-58). Earned WNIT bid losing in first round to SMU (84-72). Standout was Jazzmin Parker (18.8 ppg.).

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HOOPS FINALE

WE'RE NO. 1: Head coach LeVelle Moton's North Carolina Central Eagles are No. 1 in the final BCSP men's basketball Top Ten.

NC CENTAL FIRST IN FINAL BCSP TOP TEN; HOOPS STATS; FANG OUT AT COPPIN STATE

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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SCORING AND REBOUNDING

MEN'S SCORING
NAME/SCHOOL CL G FG 3FG FT PTS AVG.

History-making year on the hardwood

712 544 736 620 587 708 591 540 587 472 507 542 528 559 551 493 23.7 21.8 21.6 21.4 21.0 20.8 20.4 19.3 18.9 18.9 18.8 18.7 18.2 17.5 17.2 17.0

Patrick Miller - TNST Deshawn Curtis - CHEY Aaric Murray - TXS Mark Thomas - LIV James Daniel - HOW Jeremy Ingram- NCCU Marquez Jones - WSSU Amere May - SAU Justin Black - MSU Brandon Davey - FVSU Jody Hill - LIV Tyrell Tate - FSU Emilio Parks - JCSU Lamont Middleton - NCAT Jamie Adams - FAMU ]Richaud Pack - NCAT

SR SR SR SR FR SR JR JR SR SR SR SR JR SR SR JR

30 25 34 29 28 34 29 28 31 25 27 29 29 32 32 29

230 176 241 191 155 212 188 175 200 163 167 175 192 140 157 128

44 33 31 56 91 68 65 60 52 65 86 41 0 50 77 52

208 159 223 182 186 216 150 130 135 81 87 151 144 229 160 185

MEN'S REBOUNDING
NAME/SCHOOL CL G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Brandon West - JSU Lenjo Kilo - UDC Wykevin Bazemore - WSSU Antwan WIlkerson - JCSU Omar Briggs - VUU M. J. Rhett - TNST Calvin Godfrey - SOU Brandon Darrett - KSU Brandon Davey - FVSU Nigel Domenick - FVSU Jyles Smith - SSU Jonathan Crawley - SAU P. Butler-Poole - CHOW Joseph Williams - ALB Kendall Gray - DSU Eric Mayo - LIV Aaric Murray - TSU Dominique Byrd - ECSU

GR JR JR SR SR JR SR SR SR SR SR SR JR GR JR JR SR SO

27 102 163 26 29 112 161 29 57 210 24 66 152 29 31 85 188 25 58 162 25 41 177 25 82 131 32 79 183 28 102 118 28 70 152 23 72 109 30 82 154 27 87 123 34 74 181 26 94 101

265 247 273 267 218 265 273 220 218 213 262 220 222 181 236 210 255 195

9.8 9.5 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.5

WOMEN'S SCORING
NAME/SCHOOL CL G FG 3FG FT PTS AVG.

Ashley Watts - PC Jasmine Grice - FAMU Raven Bankston - DSU Lexy Carson - WVSU Tracey Carrington - MSU Ashle Freeman - VUU Telisha Turner - UDC Jeanette Jackson - PVAM Jazzmin Parker - TXS Joanna Miller - GSU Malia Tate-DeFreitas - HAM Tierro Frost - ALC Alyssa Bennett - HAM Kendra Coleman - SU Kyra Coleman - CSU Brittany Strickland - AAM Erika Sumpter - CAU

JR SR FR SR JR JR JR JR JR SR FR SR SR JR SR SR SR

24 31 28 31 30 27 28 32 32 30 33 30 33 28 31 30 25

199 271 225 242 191 185 173 177 208 182 200 167 225 141 174 167 142

84 65 31 48 27 43 74 62 53 72 70 35 5 65 28 30 0

143 175 114 124 219 140 111 187 132 128 126 175 130 141 154 142 131

625 782 595 656 628 553 531 603 601 564 596 544 585 488 530 596 415

26.0 25.2 21.3 21.2 20.9 20.5 19.0 18.8 18.8 18.8 18.1 18.1 17.7 17.4 17.1 16.9 16.6

won a national championship this season, the 2013-14 basketball year still had some remarkable and history-making accomplishments. The year could be described as a year of 'first-evers' as we count down the final Top Ten men's and women's hoops teams. The men of North Carolina Central (28-6) had maybe four 'first-evers.' The Eagles won their first-ever MEAC regular season and tournament championships and first-ever automatic NCAA Div. I Tournament berth. And, by virtue of their sparking record, head coach LeVelle Moton and his troops earned the highest seed ever for a black college men's champion in the NCAA Tournament, a 13th seed. Quite an accomplishment for a program that just re-joined the MEAC in 2011. Tuskegee (21-12) won the SIAC Tournament title and its first-ever regional title, sweeping to the South Region crown as the eighth and final seed - a second-ever. The Golden Tigers knocked off the No. 1 seed, Florida Southern, on its home floor en route to earning its firstever berth in the national quarterfinals, the Elite Eight. Those teams finished 1-2 in our final BCSP rankings. Led by dynamic senior guards Mark Thomas and Jody Hill, Livingstone (21-8) finally broke through in its third straight appearance in the CIAA finals, beating Winston-Salem State for its first-ever CIAA Tournament title. The Blue Bears, under head coach James Stinson, are third in our final ranking. SWAC Tournament champion Texas Southern (19-15) is fourth, followed by SIAC East Division champ and tournament runner-up Fort Valley State. MEAC tourney runner-up Morgan State, (15-16) SWAC regular season champ Southern (19-12), CIAA tourney runner-up WSSU (1811), MEAC tournament semifinalist Norfolk State (19-15) and MEAC regular season runnerup Hampton (18-15) complete the second five. There was also some history on the women's side. Hampton (28-5) went 16-0 in the regular season and then won an unprecedented fifthstraight MEAC Tournament crown. The Lady Pi-

LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor Though no black college basketball team

rates then proceeded to get the highest seed ever for a women's champion in the NCAA Tournament, a 12th seed. A year after getting jobbed with a 15th seed despite a 28-5 record, head coach David Six and his troops had a tough time with #5 Michigan State, falling 91-61. The Lady Pirates are the top team in our final rankings for the second straight season and the fifth time in the last six years.. No other black college women's team copped both regular season and tournament titles and therefore line up behind the Lady Pirates. Albany State (21-7) won the SIAC East Division crown but lost in the tournament championship to Benedict. The Lady Rams earned a South Atlantic Region berth and got a first round win over Delta State before falling in the semifinals to Nova Southeastern. Robert Skinner's Lady Rams are second in the final ranking. Shaw (21-9) finished behind Fayetteville State in the CIAA South Division but won its third straight tournament title downing FSU in

the championship game. The Lady Bears are third. Virginia State (25-3) beat all-comers except Shaw in a stellar regular season en route to a CIAA North Division crown. But the Lady Trojans fell again to Shaw in the CIAA semis before dropping a first round Atlantic Region game to Bloomsburg. VSU is fourth. Rounding out the top five is SWAC regular season champion Southern (20-8) who lost in the tournament semifinals to Prairie View after finding out late in the season that it would not be able to advance beyond the league tourney. CIAA South champ and tournament runnerup Fayetteville State (21-7) is sixth, followed by MEAC Tourney runner-up Coppin State (1714), SWAC Tournament champion Prairie View A&M (14-18), MEAC regular season runner-up North Carolina A&T (24-7) and SWAC regular season and Tournament runner-up Texas Southern (20-13).
NEXT WEEK: BCSP "BAAD TEAM" of black college basketball all-stars.

TOURNAMENT RECAP - NCAA DIV. II ELITE EIGHT

EVANSVILLE, IN SIAC men's tournament champion Tuskegee, the last black college basketball team alive in postseason play, could not keep up with Metro State, the nation's top NCAA Div. II team, as the Golden Tigers fell 106-87 in the national quarterfinals, the Elite Eight here last week. Tuskegee (21-12) struggled from the start, falling behind and getting in foul trouble early as the Roadrunners (32-1) moved out to a 42-28 halftime lead. That lead stretched to as much as 25 points at 70-45 midway through the second half. It was Metro State's 29th straight win. Free throws and rebounding all but told the story of the loss. Metro State outrebounded Tuskegee 49-35 and had 19 offensive rebounds that led to 23 second-chance points. MSU also canned 34 of 41 free throws compared to 12 of 19 for the Golden Tigers. "I could go behind the closet there and complain about the officiating and complain about a lot of things, but a loss is a loss," said Tuskegee head coach Leon Douglas to the Montgomery Advertiser. "The best team won." Metro State shut out Tuskegee point guard Kevin May, who led the Tigers and was named MVP of the South Region. "They didnt allow him to penetrate, but I think a lot of that falls on Kevin because I think he got frustrated," Douglas said. "In the midst of the frustration, he stopped doing what he's capable of doing." Seniors Keith Winn Jr. and Richard Dixon scored 18 and 16 points respectively, both off the bench, to pace Tuskegee who had their six-game winning streak snapped. The streak began at the SIAC tournament and stretched through three wins as an eighth seed in the South Regional to earn a spot in Evansville. I say this whenever I go into a new situation, 'We will be back. We will be back,' said Douglas.

Metro State 106, Tuskegee 87

WOMEN'S REBOUNDING
NAME/SCHOOL CL G TOT AVG

Crystal Rayford - LAN Deja Middleton - FSU Rachel Gordon - NSU Verdine Warner - SHAW Artisha Holston - ALB Alyssa Bennett - HAM Erika Sumpter - CAU Jephrah Pam - LINCP Racquel Davis - NCCU Jomanda Smalls - CAU Tiffany Stephens - MILES Terri Jacobs - SAU Asia Greenleaf - WVSU Samantha Thomas - STIL Morgan Simmons - TSU Ariel Brown - PC
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JR JR SR JR FR SR SR JR JR SR JR SR SR JR JR SR

22 28 28 30 27 33 27 28 30 25 21 27 30 24 33 23

264 333 328 321 258 309 255 263 274 226 187 239 268 211 291 199

12.0 11.9 11.7 10.7 9.6 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7

Ron "Fang" Mitchell out at Coppin State

BCSP Notes

Ron "Fang" Mitchell, the dean of MEAC men's basketball coaches with 28 years as the head man at Coppin State University, was told last week that his contract would not be renewed. Under Mitchell, Coppin State won four MEAC Tournament titles and made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament and two in the NIT. Most of his success came during the 1990s, when he won a share of nine out of 10 MEAC regular-season titles, and also had an 11-season stretch of winning seasons from 1988-99. Included in that was an NCAA Tournament upset of No. 2 seed South Carolina in 1997, when the Eagles were a No. 15 seed. However, Mitchell and Coppin State have finished below .500 in nine of the past 10 seasons, going 20-44 in the past two seasons. The Eagles were 12-20 in 2013-14. Mitchell is known for his scowl and his habit of stalking the sidelines many times rankling and gaining the ire of officials. But his teams set the

standard in the 1990s following up on the success of Don Corbett's North Carolina A&T.

Lockard resigns at Cheyney

Cheyney University Head Football Coach Ken Lockard tendered his resignation last week. Lockard Ron "Fang" Mitchell has been the Wolves head coach for the past three seasons. Cheyney went 2-31 during his tenure with both victories coming against HBCU rival The Lincoln (Pa) University. Offensive Coordinator Anthony Johnson will take over the reins on an interim basis while a national search is conducted.

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